Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders Game Notes Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders (48-35) @ Pawtucket Red Sox (33-49)
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scranton/wilkes-barre railriders game notes scranton/wilkes-barre railriders (48-35) @ pawtucket red sox (33-49) RHP Ben Heller (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Teddy Stankiewicz (4-4, 3.90) | Game No. 84 | McCoy Stadium | Pawtucket, RI | July 3, 2019 | First Pitch 6:05 p.m. | last time out... upcoming schedule / results date opponent result PAWTUCKET, RI (July 2, 2019) -- The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders beat the Pawtucket Red Sox 4-0 at McCoy Stadium on June 24 @ Rochester L 8-6 Tuesday evening. Three RailRiders pitchers blanked the PawSox on five hits as Scranton/Wilkes-Barre worked its fifth shutout June 25 @ Rochester L 10-9 win of the year. June 26 vs. Buffalo W 10-1 June 27 vs. Buffalo - Game 1 W 6-4 (7) After a scoreless first, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre built a 3-0 advantage. Trey Amburgey hit a solo home run off Kyle Hart; a 374-foot vs. Buffalo - Game 2 L 1-0 (7) blast to right for his 14th of the season. Ryan McBroom and Billy Burns followed with singles and both scored on a double down June 28 @ Lehigh Valley L 4-3 the left field line by Wendell Rijo. The RailRiders added a run in the third on a Tyler Wade double and a run-scoring single by June 29 @ Lehigh Valley L 12-3 Mandy Alvarez. June 30 @ Lehigh Valley L 10-7 July 1 @ Pawtucket W 5-1 Raynel Espinal allowed a single in the first and retired seven straight before surrendering another hit. After a three-batter fifth with July 2 @ Pawtucket W 4-0 a pair of strikeouts, the PawSox put two runners on in the sixth before Espinal induced a lineout and a pop foul to end the inning. July 3 @ Pawtucket 6:05 PM Espinal (4-7) worked a career-high seven complete, striking out nine and allowing just four hits and one walk. The nine strikeouts July 4 vs. Rochester 7:05 PM also matched a career-high for the right-hander from Villa Gonzalez, Dominican Republic. Hart (3-3) took the loss for the PawSox, July 5 vs. Rochester G1 5:05 PM allowing all four runs on six hits over six innings. Tuesday’s loss marked the first time Pawtucket had been shutout this season. vs. Rochester G2 TBA news & notes 2019 vs. pawtucket overall head-to-head: 4-1 BRINGING THE HEAT: J.P. Feyereisen tossed a scoreless ninth inning Monday night to close out a 5-1 win over the Pawtucket Red Sox. Over his last 9G, spanning 12.0 shutout IP, Feyereisen has allowed just 4 H (4-for-40, .100 date location result BAA), 1 BB (0.42 WHIP) and struck out 21 batters (15.8 K/9). In the process he has lowered his season ERA from 3.04 to 2.09 as he was nominated to his second mid-season All-Star team (2016 Eastern League All-Star Game, Akron May 21 PNC Field L 11-8 RubberDucks). For the season, Feyereisen leads all International League relievers in Batting Average Against (.142 May 22 PNC Field W 8-6 BAA), Strikeout Rate (13.73 K/9) and is second in lowest baserunner rate (8.38 baserunners/9). May 23 PNC Field W 10-8 July 1 McCoy Stadium W 5-1 MAKING MOVES: With under 60 games remaining in the regular season, the five teams looking up at the July 2 McCoy Stadium W 4-0 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders are looking to make moves in the standings. The RailRiders simply keep looking July 3 McCoy Stadium 6:05 PM to make (roster) moves. As the calendar turned to July, SWB has made 167 total moves (April, 44 | May, 64 | June, August 19 PNC Field 7:05 PM 59) which is far ahead of last season’s pace in which the RailRiders had made 131 total moves through June (April, August 20 PNC Field 7:05 PM 36 | May, 53 | June, 43) in a year in which they made 275 roster moves during the regular season. With eight more August 21 PNC Field 7:05 PM moves over the first two days of July, SWB is averaging 2.11 moves/game this season. August 22 PNC Field 7:05 PM August 26 McCoy Stadium 7:05 PM SLIDING INTO JULY: The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders wake up Monday morning with a 4.0-game lead in August 27 McCoy Stadium 7:05 PM the IL North Division after dropping a fourth straight game Saturday night to the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. The last August 28 McCoy Stadium 7:05 PM time they were only 4.0 games up in the division was following a loss 28 days ago June 7th against the Syracuse August 29 McCoy Stadium 7:05 PM Mets. With a win Monday and Tuesday against Pawtucket, the RailRiders were able to avoid their longest losing streak of the season and jump back to a 5.5-game lead in the division thanks to a loss and postponements by Buffalo. 