Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders Game Notes Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders (65-59) Vs
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scranton/wilkes-barre railriders game notes scranton/wilkes-barre railriders (65-59) vs. buffalo bisons (58-65) RHP Raynel Espinal (7-2, 3.32) vs. LHP Matt Tracy (1-1, 2.06) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Game No. 125 & 126 | August 22, 2018 | Coca-Cola Field | Buffalo, NY | | First Pitch 6:00 p.m. | Pregame Show 5:00 p.m. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raynel Espinal: 37G/1GS -- One start, 8/4 vs. Buffalo: 2.0 IP, 7 H, 6R/6ER, 2 BB, 2 K Matt Tracy: w/ SWB 26G/18GS, 2-9, 4.79 ERA (67R/57ER in 107.0 IP), 122 H (.295 BAA), 43 BB, 69 K (5.8 K/9) last time out... upcoming schedule / results MOOSIC, Pa. (August 19, 2018) - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders fell to the Norfolk Tides 7-6 on Sunday afternoon date opponent result at PNC Field. The Tides jumped on the board in the top of the first as Mike Yastrzemski led off with a double. He advanced to August 13 Indianapolis PPD (Rain) third on an error by Tyler Wade and was later played on a groundout to second off the bat of Garabez Rosa. The RailRiders August 14 Indianapolis W 7-3 (5) responded in the bottom half of the inning as Zack Zehner walked and Rey Navarro homered giving Scranton/Wilkes-Barre a Indianapolis PPD (Rain) 2-1 lead. August 15 Indianapolis L 7-3 (7) Indianapolis W 3-1 (7) Norfolk tied it up in the third on a Jaycob Brugman home run. The RailRiders took the lead again in the fifth with an Abiatal August 16 Norfolk L 7-4 (10) Avelino solo shot. In the sixth, the Tides tacked on two runs as Garabez Rosa and DJ Stewart singled. Stewart was plated on August 17 Norfolk PPD (Rain) a Pedro Álvarez double and Rosa came home on a Chance Sisco sacrifice fly giving Norfolk a 4-3 lead. August 18 Norfolk W 2-1 (7) Scranton/Wilkes-Barre responded in the bottom of the inning as Devyn Bolasky plated Navarro with an RBI single, but Norfolk Norfolk W 3-1 (7) added two more runs in the seventh Brugman led off with a walk and Rubén Tejada doubled. Yastrzemski plated Brugman August 19 Norfolk L 7-6 with a groundout to second and Tejada scored on a single by Rosa. The Tides added one more in the eighth with a solo home August 21 @ Buffalo Susp. (Rain) run off the bat of Drew Dosch extending their lead to 7-4. August 22 @ Buffalo 6:00 PM @ Buffalo TBA The RailRiders rallied in the 8th to get back within a run, 7-6, but couldn’t bring home the tying run against Tim Melville. August 23 @ Buffalo 7:05 PM news & notes 2018 vs. bisons RAIN, RAIN...: The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders have been unable to catch a break at PNC Field this season. Not only have overall head-to-head: 7-6 two games been cancelled (June 10 vs. Louisville; July 25 vs. Charlotte), but they have lost the most openings of any team in the International League this season. Five home dates remain over the final two weeks of the season, and the RailRiders have date location result lost seven openings over the first 65 home dates of the year. In the rest of the league, 10-of-14 teams have lost four openings or April 30 PNC Field L 6-2 fewer, including the Indianapolis Indians, Durham Bulls and Louisville Bats who have not lost any. Last season, the RailRiders lost May 1 PNC Field W 7-1 only three openings and they have not lost more than four in any season since 2011 when the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees May 2 PNC Field W 3-2 also lost seven openings. The tough-luck weather has dipped into road games, affecting Tuesday’s series-opener with the Bisons. May 18 Coca-Cola Field L 5-1 May 19 Coca-Cola Field L 9-2 ...GO AWAY: Since the calendar turned to August, the RailRiders have had 10 home dates and 7-of-10 have featured a rain delay, May 20 Coca-Cola Field L 4-3 postponement, cancelation or doubleheader. Dating back to mid-July, 10-of-16 home dates have featured some combination of July 2 Coca-Cola Field W 6-2 weather-related alterations. July 3 Coca-Cola Field W 6-3 July 4 PNC Field W 4-2 RACE TO THE FINISH: The Wild