Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders Game Notes Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders (19-22) @ Pawtucket Red Sox (17-22) RHP Erik Swanson (AAA Debut) Vs
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scranton/wilkes-barre railriders game notes scranton/wilkes-barre railriders (19-22) @ pawtucket red sox (17-22) RHP Erik Swanson (AAA Debut) vs. LHP Jalen Beeks (2-2, 1.93) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Game No. 42 | Monday May 21, 2018 | McCoy Stadium | Pawtucket, RI | | First Pitch 6:15 p.m. | Pregame Show 5:45 p.m. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Erik Swanson: Leads MiLB with a 0.44 ERA this season -- 1-of-6 pitchers in MiLB with sub-1.00 ERA and 37.0+ IP Jalen Beeks: Has only given up more than 1 ER in 3-of-7 starts -- All three times was 2 ER including 5/3 @ SWB last time out... upcoming schedule / results date location result Coming off a series sweep of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders looked to build some momentum starting Friday night against the Buffalo Bisons. Instead, three days later the Bisons returned the favor May 15 vs. Lehigh Valley W 4-3 capped by a 4-3 victory Sunday at Coca-Cola Field. May 16 vs. Lehigh Valley W 3-1 May 17 vs. Lehigh Valley W 5-4 (11) In the bottom of the 9th inning the RailRiders trailed 4-2, but threatened off closer Justin Shafer in his first Triple-A May 18 @ Buffalo L 5-1 outing of the year. In 17.1 innings in Double-A to start the year, he posted a 0.52 ERA with just one earned run allowed. May 19 @ Buffalo L 9-2 However, The RailRiders began the inning with a double and single and got to within a run following Ryan McBroom’s May 20 @ Buffalo L 4-3 sacrifice fly at 4-3. May 21 @ Pawtucket 6:15 PM May 22 @ Pawtucket 6:15 PM Rey Navarro stood at first base still representing the tying run when Zack Zehner grounded into an inning-ending and May 23 @ Pawtucket 6:15 PM game-ending 5-4-3 double play to put away the victory for Buffalo. May 24 @ Pawtucket 11:05 AM Buffalo jumped ahead with a pair of runs in the bottom of the 8th inning to take a 4-2 lead, which were all the runs they May 25 vs. Syracuse 6:35 PM needed to grab the win before a crowd of 6,339 fans. May 26 vs. Syracuse 4:05 PM news & notes 2018 vs. pawsox Overall Head-to-Head: 1-3 KEEP LOOKING AT ME, SWAN: Monday night features the Triple-A debut of RHP Erik Swanson who has been the best arm in Minor League Baseball this season. He began the season on the Double-A Trenton Thunder Opening Day date location result roster and was tranferred to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders before Monday’s game. He was promoted to May 3 PNC Field W 4-3 SWB after 7G/6GS with Thunder: 5-0, 0.44 ERA, 40.2 IP, 21 H (.154 BAA), 3R/2ER, 12 BB (2.7 BB/9), 52 K (11.5 K/9). May 4 PNC Field L 5-4 Those numbers ranked first or second in the Eastern League at the time of his promotion: ERA (1st, 0.44), Wins (T-2nd, 5), May 5 McCoy Stadium L 2-0 st st st st st May 6 McCoy Stadium L 2-0 Strikeouts (T-1 , 52), WHIP (1 , 0.81), BAA (1 , .154), K/9 among starters (1 , 11.19) and Fewest Baserunners/9 (1 , 7.78). May 21 McCoy Stadium 6:15 p.m. May 22 McCoy Stadium 6:15 p.m. NUMBERS ARE (RED) ROCKETING UP (TO THE MAJORS): Monday afternoon it was announced that OF Clint Frazier May 23 McCoy Stadium 6:15 p.m. was optioned back to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders after appearing in one game for the New York Yankees (1- May 24 McCoy Stadium 11:05 a.m. for-2, 2B, R, 2 BB). He retruns following an absolutely torrid stretch with the RailRiders. He had been working his way June 29 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. back to the big leagues battling concussion symptoms throughout Spring Training and the early part of the season. After June 30 PNC Field 6:35 p.m. July 1 PNC Field 1:05 p.m. going 0-for-4 in first game with RailRiders this year, Frazier