scranton/wilkes-barre railriders game notes Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (31-13) vs. Lehigh Valley IronPigs (21-26) RHP Asher Wojciechowski (First Start) vs. LHP David Parkinson (0-4, 5.30) | Game 45 | Road Game 24 | Coca-Cola Park | Allentown, PA | June 27, 2021 | First Pitch 1:35 p.m. | last time out... upcoming schedule / results ALLENTOWN, Pa. (June 26, 2021) – The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders pounded out 12 hits including three home runs in a 10-4 victory over the date opponent result Lehigh Valley IronPigs on Saturday night at Coca-Cola Park. June 22 @ Lehigh Valley W, 14-5 June 23 @ Lehigh Valley L, 3-2 (10) The RailRiders opened the scoring in the bottom of the third when Andrew Velazquez hit a solo home run against Adonis Medina. The blast was June 24 @ Lehigh Valley W, 10-2 Velazquez’s fourth of the season, and third of the series. June 25 @ Lehigh Valley L, 6-3 Lehigh Valley struck back in the top of the third, when Ryan Cordell connected for a solo home run off Matt Krook. That was the only hit allowed by June 26 @ Lehigh Valley W, 10-4 the RailRiders left-hander, who struck out six and walked three in 4.0 innings in his first Triple-A start. June 27 @ Lehigh Valley 1:35 p.m. SWB broke the game open in the top of the fifth with five runs in a nine-batter inning. Estevan Florial legged out a two-run double, and Derek Dietrich clobbered a three-run home run to provide the fireworks and give the RailRiders a 6-1 lead. 2021 vs. lehigh valley In the top of the sixth, the Baby Bombers tacked on three more runs after Chris Gittens drew a bases-loaded walk and Dietrich followed with a two- overall head-to-head: 10-7 run single to right. It was a monster night for Dietrich, who finished 2-for-4 with a home run, five RBIs and a walk. date location result May 11 PNC Field W, 6-0 The IronPigs added two runs in the bottom of the seventh against Nick Goody, but Gittens responded with a solo homer to dead center to extend May 12 PNC Field L, 3-2 the advantage to 10-3. Lehigh Valley added another run in the eighth, but the SWB bullpen was able to close out the win. May 13 PNC Field W, 5-2 May 14 PNC Field W, 6-4 Reggie McClain (4-0) pitched 2.0 scoreless innings to get the win. The right-hander has turned in seven consecutive scoreless appearances, totaling May 15 PNC Field L, 5-4 12.0 innings of work. May 16 PNC Field W, 3-1 news & notes June 1 PNC Field L, 5-2 June 2 PNC Field W, 5-3 THEY’RE THE BEST, AROUND: With a 31-13 (.705) start to the season, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre begins play Saturday June 3 PNC Field W, 5-1 SWB BEST RECORD IN night with the best record in minor league baseball. The club set the RailRiders era (2013 - Present) record for best June 4 PNC Field L, 5-4 RAILRIDERS ERA (2013 - start through 40 games (29-11), shattering the previous best of 23-17 in 2017. The RailRiders are on pace for an June 5 PNC Field L, 9-6 PRESENT) THROUGH... 85-35 season, and roughly projects to a 99-41 season in a normal 140-game schedule. The RailRiders finished a June 6 PNC Field W, 4-3 Gm Year Record Pct. franchise best 91-52 (.636) in 2016, when SWB captured its first and only Triple-A National Championship. SWB’s June 22 Coca-Cola Park W, 14-5 40 2021 29-11 .725 .707 winning percentage is the best of any team in the majors or minors, with San Jose (33-14, .702) ranking second. June 23 Coca-Cola Park L, 3-2 (10) 50 2017 30-20 .600 June 24 Coca-Cola Park W, 10-2 100 2017 63-37 .630 HERE’S THE DIETZ: When play began on June 6, SWB infielderDerek Dietrich was hitting only .119/.316/.237, June 25 Coca-Cola Park L, 6-3 120 2017 77-43 .641 and had endured an 0-for-27 skid to end the month of May. However, beginning with a 1-for-2 performance against Lehigh Valley that night, Dietrich has been on a tear at the plate in his last 16 games, batting .364/.541/.636 June 26 Coca-Cola Park W, 10-4 (16-for-44) with 11 R, 3 2B, 3 HR, and 16 RBIs. The run of success at the bat has improved his season batting line June 27 Coca-Cola Park 1:35 p.m. to .223/.416/.408, a 271-point leap in OPS. Dietrich ranks 4th among qualified Triple-A East hitters in OBP. August 10 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. August 11 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. RE-WRITING THE RECORD BOOK: RailRiders outfielderTrey Amburgey made RailRiders history Thursday