FRISCO, Texas (Interstat) — Logan Mercado pitched 3 1/3 scoreless innings of relief and Angel Ortiz homered and drove in two runs as the Amarillo Sod Poodles beat the Frisco RoughRiders 6-5 on Saturday before 7,783 at Riders Field.

Ben McLaughlin’s run-scoring double gave Amarillo a 1-0 lead in the first. Frisco moved ahead with two runs in the second and took a 5-1 lead with three runs in the fourth. The Sod Poodles scored three times in the fifth, then tied it on Ortiz’s solo homer in the seventh. Jean Walters’ groundout in the eighth drove in Druw Jones with the deciding run.

Amarillo (72-59) had three hits; McLaughlin doubled and drove in two, and Ortiz drove in two. Mercado (6-3) allowed one hit and struck out six. Carlos Rey pitched 1 2/3 shutout innings for his seventh save. Wily Villar (5-5) took the loss for Frisco (69-61), which had eight hits, including Malcolm Moore’s RBI double. The game lasted 3:07.