scranton/wilkes-barre railriders game notes Lehigh Valley IronPigs (39-45) vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (50-32) RHP Adam Leverett (Triple-A Debut) vs. RHP Luis Severino (MLB Rehab) | Game 82 | Home Game 43 | PNC Field | Moosic, PA | August 13, 2021 | First Pitch 7:05 p.m. | last time out... upcoming schedule / results MOOSIC, Pa. (August 12, 2021) – Three home runs and solid work from the bullpen propelled the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders to a 10-3 win date opponent result over the Lehigh Valley IronPigs on Thursday night at PNC Field. In the second game of his MLB rehab assignment, Trey Amburgey went 0-for-4 with Aug. 8 Worcester W, 4-3 an RBI while playing seven innings in the outfield. Aug. 10 Lehigh Valley L, 8-1 Aug. 11 Lehigh Valley L, 9-3 The RailRiders took the lead three batters in to the bottom of the first inning, when Ryan LaMarre drove a two-run opposite-field home run against David Parkinson (1-8). Scranton/Wilkes-Barre added another run on an Amburgey sac fly in the second, scoring Cristian Perez to take a 3-0 lead. Aug. 12 Lehigh Valley W, 10-3 (8) Lehigh Valley struck for two runs without a hit in the top of the third against Brian Keller to close the gap to 3-2, but SWB pulled away with a five-run Aug. 13 Lehigh Valley 7:05 p.m. outburst in the bottom of the frame. Aug. 14 Lehigh Valley 6:05 p.m. Three straight singles to begin the inning by Armando Alvarez, Socrates Brito and Max Burt produced a run after a phenomenal slide by Alvarez to avoid Logan Moore’s tag at home plate. Two more runs scored on a Kyle Holder infield single, and Jason Lopez struck for a mammoth two-run home 2021 vs. lehigh valley run to left to put the RailRiders on top 8-2. It was the first Triple-A home run for Lopez. overall head-to-head: 12-9 The RailRiders added two more against Brady Lail in the bottom of the sixth on a Brandon Wagner solo home run and an RBI triple from Brito. The date location result IronPigs got a run home in the top of the seventh against Sean Boyle and Reggie McClain. May 11 PNC Field W, 6-0 May 12 PNC Field L, 3-2 Boyle (1-0) got the win by tossing 4.1 innings of relief, allowing one run on two hits while striking out three and not allowing a walk. McClain and May 13 PNC Field W, 5-2 Greg Weissert combined to finish off the final 1.2 innings on the mound for the RailRiders. May 14 PNC Field W, 6-4 May 15 PNC Field L, 5-4 With Scranton/Wilkes-Barre leading 10-3 heading into the bottom of the eighth, the tarp was called for and rain began to fall, ending the game. May 16 PNC Field W, 3-1 news & notes June 1 PNC Field L, 5-2 June 2 PNC Field W, 5-3 June 3 PNC Field W, 5-1 STARTING SLOW: The RailRiders sport a 3.97 ERA as a team through 82 games this season, but starting pitching has been a weak spot for June 4 PNC Field L, 5-4 the team. Starters have pitched to the tune of a 12-19 record and a 5.28 ERA, while the bullpen is 38-13 with a 2.97 ERA. SWB starters have June 5 PNC Field L, 9-6 lasted an average of just over 3.2 innings per start this season, and have sported a 5.67 RA/9 (both earned and unearned runs allowed per June 6 PNC Field W, 4-3 game on an ERA scale). Meanwhile the RailRiders have the third-best bullpen ERA among full-season minor league clubs, trailing Buffalo (2.86) and Somerset (2.92). June 22 Coca-Cola Park W, 14-5 June 23 Coca-Cola Park L, 3-2 (10) MIND THE CLOCK: Wednesday night’s game with Lehigh Valley featured two pitch clock violations -- one against RailRiders pitcher Josh June 24 Coca-Cola Park W, 10-2 Maciejewski for taking too long to deliver a pitch, and one against Iron Pigs outfielder Matt Vierling for taking too long to step in the box. June 25 Coca-Cola Park L, 6-3 In 81 games, the RailRiders have seen only 11 pitch clock violations against themselves or their opponents this year, after 31 were called June 26 Coca-Cola Park W, 10-4 in the 2019 season. Those were the first pace of play violations called in a RailRiders game since June 22, when both Luis Gil and Lehigh June 27 Coca-Cola Park W, 19-1 Valley’s Mauricio Llovera were cited for taking too long to come set with a runner on base. August 10 PNC Field L, 8-1 August 11 PNC Field L, 9-3 BEEN A LONG TIME: With a loss to Lehigh Valley on Wednesday and Buffalo’s 5-0 win over