night, reaching base safely three times August 12 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. to extend his on-base streak to 33 games. In doing so, he passed Brandon Drury, who had a 32-game on-base streak in the 2018 season for the longest such streak in the RailRiders era (2013 - Present). Here is a look inside the numbers during Trey’s incredible run: August 13 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. • The streak began on August 26, 2019, when Amburgey went 1-for-3 with a HBP at the Pawtucket Red Sox. August 14 PNC Field 6:05 p.m. • He has hit .358/.434/.634 during the now 34-game streak, with 27 R, 11 2B, 1 3B, 7 HR, 37 RBI, 15 BB, 34 K and 4 HBP. August 15 PNC Field 1:05 p.m. • The streak has included nine multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI games. August 24 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. • During the streak, Amburgey has only gone hitless two times (8/31/19 vs BUF; 6/15/21 vs SYR). In those games he has reached base on a walk August 25 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. and was hit by two pitches. He also has two RBIs in those hitless contests. August 26 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. • Amburgey had a 20-game hitting streak from 9/1/19 to 6/13/21 as part of the longer on-base streak, snapped on 6/15 vs Syracuse. August 27 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. Wednesday night, Amburgey passed Jake Cave (31 G, 2017) to move into a tie with Drury for the longest streak in the RailRiders era. • August 28 Coca-Cola Park 6:35 p.m. OTHER STREAKS OF NOTE: In addition to Trey Amburgey’s impressive stretch, the RailRiders offense features two other players with double-digit August 29 Coca-Cola Park 1:35 p.m. on-base streaks. Outfielder Greg Allen is riding a season-long 20-game on-base streak into play on Saturday night, and infielder Hoy Park has September 14 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. reached base safely in 22 consecutive games. Allen has also played in two other games this season in which he did not record an official plate September 15 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. appearance, therefore not jeopardizing his streak, and spent time on the injured list in the middle of his streak. Park sports a .505 OBP during his September 16 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. streak, which has propelled him to the Triple-A East lead in OBP (.486) and OPS (1.080), third in the league in AVG (.340), and fourth in SLG (.594). September 17 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. The infielder also ranks t-2nd in Triple-A East in walks (28) with four other players. September 18 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. ON THE ROAD AGAIN: The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders continue their longest road trip of the season, a 12-game, 13-day extravaganza first September 19 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. bringing SWB to Allentown, PA for a six-game set with the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. The second leg of the trip takes the RailRiders to the farthest outpost in the Triple-A East Northeast Division: Worcester, MA. It will be SWB’s first trip to Worcester in franchise history, with six games scheduled 2019 results: Lehigh Valley, 11-7 with the Worcester Red Sox at the brand-new Polar Park. The RailRiders also have one other 12-game, 13-day road trip, from August 17-29 against all-time series: RailRiders Lead 117-104 Worcester and Lehigh Valley. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre hosts three 12-game homestands throughout the season. OH WHAT A RELIEF IT IS!: Since Kyle Barraclough relieved Albert Abreu in the sixth inning of the RailRiders game at Buffalo on Friday, June 11, railriders at a glance the SWB bullpen has performed at an amazing clip. In the last 14 days, the bullpen has combined for a 1.94 ERA (15 ER/69.1 IP), while allowing just 48 hits, 20 walks and recording 84 strikeouts. The current stretch has lowered SWB’s bullpen ERA to 2.95 on the season, the sixth-best in all of minor league baseball, and second-best in Triple-A East (Buffalo, 2.83). RailRiders closer Luis García leads all minor leaguers with 11 saves on 2021 regular season: 31-13 the season, and is one of only three pitchers with double-digit saves this year.