Card race in the International League is heating up as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders July 5 PNC Field W 9-6 (65-59) hit the homestretch of the 2018 season. With 16G to go, SWB finds itself 1.5 GB of the Columbus Clippers (68-59) and August 3 PNC Field PPD (Rain) Indianapolis Indians (68-59) for the Wild Card lead. It’s looking like a three-team race for the final playoff spot with the Norfolk August 4 PNC Field W 3-1 (7) Tides (66-60) also making a playoff push, tied with the RailRiders entering Wednesday night. PNC Field L 6-4 (7) August 5 PNC Field L 6-5 FORD REVVING UP: RailRiders INF Mike Ford began the 2018 season in Spring Training with the Seattle Mariners, and struggled August 21 Coca-Cola Field 7:05 PM out of the gate with SWB to start the year. He was batting .218 AVG/.299 OBP as of July 21, but has turned it around lately. In the August 22 Coca-Cola Field 6:00 PM 26G since he has hit .312 AVG (29-for-93)/.373 OBP (8 BB, HBP) to raise his season AVG to .252. Coca-Cola Field TBA August 23 Coca-Cola Field 7:05 PM SHEFF SERVES UP NEW ROLE: The top pitching prospect in the Yankees organization, LHP Justus Sheffield, made his bullpen 2017 results debut for the RailRiders Tuesday night. In comments leading up to Tuesday’s game Yankees GM Brian Cashman said “You’ll : RailRiders Won 12-7 see him pitching in New York whether it’s as a rotation guy or out of the bullpen at some point I would expect in 2018. The stuff’s all-time series: RailRiders Lead 173-160 electric. The ceiling and the upside is exciting and just because it hasn’t happened yet doesn’t diminish what we think of him. That’s just timing is everything and when do we unwrap that and deploy that. Is it going to be before September. It just depends 2018 railriders at a glance on how things shake out.” 2018 overall record: 65-59 current homestand statistics Place: 2nd I.L. North GB: 9.5 Lehigh Valley (75-52) swb g avg ab h r hr bb k sb Home: 36-27 Away: 29-32 hitting 7 .312 199 62 28 7 17 38 3 Last 5: 3-2 Last 10: 5-5 swb w-l era ip h r er bb k hr 2018 hitting leaders: AVG: Ryan McBroom .304 pitching 4-3 3.98 52.0 49 27 25 27 42 8 HR: Mike Ford 14 around the organization RBI: Mike Ford 42 SB Tyler Wade 10 New York Yankees (MLB) Trenton Thunder (AA) Tampa Tarpons (A+) Charleston RiverDogs(A) W 2-1 @ Miami Marlins L 7-3 vs. Hartford Yard Goats W 8-3 @ Port St. Lucie W 3-2 (10) @ West Virginia Power 2018 pitching leaders: Masahiro Tanaka: 6.0 IP, 4 H, R/ER 7.0-game lead for second playoff spot Opened up 5-0 lead with 5R T2 WV Power tied game with run B9 Wins: Raynel Espinal 7 Neil Walker: 2-3, RBI, 2 BB *Last 19G: 7-12 E. Florial: 3-4, 2B, HR (3), 2 R, 2 RBI Leonardo Molina: 2-3, RBI, BB ERA: Josh Rogers 3.95 Gleyber Torres: 2-5 -- .267 AVG Jhalan Jackson: 3-4, 2 2B (14), 3 RBI *Last 9G: 16-38 (.421 AVG) Oswaldo Cabrera: 1-3, RBI Giancarlo Stanton: 2-6, 2B (27), 3 K Wendell Rijo: 3-5, R, K Diego Castillo: 2-2, 2B, 2 R, 3 RBI Miguel Yajure: 5.0 IP, H, 0R, 5 K K: Chance Adams 108 Luke Voit: 0-1, K Taylor Stephan: 5.0 IP, H, R/ER, 7 K D. Thompson-Williams: 1-5, HR (13) *27R/17ER in 55.1 IP -- 2.77 ERA SV: Cody Carroll 9 upcoming pitching probables broadcast/media information date opponent railriders starter opponent starter Radio: 1400 AM 1340 AM 1440 AM August 23 @ Buffalo RHP Adonis Rosa (1-0,1.80) RHP Jacob Waguespack (5-6, 5.04) 106.7 FM 100.7 FM Internet: TuneIn App (Search: “SWB RailRiders”) August 24 @ Lehigh Valley RHP Michael King (2-0, 1.74) RHP Jerad Eickhoff (0-0, 2.35) RadioBOLD App August 25 @ Lehigh Valley RHP Erik Swanson (2-2, 4.50) RHP Tom Eshelman (2-12, 5.61) Television: MiLB.tv August 26 @ Lehigh Valley TBA LHP Cole Irvin (12-4, 2.71) 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 railriders bullpen 55 CALE COSHOW | RHP | @c_coshow 98 RAYNEL ESPINAL | RHP | 6’5” | 270 LBS | 25 | Edmond, OK | MLB Service: 0.000 6’3” | 200 LBS | 26 | Villa Gonzalez, D.R. | MLB Service: 0.000 2018: Placed on RailRiders Opening Day roster... First 14G until 5/28: 21.2 IP, 2018: Placed on RailRiders Opening Day roster... Allowed runs in only 2-of-11G to 15 H (15-for-76, .197 BAA), 5ER (2.08 ERA), 26 K (10.8 K/9), 2 HR --> 5/28 vs.