Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders Game Notes Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders (60-43) @ Louisville Bats (40-63)
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scranton/wilkes-barre railriders game notes scranton/wilkes-barre railriders (60-43) @ louisville bats (40-63) RHP Deivi Garcia (2-0, 4.50) vs. RHP Keury Mella (6-10, 4.70) | Game No. 104 | Louisville Slugger Field | Louisville, KY | July 26, 2019 | First Pitch 7:00 p.m. | last time out... upcoming schedule / results date opponent result COLUMBUS, OH (July 25, 2019) -- The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders used three home runs to set a new season franchise July 4 vs. Rochester L 11-1 record, and sweep the Columbus Clippers 10-6 Thursday afternoon before 10,100 fans at Huntington Park. July 5 vs. Rochester G1 L 4-2 (7) vs. Rochester G2 W 7-6 (8) Mike Ford stepped to the plate in the top of the sixth inning with a runner aboard and the RailRiders already leading 7-0. He July 6 vs. Rochester PPD (Rain) launched the first pitch he saw from Jon Edwards out of the ballpark in right field and trotted around the bases with his 21st homer July 7 vs. Rochester G1 W 6-3 (7) of the season. The blast was the third of the game for the RailRiders (and 12th of the three-game series) to give them 165 home vs. Rochester G2 W 7-4 (7) runs this year, eclipsing the previous record of 164 homers hit by the 1998 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons. July 11 @ Syracuse L 4-2 July 12 @ Syracuse W 4-3 Ford’s home run came on the heels of a Trey Amburgey homer which made it 2-0 SWB in the third inning, and a grand slam by July 13 @ Syracuse L 6-2 Wendell Rijo – the decisive swing in the ballgame. The grand slam came after the RailRiders loaded the bases on three consecutive July 14 @ Syracuse L 5-3 singles to begin the inning, seemingly setting the stage for a big frame. After the starter Aaron Civale was lifted in favor of July 15 vs. Columbus W 6-4 Edwards, he struck out the first two batters he faced to turn from a bases loaded situation with no outs, to being one pitch away July 16 vs. Columbus W 3-1 from escaping trouble with two down in the frame. After issuing a four-pitch walk to Francisco Arcia, Rijo stepped to the plate July 17 vs. Columbus L 9-4 and crushed his grand slam to left-centerfield and make it 7-0. July 18 vs. Columbus W 7-6 July 19 vs. Louisville L 8-6 (10) news & notes July 20 vs. Louisville W 5-4 July 21 vs. Louisville L 7-4 RECORD SETTERS: When Mike Ford blasted a two-run home run clear out of Huntington Park in the sixth inning Thursday July 23 @ Columbus W 11-6 afternoon, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders set the franchise record with 165 HR in the first 103 games of the season (1.60 July 24 @ Columbus W 8-2 HR/G), which far exceeds the rate for the 132 HR they hit all of last season (0.96 HR/G) and eclipsed the previous franchise July 25 @ Columbus W 10-6 record of 164 HR (1.15 HR/G) over 142 games set by the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons in 1998. With the new baseball in July 26 @ Louisville 7:00 PM Triple-A, a number of other offensive records (and dubious pitching records) will be under assault as the calendar turns to August, July 27 @ Louisville 6:30 PM including Slugging Percentage which is at .499 entering Friday, well ahead of the .449 mark put up in 1998 and .026 points ahead July 28 @ Louisville 2:00 PM of the Gwinnett Stripers who are second in the league. The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre franchise record for runs in a season is 746, set July 29 vs. Syracuse 7:05 PM in 1998 (5.25 per game), and this season’s team is currently 4th in the International League in runs with 574, but they are on pace July 30 vs. Syracuse 12:05 PM to break the franchise record with 5.57 per game. July 31 @ Rochester 7:05 PM August 1 @ Rochester 12:35 PM THE KING RETURNING TO HIS THROW’N: A look at the Short-Season A Staten Island Yankees box score Thursday night and they came away with an 8-1 win over the Connecticut Tigers. The Tigers were held off the board by Yankees pitching until the seventh inning, but by then RHP Michael King had already exited the game after 4.0 scoreless frames. It was King’s fourth 2019 vs. louisville appearance on his way back from a stress