2018 results: SWB RailRiders, 10-8 all-time series: LESS THAN A WEEK: The entire International League has one week remaining until the unofficial midway point RailRiders Lead 253-247 of the season with the Triple-A All-Star Game in El Paso, Texas. Last season’s All-Star Break fell after game 87 of the season- it is expected to fall after game 89 this year- and the RailRiders were 46-41 (.529) on the year and 5.5 games in back of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs for first place in the division who were 52-36 (.591). railriders at a glance MORE POWER: Logan Morrison homered just over a week ago to became the sixth member of the Scranton/ 2019 regular season: 48-35 Wilkes-Barre RailRiders to record double-digit homers this season. He three more over the next three games and GB: +5.5 -- is now up to 15 longballs on the season. He has joined Mike Ford (19), Ryan McBroom (16), Trey Amburgey (14), 1st Place, I.L. North Kyle Higshioka (12), and Brad Miller (10) among the team leaders. Last year’s team had only six players with 10+ Home: 27-12 Away: 21-23 homers. Up next for the 2019 RailRiders: Breyvic Valera (9), who has 10 homers overall this season including one 2019 hitting leaders: home run he hit with the Sacramento RiverCats before being designated for assignment. AVG: Ryan McBroom .321 HR: Mike Ford 19 around the organization RBI: Mike Ford 50 SB Billy Burns 11 New York Yankees (MLB) Trenton Thunder (AA) Tampa Tarpons (A+) Charleston RiverDogs(A) L 4-2 @ New York Mets L 7-1 (7), L 1-0 (7) @ Portland Sea Dogs W 9-2 @ Daytona Tortugas L 10-0 vs. Augusta GreenJackets 2019 pitching leaders: Led 2-1 entering bottom of the 8th inning Portland won Game 2 with 1H Scored 6R T5 to break scoreless tie Only trailed 2-0 before 6R T7 Wins: J.P. Feyereisen 6 James Paxton: 6.0 IP, 8 H, R/ER, 3 K Nick Nelson: 6.0 IP, H, R/ER, 3 BB, 11 K Estevan Florial: 2-6, HR (4), 5 RBI Harold Cortijo: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 2R/1ER, 3 K ERA: Chance Adams 3.78 Didi Gregorius: 2-4, R, SB -- .301 AVG Albert Abreu: 0.2 IP, 4 H, 5R/0ER, 2 K *Career-high 5 RBI Outhit 12-3 K: Raynel Espinal 74 Adam Ottavino: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 3R/2ER Between both games, TRE: 8-for-46 (.174) Steven Sensley: 2-4, 2 R, 3 RBI Canaan Smith: 1-4 -- .290 AVG SV: Joe Harvey 6 upcoming pitching probables broadcast/media information date opponent railriders starter opponent starter Radio: 1400 AM 1340 AM 1440 AM Thursday, July 4th vs. Rochester RHP Randall Delgado (1-3, 5.20) RHP Sean Poppen (4-0, 2.37) 106.7 FM 100.7 FM Friday, July 5th vs. Rochester - G1 RHP Chance Adams (4-1, 3.78) RHP Kohl Stewart (5-4, 5.64) Internet: TuneIn App (Search: “SWB RailRiders”) Television: MiLB.tv vs. Rochester - G2 RHP Brody Koerner (3-1, 4.53) LHP Lewis Thrope (3-4, 5.71) Radio Twitter: Adam Marco (@amarco_16) Saturday, July 6th vs. Rochester LHP Daniel Camarena (3-3, 6.01) RHP Drew Hutchison (6-4, 5.31) 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 starting pitcher 4 ADONIS ROSA | RHP | 6’1” | 180 LBS | 24 | Hometown: Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic | MLB Service Time: 0.000 | Signed as International Free Agent 12/19/2013 | 2018: Transferred from Double-A Trenton 8/18 prior to making his season-debut for the RailRiders in Game Two of a doubleheader against the Norfolk Tides... Previous 2G/2GS before the promotion to SWB came with the Trenton Thunder: 11.2 IP, 12 H, 7R/6ER (4.63 ERA), 0 BB, 5 K... Those two starts were his first two career appearances in Double-A despite having made two starts in 2017 with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre... First 20G/15GS of the season with High-A Tampa: 12-3, 3.84 ERA (48R/41ER in 96.0 IP), 100 H (.268 BAA), 29 BB, 89 K... Back-to-back appearances with Tampa 5/6 & 5/12 in which he went a combined 9.0 IP, 2 H (2-for-27, .074 BAA), R/ER (HR), BB, 7 K..