had been 17-for-his-last-43 (.395 AVG), 4 BB/1 HBP (.458 July 6 McCoy Stadium 7:05 p.m. OBP), 3 2B/2 3B/3 HR (.767 SLG) in his last 11G before the promotion to the big leagues. July 7 McCoy Stadium 6:35 p.m. July 8 McCoy Stadium 1:35 p.m. MAZZILLI FLEXING THE MUSCLE: RailRiders INF L.J. Mazzilli crushed his fourth home run of the season clear out August 31 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. of Coca-Cola Field Saturday in Buffalo. It gives him 4 HR in 73 AB (18.3 AB/HR) this season between SWB and Las September 1 PNC Field 6:35 p.m. Vegas (AAA, NYM). Entering 2018 his career high was 11 HR in 505 AB in 2014 (45.9 AB/HR) and 73.8 AB/HR (26 HR September 2 McCoy Stadium 6:15 p.m. in 1,191 AB) in his career. September 3 McCoy Stadium 1:35 p.m. 2017 results: RailRiders Won 13-5 MORE BIG LEAGUE HELP: INF Greg Bird and OF Billy McKinney are in the scheduled lineup for the Scranton/Wilkes- all-time series: Barre RailRiders. They will be the fourth and fifth big leaguers to rehab injuries with SWB this season trying to make it RailRiders Lead 242-240 back to the majors. Earlier this season OF Aaron Hicks (3G), INF Brandon Drury (11G) and OF Clint Frazier (1G) have all played game for the RailRiders as MLB rehabbers. 2018 railriders at a glance 2018 overall record: 19-22 current roadtrip statistics Place: 5th I.L. North GB: 4.5 LHV (23-17) swb g avg ab h r hr bb k sb Home: 14-9 Away: 5-13 hitting 3 .198 96 19 6 2 6 21 1 Last 5: 2-3 Last 10: 5-5 swb w-l era ip h r er bb k hr 2018 hitting leaders: AVG: Shane Robinson .284 pitching 0-3 5.25 24.0 24 18 14 9 22 3 HR: M. Ford, Z. Zehner 5 around the organization RBI: M. Ford, K. Higashioka 18 SB A. Avelino, S. Robinson 5 New York Yankees (MLB) Trenton Thunder (AA) Tampa Tarpons (A+) Charleston Riverdogs (A) W 10-1 @ Kansas City Royals L 10-5 vs. Bowie Baysox PPD (Rain) @ Lakeland Flying Tigers W 2-1 vs. Columbia Fireflies 2018 pitching leaders: Tied 5-5 entering T8 --> 5R T8 Trailed 1-0 entering bottom of the 6th Sonny Gray: 8.0 IP, 4 H, R/ER, 5 K Wins: Brady Lail 4 Michael King: 5.0 IP, 10 H, 5R/5ER Monday’s game schedued for Unearned run in the B6 *Didn’t allow a hit until the 5th ERA: Josh Rogers 2.98 *Double-A debut 6:30 p.m. vs. Port Charlotte Dermis Garcia go-ahead HR B7 Tyler Austin: 2-4, 2 HR (8), 4 RBI Chris Gittens: 1-4, HR (4), 2 RBI Stone Crabs Pablo Olivares: 2-3, CS K: Josh Rogers 45 Miguel Andujar: 3-5, 3B, HR, RBI Jhalen Jackson: 1-3, SB of Home Rony Garcia: 5.0 IP, 3 H, R/ER, 7 K SV: Cody Carroll 3 pitching probables broadcast/media information date opponent railriders starter opponent starter Radio: 1400 AM 1340 AM 1440 AM Tuesday, May 22 @ Pawtucket RHP Chance Adams (1-2, 4.69) RHP William Cuevas (1-2, 4.06) 106.7 FM 100.7 FM Internet: TuneIn App (Search: “RailRiders”) Wednesday, May 23 @ Pawtucket TBA RHP Chandler Shepherd (2-3, 4.21) RadioBOLD App Thursday, May 24 @ Pawtucket LHP Josh Rogers (3-3, 2.98) RHP Justin Haley (1-5, 3.63) Television: MiLB.tv Friday, May 25 vs. Syracuse RHP David Hale (0-1, 4.66) TBA @swbrailriders @swbrailriders 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 58 | 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 7G/6GS with Thunder: 5-0, 0.44 ERA, 40.2 IP, 21 H (.154 BAA), 3R/2ER, 12 BB (2.7 BB/9), 52 K (11.5 K/9)... Ranked first in the Eastern League at the time of his promotion in: ERA (1st, 0.44), Wins (T-2nd, 5), Strikeouts (T-1st, 52), WHIP (1st, 0.81), BAA (1st, .154), K/9 among starters (1st, 11.19) and Fewest Baserunners/9 (1st, 7.78)… 2017: In his first full season in the Yankees organization, spent the entire year in the starting rotation at High-A Tampa and compiled a 7-3 record and 3.95 ERA (100.1IP, 115H, 46R/44ER, 14BB, 84K, 10HR) in 20 starts… allowed 2R-or-fewer in 12-of- 20 starts, including six straight from 6/24-7/22… Eclipsed 100.0 IP for the first time in his career… His 1.26 BB/9 IP ratio was the 10th-lowest among minor league pitchers (min.