Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders Game Notes Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders (46-34) @ Lehigh Valley Ironpigs (37-41)
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scranton/wilkes-barre railriders game notes scranton/wilkes-barre railriders (46-34) @ lehigh valley ironpigs (37-41) RHP Brody Koerner (3-1, 4.60) vs. RHP Ramon Rosso (0-1, 4.60) | Game No. 81 | Coca-Cola Park | Allentown, PA | June 30, 2019 | First Pitch 1:35 p.m. | last time out... upcoming schedule / results date opponent result ALLENTOWN, PA (June 29, 2019) -- Shane Robinson did not homer in 50 games and 188 at-bats for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders in 2018. Saturday night, he delivered a pair of homers and drove home five runs against his former team as the Lehigh June 21 vs. Durham L 6-2 Valley IronPigs notched a 12-3 victory over SWB before a sellout crowd of 10,100 at Coca-Cola Park. June 22 vs. Durham W 4-3 June 23 vs. Durham W 11-4 The barrage began for Lehigh Valley just two batters into the game when Robinson delivered a two-run homer clubbed to left June 24 @ Rochester L 8-6 field. By the time he stepped to the plate in the 6th inning and drilled his second two-run homer of the night, the IronPigs had June 25 @ Rochester L 10-9 extended their lead to 7-1, and his second blast made it 9-1. June 26 vs. Buffalo W 10-1 June 27 vs. Buffalo - Game 1 W 6-4 (7) RailRiders pitching recorded their final six outs via strikeouts, including J.P. Feyereisen who notched a scoreless inning in his first vs. Buffalo - Game 2 L 1-0 (7) time out since being named an International League All-Star Wednesday. June 28 @ Lehigh Valley L 4-3 June 29 @ Lehigh Valley L 12-3 The RailRiders scored a run in the top of the 5th inning to plate their first run of the game, with Mike Ford’s RBI double doing June 30 @ Lehigh Valley 1:35 PM the honors. He later belted a solo homer to begin the 8th inning and finished the game 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles, a home run July 1 @ Pawtucket 6:05 PM and two RBI. Tyler Wade (2-for-5) and Clint Frazier (2-for-5) also logged multi-hit games for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre as they fell July 2 @ Pawtucket 6:05 PM Saturday night depite a 12-hit attack. July 3 @ Pawtucket 6:05 PM news & notes 2019 vs. lehigh valley SLIDING INTO JULY: The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders wake up Sunday morning with a 4.0-game lead in the IL North Division after overall head-to-head: 4-7 dropping a third straight game Saturday night to the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. The last time they were only 4.0 games up in the division was following a loss 27 days ago June 7th against the Syracuse Mets. This marks the third losing streak of at least three games this season for date location result SWB, and they’ll look to avoid matching their four-game streak from April 17-April 23 as the longest of the season. April 8 Coca-Cola Park L 5-4 April 9 Coca-Cola Park W 5-1 THIS FELT DIFFERENT: The RailRiders dropped a second straight game Friday night to the Lehigh Valley IronPigs via a one-run loss, dropping them to 11-13 in one-run games this season. However, the RailRiders held a 3-2 lead entering the 7th inning before giving up April 10 Coca-Cola Park L 3-2 the tying run in the bottom of the 7th and surrendering the winning run in the 8th. Before Friday, the 2019 RailRiders had been 38-0 when April 15 PNC Field W 6-5 (10) leading after six innings. April 16 PNC Field PPD (Rain) April 17 PNC Field - Game 1 L 5-3 (7) A DIFFERENT SITUATION: The RailRiders entered Friday’s series-opener against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs having to take on two of the PNC Field - Game 2 L 5-3 (7) top arms in the International League in RHP Enyel De Los Santos (3-3, 3.28) and LHP Cole Irvin (2-0, 2.50). SWB had faced De Los Santos May 31 PNC Field W 8-0 once already this season, scoring four times in the bottom of the first inning, with Tyler Wade’s two-run homer capping the early barrage. June 1 PNC Field W 7-4 Friday night, De Los Santos had shut down the RailRiders’ bats until the 5th inning. Over the first 4.2 innings he had allowed just three hits June 2 PNC Field L 6-5 before