Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders Game Notes
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scranton/wilkes-barre railriders game notes gwinnett stripers (47-53) vs. scranton/wilkes-barre railriders (52-46) RHP Wes Parsons (6-2, 2.88) vs. RHP Erik Swanson (1-1, 4.54) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Game No. 101 | Friday July 27, 2018 | PNC Field | Moosic, PA | | First Pitch 7:05 p.m. | Pregame Show 6:35 p.m. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wes Parsons: Last 8G/8GS -- 1 start with more than 3ER (12 ER in 44.0 IP, 2.45 ERA) Erik Swanson: Hasn’t thrown more than 85 pitches in an outing since 5/31 (Triple-A debut: 101 Pitches @ PAW) last time out... upcoming schedule / results date opponent result MOOSIC, Pa. (July 26, 2018) - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders split the doubleheader with the Charlotte Knights on Thursday July 12 Rochester L 2-1 afternoon wining Game One 5-4 and dropping Game Two 8-2. July 13 Rochester L 9-1 In the first game of the day, play picked up with the RailRiders trailing 3-1 in the bottom of the fifth with no recorded outs. Runners were at July 14 Rochester W 4-0 first and third and Tyler Austin was at the plate. At the start of the resumption, Austin struck out and Billy McKinney walked. Mike Ford also July 15 Rochester W 3-1 walked to bring home Abiatal Avelino. Shane Robinson then hit into a fielder’s choice that plated Mark Payton and tied the game at three. July 16 @ Toledo W 5-0 Rey Navarro walked to load the bases once again and Bruce Caldwell singled through the three-four-hole to score two more runs that July 17 @ Toledo W 8-4 gave Scranton/Wilkes-Barre a 5-3 lead. July 18 @ Toledo L 3-0 July 19 @ Columbus W 7-3 Joe Harvey entered for the final 1.2 innings and notched his fifth save of the season, fanning three in the process. July 20 @ Columbus W 5-1 July 21 @ Columbus L 5-3 (10) In the second game of the day, Charlotte jumped on the board in the top of the first as Jake Elmore doubled and Eloy Jimémez homered July 22 @ Columbus L 5-0 to give the Knights a quick 2-0 lead. The RailRiders responded in the bottom of the second as Robinson singled and Payton hit his third July 24 Charlotte Susp. B3 home run of the season to tie the game at two apiece. Charlotte took the lead again in the top of the third as Ryan LaMarre and Jake July 25 Charlotte Susp. B5 Elmore singled. LaMarre delay-stole third and then was plated by a base-hit off the bat of Matt Skole for a 3-2 lead in the eventual 8-2 win. Charlotte Cancelled July 26 Charlotte W 5-4 news & notes Charlotte L 8-2 (7) July 27 Gwinnett 7:05 PM July 28 Gwinnett 6:35 PM SHUFFLING THE DECK: The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders continue to have a flurry of roster moves as the calendar moves July 29 Gwinnett 1:05 PM closer to the trade deadline. The RailRiders made nine more roster moves today and have announced 19 since Wednesday morning July 30 @ Rochester - G1 5:05 PM between a pair of trades at the MLB-level and an injury for Aaron Judge Thursday night against the Royals. Overall, it has been @ Rochester - G2 TBA 66 moves made in the month of July and 197 roster moves announced over the first 100 games of the season. July 31 @ Rochester 7:05 PM August 1 @ Rochester 7:05 PM DOING THE MATH: The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders enter Friday’s series-opener against the Gwinnett Stripers in 2nd place August 2 @ Rochester 12:35 PM in the I.L. North, 8.0 games behind the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. The RailRiders have 38 games left in their season, and if they were to go 27-11 (.711) down the stretch to reach 80 wins, they’d need Lehigh Valley to play no better than 18-20 (.474) in order to win 2018 vs. stripers the division title. Lehigh Valley is 62-40 entering Friday and has a .608 win percentage on the season. overall head-to-head: 0-3 GETTING IN POSITION: The RailRiders were 7-5 on April 17, marking the last day they would be on the inside of the playoff cut in the International League for quite a while. It wasn’t until Wednesday in Toledo that SWB found itself back in the playoff