Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders Game Notes Lehigh Valley Ironpigs (14-11) Vs
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scranton/wilkes-barre railriders game notes Lehigh Valley IronPigs (14-11) vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (16-7) RHP Adonis Medina (1-1, 3.48 ERA) vs. RHP Adam Warren (2-0, 0.90 ERA) | Game 24 | Home Game 12 | PNC Field | Moosic, PA | June 2, 2021 | First Pitch 6:35 p.m. | last time out... upcoming schedule / results MOOSIC, Pa. (June 1, 2021) – The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders dropped the series opener against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs 5-2 Tuesday night date opponent result at PNC Field. Lehigh Valley opened an early edge that Scranton/Wilkes-Barre could not overcome. June 1 Lehigh Valley L, 5-2 June 2 Lehigh Valley 6:35 p.m. The IronPigs jumped to a four-run lead in the top of the first inning against RailRiders’ starter Nick Green. Major League rehabber Scott Kingery doubled June 3 Lehigh Valley 6:35 p.m. off the right field wall to start the game and advanced to third on a single by Mickey Moniak. C.J. Chatham singled in Kingery for a 1-0 edge and Rafael June 4 Lehigh Valley 6:35 p.m. Marchan singled in Monizak to extend the lead. Former RailRider Ruben Tejada singled in both Chatham and Marchan to stake the IronPigs to a 4-0 lead. June 5 Lehigh Valley 4:05 p.m. June 6 Lehigh Valley 1:05 p.m. Lehigh Valley starter Cristopher Sanchez struck out seven, walked two over the first three innings and didn’t allow a hit until the fourth. Trey Amburgey and Derek Dietrich singled in the fourth and both scored on a double by Armando Alvarez to halve the deficit at 4-2. 2021 vs. lehigh valley The RailRiders had chances in each inning from the fifth in, but ultimately could not manage any additional support, leaving 12 runners on base, overall head-to-head: 4-3 including 10 over the final six innings. The IronPigs added an insurance run against the RailRiders bullpen in the sixth. Darick Hall doubled in Edgar date location result Cabral to extend the Lehigh Valley lead to 5-2. May 11 PNC Field W, 6-0 May 12 PNC Field L, 3-2 May 13 PNC Field W, 5-2 Green (0-1) took the loss after allowing four runs on eight hits over four innings with four strikeouts and one walk. Bryan Mitchell (2-0) earned the win May 14 PNC Field W, 6-4 in relief of Sanchez, who left after three and two-thirds. J.D. Hammer pitched around a walk and a single in the ninth for his first save of the season. May 15 PNC Field L, 5-4 May 16 PNC Field W, 3-1 news & notes June 1 PNC Field L, 5-2 June 2 PNC Field 6:35 p.m. June 3 PNC Field 6:35 p.m. FAST OUT OF THE GATE: With 16 wins in 23 games, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders have kept themselves in elite company across minor league June 4 PNC Field 6:35 p.m. baseball. Entering play on Wednesday there are only 26 teams across minor league baseball with at least 16 wins, with only Omaha, Durham and June 5 PNC Field 4:05 p.m. Nashville at that mark among Triple-A East teams. Nashville (AAA, MIL) has the best record in minor league baseball at 19-5 on the season, and is June 6 PNC Field 1:05 p.m. the only team with 19 wins. Overall, the Yankees have the best organizational record in baseball (64-32, .667), a full 2.0 games better than Baltimore June 22 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. (61-33, .649), who has the second-best record. June 23 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. June 24 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. BULLISH ON THE ‘PEN: The RailRiders bullpen has been the backbone of the pitching staff in the early part of the season and the last four games have June 25 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. been. SWB relievers have combined to allow just one run in 18.0 innings against the Bisons and IronPigs since the beginning of play on Wednesday. What’s more, they’ve combined to allow just 12 baserunners -- two on hit batsmen (both by Adam Warren), five walks and five hits (four singles, two June 26 Coca-Cola Park 6:35 p.m. of which were infield hits). In the final three games of the last series, 43 Buffalo batters have managed to hit only six balls out of the infield against June 27 Coca-Cola Park 1:35 p.m. RailRiders relievers in this stretch, while striking out 17 times. The SWB bullpen ERA is down to 3.32 on the season, while the unit is averaging 11.67 August 10 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. K/9. That