three runs scored with two outs to give the RailRiders a 3-1 lead. Meanwhile, Irvin appeared in games April 10th and 17th and the June 28 Coca-Cola Park L 4-3 RailRiders did not have the same level of success in notching just 1 ER off the southpaw in 12.2 IP (0.71 ERA).This continues a dominating June 29 Coca-Cola Park L 12-3 trend for the two starters from a season ago, when Irvin and De Los Santos appeared in a combined 10G/10GS against SWB and was June 30 Coca-Cola Park 1:35 PM downright stingy: 3-2, 56.2 IP, 57 H (.261 BAA), 15R/15ER (2.38 ERA), 49 K, 10 BB August 2 PNC Field 7:05 PM August 3 PNC Field 6:35 PM HANDLED AT HOME: The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders welcomed the Buffalo Bisons to town Wednesday night for a three-game, two-day set between the top two teams in the International League North Division. Entering play Wednesday, the RailRiders held a 5.0-game August 4 PNC Field 1:05 PM lead on Buffalo, but the lead could have gotten reduced to 2.0 games had Buffalo continued its play as the hottest team in the IL. Instead, August 23 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 PM the RailRiders took the first two games of the series before dropping the nightcap of Thursday’s doubleheader, 1-0 (7). The RailRiders and August 24 Coca-Cola Park 6:35 PM Bisons have now met 17 times this season entering Thursday’s doubleheader, with the RailRiders holding an 11-5 advantage (Home: 5-6 August 25 Coca-Cola Park 1:35 PM // Road: 6-0). The two teams will not meet again until the final four games of the egularr season August 30 - September 2 at PNC Field. 2018 results: SWB RailRiders, 11-9 ON PACE: The RailRiders have a number of players at the midway point of the season who are locked-in on setting a new career-high in home runs in a season all-time series: RailRiders Lead 97-82 Mike Ford: 19 HR (Career-High: 20 HR, 2017) Ryan McBroom: 16 HR (Career-High: 22 HR, 2016) railriders at a glance Trey Amburgey: 13 HR (Career-High: 16 HR, 2018) Breyvic Valera: 10 HR (Career-High) 2019 regular season: 46-34 Gosuke Katoh: 7 HR (Career-High) GB: +4.0 -- 1st Place, I.L. North MORE POWER: Logan Morrison homered just over a week ago to became the sixth member of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders to Home: 27-12 Away: 19-22 record double-digit homers this season. He three more over the next three games and is now up to 14 longballs on the season. He has joined Mike Ford (16), Ryan McBroom (16), Kyle Higshioka (11), Trey Amburgey (10) and Brad Miller (10) among the team leaders. Last year’s 2019 hitting leaders: team had only six players with 10+ homers. Up next for the 2019 RailRiders: Breyvic Valera (9). AVG: Mike Ford .321 HR: Mike Ford 19 around the organization RBI: Mike Ford 49 SB Billy Burns 11 New York Yankees (MLB) Trenton Thunder (AA) Tampa Tarpons (A+) Charleston RiverDogs(A) W 17-13 vs. Boston Red Sox L 5-2 vs. New Hampshire Fisher Cats L 6-1 vs. Florida Fire Frogs W 7-4 vs. Asheville Tourists 2019 pitching leaders: Trailed 6-0 after five innings 3rd longest 9-inn. game in history (4:42) Pulled ahead 4-2 with 3R in B6 Grabbed lead with 4R bottom of the 3rd Wins: J.P. Feyereisen 6 5 singles, no extra-base hits in the game 1989 that both teams with 6R 1st in MLB Ben Ruta: 2-3, HR (5), 2 R, RBi, BB Canaan Smith: 2-4, 2B (18), 4 RBI ERA: Chance Adams 3.78 Pablo Olivares: 2-4, RBI DJ LeMahieu: 4-6, 2B, 2 R, 5 RBI Hoy Jun Park: 1-3, 2B (11), RBi, BB Roansy Contreras: 5.0 IP, 3 H, R/ER, 6 K K: Drew Hutchison 61 *Last 10G: 16-37 (.432 AVG) Luke Voit: 4-4, 3 2B (14), 2 R, RBI Brian Keller: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 2R/0ER, 7 K A. Siegler: 1-3, 2 R, BB, K -- .261 AVG J. Reeves: 3.1 IP, 0 H, 0R, 5 K -- .193 ERA SV: Joe Harvey 6 upcoming pitching probables broadcast/media information date opponent railriders starter opponent starter Radio: 1400 AM 1340 AM 1440 AM Monday, July 1st @ Pawtucket LHP Daniel Camarena (2-3, 6.71) RHP Erasmo Ramirez (2-4, 4.85) 106.7 FM 100.7 FM Tuesday, July 2nd @ Pawtucket RHP Raynel Espinal (3-7, 4.71) LHP Kyle Hart (3-2, 3.44) Internet: TuneIn App (Search: “SWB RailRiders”) Television: MiLB.tv Wednesday, July 3rd @ Pawtucket TBA RHP Teddy Stankiewicz (4-4, 3.90) Radio Twitter: Adam Marco (@amarco_16) Thursday, July 4th vs.