Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders Game Notes Syracuse Chiefs (23-24) @ Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders (22-26) RHP Erick Fedde (1-1, 4.35) Vs
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scranton/wilkes-barre railriders game notes syracuse chiefs (23-24) @ scranton/wilkes-barre railriders (22-26) RHP Erick Fedde (1-1, 4.35) vs. LHP Justus Sheffield (0-1, 1.46) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Game No. 49 | Monday May 28, 2018 | PNC Field | Moosic, PA | | First Pitch 1:05 PM | Pregame Show 12:35 PM | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Erick Fedde: Season-high 10K May 7th vs. SWB in 4.2 IP // 7 other GS: 36.2 IP, 32 K (7.9 K/9) Justus Sheffield: Enters with 11.2 consecutive innings without a run: 11.2 IP, 5 H (5-for-40, .125 BAA), 6 BB, 14 K last time out... upcoming schedule / results date location result The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders defeated the Syracuse Chiefs 7-4 on Sunday afternoon at PNC Field. The victory was the first in the series for the RailRiders. May 21 @ Pawtucket L 5-4 May 22 @ Pawtucket L 7-6 The Chiefs struck early in the top of the first after two walks and a hit batter loaded the bases for Irving Falu who then smacked a single May 23 @ Pawtucket W 7-1 that brought in three runs. Chance Adams tossed the shortest outing of his career going two thirds and allowing three runs on one hit, May 24 @ Pawtucket W 3-1 three walks, and a hit batter. J.P. Feyereisen relieved Adams throwing two innings allowing no runs on two hits, two walks and two May 25 vs. Syracuse L 10-3 strikeouts. May 26 vs. Syracuse L 10-3 May 27 vs. Syracuse W 7-4 In the bottom of the second Ryan McBroom smacked a two-out double and Rey Navarro singled to right to drive in McBroom for the first May 28 vs. Syracuse 1:05 PM RailRiders run, making it 3-1. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre continued to battle back as L.J. Mazilli smashed a solo homerun over the left field wall in the bottom of the third. Two innings later Clint Frazier came through with an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth to score Mazzilli May 29 @ Louisville 6:30 PM tying the game for the RailRiders. In the top of the seventh, Drury gave SWB their second lead of the game with an RBI infield single. May 30 @ Louisville 6:30 PM Shane Robinson added another RailRiders run when he was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. They tacked on one insurance run in the May 31 @ Louisville 7:00 PM bottom of the eighth with an RBI single by Wade. June 1 @ Indianapolis 7:15 PM news & notes 2018 vs. chiefs SHEFFIEL-ING GOOD: In his Triple-A debut, the Pawtucket Red Sox scored twice off of LHP Justus Sheffield in the overall head-to-head: 5-4 first few batters and had a 2-0 lead with two outs in the 1st inning. Including Wednesday night’s four scorless innings @ date location result Pawtucket, the lefty is up to 11.2 consecutive innings without allowing a run. In those 11.2 innings he has allowed 5 H (5- April 6 PNC Field W 6-5 for-40, .125 BAA) and issued 6 BB while striking out 14 K. The RailRiders are hopeful that Sheffield eclipses his longest April 7 PNC Field L 4-3 Triple-A outing of 4.2 IP because... (keep reading) April 8 PNC Field W 5-4 May 7 NBT Bank Stadium W 8-3 LOOKING FOR DISTANCE: RailRiders LHP Josh Rogers tossed 6.1 innings of one-run baseball Thursday morning, May 8 NBT Bank Stadium L 4-1 th good for his 5 quality start of the season. Since then, RailRiders starting pitchers have thrown 5.2 innings over the last May 9 NBT Bank Stadium W 8-7 three games, requiring 21.1 innings of bullpen work (5.0 IP of which were absorbed by typical-starter Erik Swanson). SWB May 25 PNC Field L 10-3 starters have allowed 9 runs on 5 H, 5 BB and 3 HBP in the first inning this series vs. Syracuse. Rogers has made 9 starts May 26 PNC Field L 10-3 and has as many quality starts (5) and outings of 6.0+ IP (6) as the rest of his teammates in the other 39 games combined. May 27 PNC Field W 7-4 May 28 PNC Field 1:05 p.m. IMPRESSIVE ARMS: The bullpen has been a point of strength for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders this season, June 14 NBT Bank Stadium 6:35 p.m. having posted a 15-9 record and a 2.97 ERA over 181.2 IP with 200 K (9.9 K/9). Sunday afternoon featured the bullpen June 15 NBT Bank Stadium 7:05 p.m. going 8.1 innings of relief in back of Chance Adams and allowing just one run while striking out right batters. There are June 16 NBT Bank Stadium 7:05 p.m. eight bullpen-exclusive arms on the roster for the RailRiders at the moment- minus Nestor Cortes (7G/4GS)- and 7-of-8 June 17 NBT Bank Stadium 1:05 p.m. August 28 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. have ERA’s under 3.10. In ascending order: August 29 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. Joe Harvey, 1.29 | J.P. Feyereisen, 1.99 | Cale Coshow, 2.08 | Cody Carroll, 2.08 | Brady Lail, 2.28 | Raynel Espinal, August 30 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. 