ranks as the 3rd-best bullpen ERA in Triple-A East, and third-best in the Northeast Div. (Buffalo, 2.27; Worcester, 2.92). August 11 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. August 12 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. DINGER ALERT: After shattering the SWB franchise record with 212 home runs in 2019 (previously 164 in 1998), the RailRiders are at it again, hitting 31 August 13 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. home runs in their first 23 games this season. The 31 round-trippers hit by SWB puts the club in a seventh place in Triple-A East with Nashville setting August 14 PNC Field 6:05 p.m. the pace with 44 dingers. The RailRiders are tied for 22nd in minor league baseball in home runs, with Salt Lake (AAA, LAA) leading the minors with 47. August 15 PNC Field 1:05 p.m. The long ball surge has been a true team effort, as only Chris Gittens and Trey Amburgey (t-27th, 4) rank in the top 45 in home runs in Triple-A East. August 24 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. August 25 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. WALK-A-THON: Through 23 games this season, the RailRiders have drawn 126 walks, the second-most in all of Triple-A baseball, trailing only Gwinnett August 26 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. (140). No other team in the minors’ highest level has taken more than 118 bases on balls (Lehigh Valley). Overall, the RailRiders are 14th in all of minor August 27 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. league baseball in walks, with St. Lucie (Low-A, NYM) leading the way with 168 walks. SWB’s team .361 OBP is tied for second in Triple-A East with August 28 Coca-Cola Park 6:35 p.m. Durham, and ranks t-13th across all levels of the minors. There are currently three teams in Triple-A East with team OBPs of .350 or higher. Lehigh August 29 Coca-Cola Park 1:35 p.m. Valley (.343) has the sixth-best OBP of the 20-team league. Amazingly, among qualified hitters, only Socrates Brito (t-39th, .349) ranks in the top 50 September 14 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. in OBP in Triple-A East among SWB batters. September 15 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. September 16 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. THREE DOZEN SIDES OF BACON: The COVID-19 pandemic has created one of the most unusual season schedules in the history of the Scranton/ September 17 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. Wilkes-Barre franchise. With the season beginning a full month later than traditional, all teams in Triple-A East will play 120-game schedules. The September 18 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. RailRiders, along with the rest of the Northeast Division teams, will exclusively play teams within the division. This leads to a schedule where SWB September 19 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. plays the rival Lehigh Valley IronPigs an unprecedented 36 times. For perspective, the RailRiders play the Rochester Red Wings and the Buffalo Bisons a combined 36 times. The RailRiders currently lead the 2021 IronRail Series 4-3. 2019 results: Lehigh Valley, 11-7 THAT’S ALL THEY GOT, ONE HIT?: On Thursday, May 27, three Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders pitchers combined for a seven-inning one-hitter all-time series: RailRiders Lead 111-100 against the Buffalo Bisons. The trio ofBrian Keller, Sal Romano, and Nick Goody did not allow a baserunner after the fourth inning, and combined to retire the final 11 Bisons batters. It was the first one-hitter thrown by the RailRiders since 2016, whenChad Green tossed a one-hitter at Gwinnett railriders at a glance on July 14. Overall, it was the sixth one-hitter in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre franchise history. The RailRiders have thrown four no-hitters in franchise history. • The first one-hitter in SWB history came in the team’s inaugural 1989 season, when Pat Combs threw one on August 19 at Pawtucket. 2021 regular season: 16-7 • The SWB Red Barons got two one-hitters in the 1991 season, the first from Andy Ashby on July 22 vs Richmond and the second authored by John GB: +2.0 1st, AAA East Northeast Burgos on August 16 vs Columbus. These were the first two one-hitters thrown by SWB at Lackawanna County Stadium. Home: 7-4 Away: 9-3 • It was 11 years until the next SWB one-hitter, with Brett Myers allowing one base hit to Toledo on April 25 at home.