picture date location result (Game No. 94), spanning 82 games and being as many as 6 games under .500 along the way (27-33). Coming into Friday, the April 16 Coolray Field L 6-1 RailRiders are 1.5 games out of a Wild Card spot behind the Norfolk Tides. April 17 Coolray Field L 8-3 April 18 Coolray Field L 6-3 nd July 27 PNC Field 7:05 PM ROLLING THROUGH THE BREAK: Over the last 41G the RailRiders have own a 26-15 (.634) record to bring them up to 2 place in the July 28 PNC Field 6:35 PM International League North standings. The RailRiders are 8-0-5 in their last 13 series and won 6-of-7 games leading into the All-Star Break and July 29 PNC Field 1:05 PM have won 6-of-11 games since. They still have not lost a series since dropping 2-out-of-3 games June 5-7 against the Durham Bulls at PNC Field. 2017 results: SLINGING IT: The RailRiders had gotten a strong performance out of its bullpen over the last month+ prior to Thursday’s RailRiders Won 4-2 doubleheader. In the doubleheader the bullpen allowed 8R/8ER over 12.0 IP (6.00 ERA), where over the previous 31G since June all-time series: RailRiders Lead 42-28 17 leading into the doubleheader, the bullpen arms had combined for 107.0 IP, 56 H (4.7 H/9) and 25R/19ER (1.60 ERA). Over the last 8G specifically before the DH, the bullpen had thrown 26.2 IP, 4R/3ER (0.74 ERA), 8 H (8-for-84, .095 BAA) with 34 K. 2018 railriders at a glance 2018 overall record: 53-47 current homestand statistics Place: 2nd I.L. North GB: 8.0 Lehigh Valley (62-40) swb g avg ab h r hr bb k sb Home: 29-21 Away: 24-26 hitting 2 .164 55 9 7 2 7 12 1 Last 5: 2-3 Last 10: 6-4 swb w-l era ip h r er bb k hr 2018 hitting leaders: AVG: Ryan McBroom .297 pitching 1-1 6.75 16.0 19 12 12 4 19 4 HR: Billy McKinney 13 around the organization RBI: 3 Tied at 32 SB T. Wade, S. Robinson 9 New York Yankees (MLB) Trenton Thunder (AA) Tampa Tarpons (A+) Charleston Riverdogs (A) W 7-2 vs. Kansas City Royals W 8-1 vs. Portland Sea Dogs W 6-4 vs. Palm Beach Cardinals W 4-2 vs. Augusta GreenJackets 2018 pitching leaders: Aaron Judge: 1-1, R, HBP -- Exited B4 J. Rogers/J.P. Feyereisen Ryan McBroom: 1-5, HR (4), R, RBI Estevan Florial: 3-5, 2B, 3 RBI, CS Miguel Yajure: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 6 K Wins: 6 Didi Gregorius: 2-5, 2B, HR (18), 3RBI Trey Amburgey: 1-4, HR (13), R, 2RBI Dom Thompson-Williams: 2-4, K Wilkerman Garcia: 3-4, 2B, R, 2RBI ERA: Josh Rogers 3.95 Sonny Gray: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 0R, 5K Gosuke Katoh: 1-2, 2 BB, 2 R Ben Ruta: 3-4, 2 R, RBI Jason Lopez: 3-4, 2 2B, R, RBI, K *Last 3GS: 16.1 IP, 2ER, 19 K K: Chance Adams 93 Michael King: 7.0 IP, 4 H, 0R, BB, 8K Rashad Crawford: 1-2 -- .238 AVG *Last 5G: 9-for-18 (.500 AVG) Zach Britton: 1.0 IP, 0 R, K SV: Cody Carroll 9 upcoming pitching probables broadcast/media information date opponent railriders starter opponent starter Radio: 1400 AM 1340 AM 1440 AM Saturday, July 28 Gwinnett LHP Justus Sheffield (3-3, 2.44) RHP Lucas Sims (4-2, 2.15) 106.7 FM 100.7 FM Internet: TuneIn App (Search: “SWB RailRiders”) Sunday, July 29 Gwinnett LHP Nestor Cortes (4-4, 3.38) LHP Kolby Allard (6-4, 2.80) RadioBOLD App Monday, July 30 @ Rochester - G1 RHP Chance Adams (3-4, 4.89) TBA Television: MiLB.tv @ Rochester - G2 TBA TBA Adam Marco (@amarco_16) Adam Giardino (@adamgiardino) 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 35 ERIK SWANSON | RHP | 6’3” | 235 LBS | 24 | Terrace Park, OH | Mariemont H.S. (OH) | Iowa Western Community College | Acquired via trade with the Texas Rangers on 8/1/2016 | MLB Service Time: 0.000 | 2018: Began the season on the Double-A Trenton Thunder Opening Day roster... Tranferred to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders 5/21 to make Triple-A debut @ Pawtucket... Promoted to SWB after 8G/7GS with Thunder: 5-0, 0.42 ERA, 42.2 IP, 22 H (.155 BAA), 3R/2ER, 55 K (11.6 K/9)... Ranked first in the Eastern League at the time of his promotion in: ERA (1st, 0.42)22, Wins (T-2nd, 5), Strikeouts (1st, 55), WHIP (1st, 0.87), BAA (1st, .155), K/9 among starters (1st, 11.60) and Fewest Baserunners/9 (1st, 7.78)… On the DL (Groin Strain) from 6/13 - 7/14, before making a start vs.