2.96 | Oliver Perez, 3.09 | Giovanny Gallegos, 10.13 | 2017 results RailRiders Won 11-6 POWERING UP: The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders approach the end of the month of May riding a power surge. In : May SWB has played 25 games and has gone 12-13 compared with a 10-13 April. With some room still to improve, the all-time series: RailRiders Lead 277-223 power numbers have turned on in a big way for the lineup with 27 HR in the month (1.08 HR/G) compared to 15 HR in 2018 railriders at a glance 23G in April (0.65). 2018 overall record: 22-26 current homestand statistics Place: 5th I.L. North GB: 6.0 LHV (28-20) swb g avg ab h r hr bb k sb Home: 15-11 Away: 7-15 hitting 3 .280 100 28 13 3 10 13 0 Last 5: 3-2 Last 10: 3-7 swb w-l era ip h r er bb k hr 2018 hitting leaders: AVG: Ryan McBroom .257 pitching 1-2 8.00 27.0 33 24 24 16 19 1 HR: Mike Ford 6 around the organization RBI: Mike Ford 21 SB Shane Robinson 6 New York Yankees (MLB) Trenton Thunder (AA) Tampa Tarpons (A+) Charleston Riverdogs (A) L 11-4 vs. Los Angeles Angels W 5-4 @ Erie SeaWolves W 4-3 @ Florida Fire Frogs W 4-1 (7) // L 7-4 (7) @ Hickory 2018 pitching leaders: Masahiro Tanaka: 6.0IP, 3H, R/ER, 8K Alexander Palma: 3-4, R, BB, SB (1) Billy Fleming: 1-4, HR (2), R, RBI Rony Garcia: Game One SP Wins: B. Lail, J. Rogers 4 *Struck out Shohei Ohtani 2x *Last 6G: 11-for-22, 2B, 4BB, 2RBI Trey Amburgey: 2-5, HR (5), 2 RBI. R *6.0 IP, 5 H, R/ER, 0 BB, 9 K ERA: Josh Rogers 2.80 Brett Gardner: 3-4 -- .246 AVG *Raised seaon AVG .297 --> .336 J. Loaisiga: 5.0 IP, 6 H, 4R/4ER, 6 K Wilkerman Garcia: 3-8, 2 R, RBI, 2 2B All 3R for NYY came B3 Albert Abreu: 5.1 IP, 3 H, 2R/2ER, K: Josh Rogers 54 Took 5-2 lead with 3R in T4 Oswaldo Cabrera: 2-6, BB, SB RBI = Hicks, Bird, Andujar 5 BB, 8 K -- 12 BB, 29 K in 22.0 IP SV: Cody Carroll 4 pitching probables broadcast/media information date opponent railriders starter opponent starter Radio: 1400 AM 1340 AM 1440 AM Tuesday, May 29 @ Louisville LHP Josh Rogers (4-3, 2.80) LHP Cody Reed (0-3, 4.45) 106.7 FM 100.7 FM Internet: TuneIn App (Search: “RailRiders”) Wednesday, May 30 @ Louisville RHP David Hale (0-2, 5.70) RHP Robert Stephenson (4-4, 3.59) RadioBOLD App Thursday, May 31 @ Louisville RHP Erik Swanson (0-0, 4.22) TBA Television: MiLB.tv Friday, June 1 @ Indianapolis TBA TBA @swbrailriders @swbrailriders International League | Triple-A Affiliate, New York Yankees (2007) | PNC Field -- 235 Montage Mountain Road -- Moosic, PA 18507 | (570) 969-2255 | www.swbrailriders.com tonight’s starting pitcher 4 JUSTUS SHEFFIELD | LHP | 5’11” | 200 LBS | 22 | Tullahoma, TN | Tullahoma High School (TN) | Acquired via trade with Cleveland on 7/31/16 | MLB Service Time: 0.000 2018: Promoted to RailRiders roster on 5/04... Made five starts for Trenton, going 1-2 with a 2.25 ERA, striking out 39 and walking 14 over 28 innings... Allowed the first three batters to reach to begin the game 5/6 @ Pawtucket, two of whom scored -- those were the only runs in a 2-0 shutout loss in his Triple-A debut... Exited second career Triple-A start 5/11 with left shoulder tightness: 3.2 IP, 0 H, 3 K... Placed on Disabled List from 5/12-5/23 before being activated for third start of the season @ Pawtucket... Entering his fourth career Triple-A start (5/27 vs. Syracuse), Sheffield carries a streak of 11.2 consecutive scoreless innings pitched... 2017: Spent nearly the entire season with Double-A Trenton, logging a 7-6 record with one complete game and a 3.18 ERA (93.1IP, 94H, 43R/33ER, 33BB, 82K, 14HR) in 17 starts… was named to the Eastern League Mid-Season All-Star Team… at 20 years and 11 months, was the fourth-youngest player to make a 2017 Opening Day roster in the Eastern League… yielded one-or-zero earned runs in 9-of-17 turns… held opponents to a .258 BA (94-for-365); LH .217 (25-for-115); RH .276 (69-for- 250)… was named Eastern League “Pitcher of the Week” for 5/22-28 after winning both starts and posting a 0.69 ERA (13.0IP, 7H, 2R/1ER, 3BB, 10K, 1HR)… tossed his first career complete game and shutout in 6/18-G1 win vs.