Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders Game Notes Rochester Red Wings (9-14) @ Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders (10-11)
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scranton/wilkes-barre railriders game notes rochester red wings (9-14) @ scranton/wilkes-barre railriders (10-11) RHP Kohl Stewart (1-2, 6.00) vs. RHP Jonathan Loaisiga (0-1, 3.60) | Game No. 22 | PNC Field | Moosic, PA | April 30, 2019 | First Pitch 6:35 p.m. | last time out... upcoming schedule / results date opponent result MOOSIC, PA (April 29, 2019) -- The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders fell to the Rochester Red Wings in the series opener Monday April 22 @ Rochester L 8-6 night, 10-6. The Red Wings took an early lead in the contest with a triple on a line drive in the top of the third and a run by Drew April 23 @ Rochester L 8-1 Maggi, who scored on a LaMonte Wade sacrifice fly to right Fielder Trey Amburgey who made it a close play at the plate, but the throw was a little late in getting to Ryan Lavarnway at home. April 24 @ Rochester W 5-0 April 25 @ Rochester L 4-3 (10) The RailRiders retaliated with Cliff Pennington’s sac fly to left fielder Ronald Torreyes, putting a tally on the board when Billy April 26 vs. Syracuse PPD (Rain) Burns touched home to make it 2-1. One inning later Luke Raley homered on a line drive to right center field for Rochester in the April 27 vs. Syracuse W 7-6 (10) top of the fourth, bringing the score to 3-1. vs. Syracuse L 3-2 (7) April 28 vs. Syracuse PPD (Rain) The score remained the same until the seventh inning when Torreyes, the third batter of the frame, knocked a three-run home run into the left field bullpen extending the Red Wings lead, 6-1. Rochester went on to score twice more in the inning and take an 8-1 lead. April 29 vs. Rochester L 10-6 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre scored 5 runs in the seventh, including a Trey Amburgey grand slam, to make it 8-6. April 30 vs. Rochester 6:35 PM May 1 vs. Rochester 6:35 PM Rochester remained on top throughout the eighth inning despite Scranton/Wilkes-Barre’s attempt at a comeback, adding to its May 2 vs. Rochester 6:35 PM lead with a pair of run-scoring walks in the frame to make it 10-6. After opening up a four-run advantage, Rochester’s bullpen May 3 @ Syracuse 6:35 PM retired the final six men it faced to secure the win. May 4 @ Syracuse 6:35 PM news & notes 2019 vs. rochester overall head-to-head: 1-4 NOT A GREEN TRIPLE-A PITCHER: RHP Chad Green threw the first two innings Monday (2.0 IP, 0 H, 0R, BB, 5 K) against the Rochester Red Wings with LHP Nestor Cortes follow beginning in the 3rd inning, and the big leaguer looked date location result dominant. Green was optioned to the RailRiders roster over the weekend and had last pitched in the minors in 2017 as April 22 Frontier Field L 8-6 he was getting ready to rejoin the Yankees out of Spring Training. That year, he was still being used as a starting pitcher, April 23 Frontier Field L 8-1 pitching in 5G/5GS for the RailRiders and going 2-1 with a 4.73 ERA over 26.2 IP. The year prior was when Green jumped April 24 Frontier Field W 5-0 on radars with 16G/16GS for SWB in which he posted a 1.52 ERA and struck out 100 batters in 94.2 IP with just a .200 BAA. April 25 Frontier Field L 4-3 (10) April 29 PNC Field L 10-6 A MODEST STRETCH: INF Gosuke Katoh hit safely in both ends of Saturday’s doubleheader to extend a recent hot April 30 PNC Field 6:35 PM stretch to a 6G hitting streak in which he has batted 12-for-22 (.545 AVG). It raised his season average to .364 which was May 1 PNC Field 6:35 PM 8th in the International League entering Monday night, but fell to .339. Thanks to his team-best 5 HR and ability to walk, May 2 PNC Field 6:35 PM he also began the week 7th in the league in OBP (.435) and 4th in slugging (.673) which gave him the 2nd best OPS in the May 28 PNC Field 6:35 PM league at 1.108 -- just a few points behind Louisville’s Josh Van Meter (1.110) for the league lead. May 29 PNC Field 6:35 PM May 30 PNC Field 6:35 PM NOW YOU HAVE CC’N HIM IN TRIPLE-A: As a corresponding move to LHP CC Sabathia returning from the