reaction in his right elbow, and his first above the GCL. He scattered four hits over the outing in which he needed 56 pitches (38 strikes) to get through four innings without a walk or a strikeout. overall head-to-head: 1-2 RAILREHABBERS: It was announced entering Tuesday’s roadtrip opener that OF Cameron Maybin would be rehabbing with date location result the RailRiders and in the lineup on the road in Columbus. In his first rehab game since going on the Injured List 6/23 (calf strain), July 19 PNC Field L 8-6 (10) the righty was 4-for-5 with a home run in his third at-bat and a single on the very first pitch of the night off RHP Michael Peoples. July 20 PNC Field W 5-4 After playing in all three games against Columbus, Maybin has posted a .462 AVG (6-for-13) with 2 2B, HR, 2 RBI, BB on his rehab July 21 PNC Field L 7-4 stint entering Friday. Maybin joins RHP Ben Heller, RHP Domingo German, OF Giancarlo Stanton, OF Aaron Judge, INF Didi July 26 Lousiville Slugger Field 7:00 PM Gregorius and OF Aaron Hicks on the list of Yankees rehabbers for the RailRiders this season. A year ago, SWB had 10 different July 27 Lousiville Slugger Field 6:30 PM Yankees play games with them: Greg Bird (INF), A.J. Cole (P), Brandon Drury (INF), Clint Frazier (OF), Aaron Hicks (OF), Tommy July 28 Lousiville Slugger Field 2:00 PM Kahnle (P), Billy McKinney (OF), Gary Sanchez (C), Masahiro Tanaka (P), Adam Warren (P). 2018 results: SWB RailRiders, 3-2 A LONG-AWAITED SWEET 16 PARTY: The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders finally got to celebrate setting a new high-water all-time series mark in 2019 by reaching 16 games above .500 with after winning the first two games of this week’s series against the Columbus : RailRiders Lead 99-76 Clippers. After winning Tuesday’ series opener against Columbus, they were at the high-water mark of 15 games above .500 for the eighth time this season, but had been 0-7 in their previous attempts to get to 16 games above .500. The team wasted very little time quickly improving to 17 games above .500 with Thursday’s 10-6 win. They first got to 15 games above .500 June 23 with a railriders at a glance win over the Durham Bulls that made them 44-29, but have now gone just 16-14 in the 30 games since. 2019 regular season: 60-43 A QUICK PROJECTION: Thursday featured a win by the RailRiders (60-43, .583) and one by the team closest to them in the IL GB: +6.0 -- 1st Place, I.L. North North standings, the Buffalo Bisons (54-49, .524). Scranton/Wilkes-Barre has 37 games to go in the regular season and holds a Home: 34-17 Away: 26-26 5.0-game lead on the Bisons for first place after hitting the All-Star break with a 5.5-game lead. That means if the RailRiders were to go 19-18 (.514) the rest of the way, the Bisons would need to go 25-12 (.676) to catch them in the division. These two teams play 2019 hitting leaders: four games over four days at PNC Field to wrap-up the regular season leading into Labor Day. AVG: Ryan McBroom .317 HR: Mike Ford 21 around the organization RBI: Mike Ford 56 SB Billy Burns/Tyler Wade 11 New York Yankees (MLB) Trenton Thunder (AA) Tampa Tarpons (A+) Charleston RiverDogs(A) L 19-3 @ Boston Red Sox L 9-8 (7) // L 5-1 (7) @ Erie SeaWolves 4:30 PM DH vs. Junipter Hammerheads W 4-3 @ Lakewood BlueClaws 2019 pitching leaders: M. Tanaka: 3.1 IP, 12 H, 12R/12ER, 4 K Month of July: 9-15 (.375) Game 1: Roansy Contreras: 6.0 IP, 2 H, 2R/2ER Wins: J.P. Feyereisen 7 *2nd most ER allowed by P in NYY Gave up 2R B7 in Game 1 RHP Trevor Stephan (0-3, 7.88 ERA) Josh Stowers: 1-3, RBI, BB, SB (22) ERA: Brody Koerner 3.69 Luke Voit: 3-4, 2B, R, K -- .280 AVG *Lost despite 8R, 15 H in 7-inn. game vs. Oliver Dunn: 1-3, SB (1) K: Raynel Espinal 79 K. Higashioka: 1-3, HR (1), R, RBI G. Katoh 6-7, 2 2B, 2 R, RBI Chris Vallimont (2-2, 3.48 ERA) Brandon Lockridge: 1-4, RBI, K, SB (17) A. Romine: 1.0 IP, 4 H (2 HR), 3R/3ER Hoy Park: 4-4, HR (3), 2 R, 3 RBI, BB SV: Joe Harvey 9 upcoming pitching probables broadcast/media information date opponent railriders starter opponent starter Radio: 1400 AM 1340 AM 1440 AM Saturday, July 26th @ Louisville LHP Daniel Camarena (4-5, 5.93) TBA 106.7 FM 100.7 FM Sunday, July 27th @ Louisville RHP Chance Adams (4-2, 4.26) LHP Eric Stout (2-1, 6.82) Internet: TuneIn App (Search: “SWB RailRiders”) Television: MiLB.tv Monday, July 28th vs.