Rochester, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders August 12 PNC Field W, 10-3 (8) wake up Thursday morning in second place in Triple-A East Northeast for the first time since the beginning of play on May 7. That day, the August 13 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. RailRiders beat the Syracuse Mets 7-3 to move into a tie for first in Triple-A East Northeast, and would at least share the throne until the August 14 PNC Field 6:05 p.m. end of play on August 11. During SWB’s 97-day reign atop the division, the average price of a gallon of gas jumped from $2.89 to $3.17, August 15 PNC Field 1:05 p.m. “Save Your Tears” by The Weeknd and Ariana Grande was de-throned as the No. 1 song, and Hoy Park’s entire RailRiders career happened. August 24 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. August 25 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. HELLO, MY NAME IS...: Owing to the ever-evolving injury and COVID situation with the New York Yankees, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre August 26 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. RailRiders roster has been dramatically re-made in the month of August, with already 35 transactions in the first 13 days of the month August 27 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. (2.69 per day). The team previously had 39 moves in May, 42 in June and 43 in July. At the current rate, the RailRiders are on pace for 83 August 28 Coca-Cola Park 6:35 p.m. transactions in August, which would beat the previous team-record of 82 moves made in August 2019. SWB has had 59 different players August 29 Coca-Cola Park 1:35 p.m. suit up for them this year, a far cry from the franchise-record 82 that did in the 2019 regular season (plus two more in the playoffs only). September 14 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. September 15 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. ROUGH PATCH: Despite Thursday’s win, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders are mired in their worst stretch of the season, having dropped September 16 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. eight out of their last 11 games. There have been two three-game losing skids for SWB in this span, only the second and third times this September 17 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. year that the RailRiders have dropped three in a row, respectively. Through 81 completed games, the RailRiders have not dropped four September 18 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. straight games. In 2019, SWB had three four-game losing streaks and one six-game losing streak. There was also one stretch where the September 19 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. team lost 11-of-12 games played from 8/6-17. 2019 results: Lehigh Valley, 11-9 THREE DOZEN SIDES OF BACON: The COVID-19 pandemic has created one of the most unusual season schedules in the history of the all-time series: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre franchise. With the season beginning a full month later than traditional, all teams in Triple-A East will play 120-game RailRiders Lead 119-104 regular season schedules, followed by the 10-game Triple-A Final Stretch. The RailRiders, along with the rest of the Northeast Division teams, will exclusively play teams within the division. This leads to a schedule where SWB plays the rival Lehigh Valley IronPigs an unprecedented railriders at a glance 36 times. For perspective, the RailRiders play the Rochester Red Wings and the Buffalo Bisons a combined 36 times. The RailRiders currently lead the 2021 IronRail Series 12-9. 2021 regular season: 50-32 GB: -1.0 2nd, AAA East Northeast FALLING BEHIND: The RailRiders have made a habit of notching comeback wins this season, but the flip side is that is predicated on the Home: 25-18 Away: 25-14 team falling behind in many games this season. Through 82 games this season, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre has allowed the first run in 45 games, notching a 23-22 record in those contests. The RailRiders have been out-scored 90-74 (-16) in the first two innings of games this season, a 2021 hitting leaders: shocking number considering the team is +96 in run differential this season, the third-best mark in Triple-A East (Durham, +169; Buffalo, +107).