Injured June 24 Frontier Field 7:05 PM List in the big leagues two weeks ago, RHP Jonathan Loaisiga was transferred to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. The June 25 Frontier Field 12:35 PM 24-year old Nicaraguan made his Triple-A debut with SWB in Game 1 of a doubleheader 4/17 against the Lehigh Valley July 4 PNC Field 7:05 PM IronPigs and yet has still has made almost as many appearances in the MLB (12G/6GS) as he has in full-season Minor July 5 PNC Field 7:05 PM League Baseball (15G/15GS with Charleston/Tampa/Trenton/SWB). In a pair of starts this season for the Yankees, July 6 PNC Field 6:35 PM Loaisiga has a 3.86 ERA (3R/3ER in 7.0 IP) including his first start of the season 4/3 @ Detroit where he allowed just 1H July 7 PNC Field 1:05 PM over 4.0 IP. His most recent appearance came out of the bullpen against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 4/24 in which July 31 Frontier Field 7:05 PM he picked up the win in a 6-5 comeback victory by the Yankees. August 1 Frontier Field 12:35 PM 2018 results: Tied 9-9 A TALE OF TWO SEASONS: The new MLB baseballs being used in Triple-A starting this year has been a discussion piece all-time series: RailRiders Lead 271-229 among players, fans and media members alike in 2019. After a month of play, here’s how the April numbers compare: railriders at a glance HITTING 2019 2018 PITCHING 2019 2018 2019 regular season: 10-11 AVG .263 .259 ERA 4.85 4.06 GB: 5.0 Lehigh Valley (16-7) OBP .343 .328 HR Allowed 21 14 3rd Place, I.L. North SLG .440 .377 Runs 102 94 Home: 6-4 Away: 4-7 Runs 112 95 BAA .241 .257 2019 hitting leaders: HR 27 15 AVG: Gosuke Katoh .339 HR: Ford/Katoh 5 around the organization RBI: Mike Ford 14 SB Billy Burns 7 New York Yankees (MLB) Trenton Thunder (AA) Tampa Tarpons (A+) Charleston RiverDogs(A) 9:40 PM @ Arizona Diamondbacks W 6-1 vs. New Hampshire Fisher Cats 6:30 PM vs. Charlotte Stone Crabs 7:00 PM @ Kannapolis Intimidators 2019 pitching leaders: Hoy Jun Park: 2-3, R, RBI, BB, K Wins: 3 Tied with 2 LHP CC Sabathia (1-0, 2.40 ERA) Angel Anguilar: 2-3, 2 RBI, R RHP Paul Campbell (2-2, 5.57 ERA) RHP Roansy Contreras (2-1, 3.32 ERA) ERA: David Hale 2.12 vs. Omar Carrizales: 1-4, 2B, RBI vs. vs. K: Chance Adams 24 RHP Zack Greinke (4-1, 3.72 ERA) Brody Koerner: 4.0 IP, 4 H, R/ER, 3 K RHP Clarke Schmidt (0-1, 3.57 ERA) RHP Davis Martin (2-1, 6.75 ERA) Bullpen: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 0R, 3 BB, 8 K SV: 2 Tied with 1 upcoming pitching probables broadcast/media information date opponent railriders starter opponent starter Radio: 1400 AM 1340 AM 1440 AM Wednesday, May 1st vs. Rochester RHP Chance Adams (1-1, 6.75) RHP Zack Littell (1-2, 4.50) 106.7 FM 100.7 FM Thursday, May 2nd vs. Rochester RHP David Hale (2-0, 2.12) RHP Chase De Jong (0-2, 21.00) Internet: TuneIn App (Search: “SWB RailRiders”) Television: MiLB.tv Friday, May 3rd @ Syracuse RHP Drew Hutchison (1-1, 5.66) TBA Radio Twitter: Adam Marco (@amarco_16) Saturday, May 4th @ Syracuse LHP Nestor Cortes (1-2, 5.81) TBA 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 60 JONATHAN LOAISIGA | RHP | 5’11” | 165 LBS | 24 | Managua, Nicaragua | Signed as a Minor League Free Agent, 2/9/2016 | MLB Service Time: 0.047 | 2019: Began the season with the New York Yankees, and was transferred to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders 4/12 to clear room for LHP CC Sabathia to rejoin the rotation... At the time of his Triple-A debut with SWB 4/17, he had made almost as many appearances in the MLB (11G/6GS) as he had in full-season Minor League Baseball (14G/14GS with Charleston/Tampa/Trenton)... 2018: Went 2-0 with a 5.11 ERA (24.2 IP, 26 H (.271 BAA), 17R/14ER, 12 BB, 33 K) in 9G/4GS over two stints with the Yankees... Was 2-0 with a 3.00 ERA (18.0 IP, 6ER) in his 4GS... Became the first Nicaragua-born player in Yankees history and the 15th Nicaraguan player (11th pitcher) in Baseball history when he made his MLB debut 6/15 vs. Tampa Bay: 5.0 shutout IP (3 H, 4 BB, 6 K) to earn the win… Became the 8th SP in Yankees history to toss at least 5.0 scoreless innings in his Major League debut, just the second since 1943: Sam Militello (7.0 IP), 8/9/92 vs.