scranton/wilkes-barre railriders game notes louisville bats (21-35) @ scranton/wilkes-barre railriders (26-32) RHP Jose Lopez (2-5, 4.19) vs. LHP Justus Sheffield (0-2, 3.80) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Game No. 59 | Friday June 8, 2018 | PNC Field | Moosic, PA | | First Pitch 6:35 p.m. | Pregame Show 6:05 p.m. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jose Lopez: 2017 -- 26G/24GS, 9-6, 2.57 ERA (42 ER in 147.0 IP), 114 H (.216 BAA), 143 K (8.8 K/9) Justus Sheffield: First 4G/4GS at Triple-A -- 3 ER in 16.1 IP (1.65 ERA) // Last Start -- 6R/6ER in 5.0 IP last time out... upcoming schedule / results date opponent result MOOSIC, PA (June 7, 2018) - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders fell to the Durham Bulls 5-4 on Thursday night at PNC Field May 25 Syracuse L 10-3 Both teams’ bats were quiet through three and a half innings until the RailRiders finally jumped on the board first. Mike Ford and Ronald May 26 Syracuse L 10-3 Torreyes both singled and Billy McKinney bashed a three-run home run deep over the right-field wall. Later in the inning, Clint Frazier hit a May 27 Syracuse W 7-4 sacrifice fly to score Mark Payton from third, extending the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre lead to 4-0. May 28 Syracuse L 14-4 May 29 @ Louisville W 4-0 Durham answered quickly in the top of the fifth as Michael Russell singled, stole second, then was knocked in by Kean ongW with an RBI May 30 @ Louisville W 3-1 double. Brandon Snyder walked and Justin Williams smacked a three-run home run to tie up the game. The Bulls took the lead in the top May 31 @ Louisville L 5-4 (11) of the seventh inning as Willy Adames smacked a lead-off triple. Snyder then hit a deep sacrifice fly to score Adames from third. June 1 @ Indianapolis W 4-0 Hunter Wood picked up his second win of the season, throwing three scoreless innings on two hits. Ian Gibaut recorded the save for June 2 @ Indianapolis L 8-0 Durham, working a perfect ninth. June 3 @ Indianapolis L 7-3 June 5 Durham W 6-3 For Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Chance Adams threw better than his final line indicates, tossing four scoreless innings before the damage in June 6 Durham L 10-5 fifth. The right-hander went five innings allowing four runs on six hits, striking out nine and walking four. June 7 Durham L 5-4 June 8 Louisville 6:35 PM news & notes June 9 Louisville 6:35 PM June 10 Louisville 1:05 PM HOME COOKING: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre opened a 10-game, nine-day homestand Tuesday with a 6-3 win in the first June 11 Rochester 6:35 PM of a three-game set against Durham before dropping the next two games to drop the series. The Louisville Bats are now June 12 Rochester - Game 1 5:00 PM in town Friday through Sunday, after which the longest homestand of the season concludes with four games over three Rochester - Game 2 TBA days against Rochester, including a doubleheader on June 12 to make up for a rainout on May 12. The homestand begins June 13 Rochester 6:35 PM with the RailRiders owning a 15-12 record at home on the year (now 16-14) and were 5.0 games back of the Lehigh June 14 @ Syracuse 6:35 PM Valley IronPigs (now 7.0 games back). June 15 @ Syracuse 7:05 PM June 16 @ Syracuse 7:05 PM KEEPING PACE: INF Brandon Drury doubled in the 7th inning Tuesday to extend his hit streak to 9-straight games which is the longest by a RailRider this season, but he went 0-for-3 at the plate Wednesday/Thursday to see the streak end. His 2018 vs. bats on-base streak is now 29 games however after a first-inning intentional walk against the Bulls; every contest he has played in Triple-A this season between his rehab stint and after he was optioned on May 14. Drury’s streak is the second longest overall head-to-head: 2-1 in RailRiders history dating back to 2013, having eclipsed Cole Figueroa’s 26-game run in 2015, Rob Refsnyder’s (2015) date location result and Donovan Solano’s (2017) 25-game streaks. OF Jake Cave holds the RailRiders mark at 31 in-a-row last season. May 29 Lousiville Slugger Field W 4-0 May 30 Lousiville Slugger Field W 3-1 LONG TIME, NOT GONNA SEE: The RailRiders will not face the Indianapolis Indians again until August 13-15, and after May 31 Lousiville Slugger Field L 5-4 (11) ushering the Durham Bulls out of town, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre will not face the Bulls again until August 10-12 at DBAP. June 8 PNC Field 6:35 PM Following Sunday’s game, the RailRiders won’t see Louisville again until 2019. June 9 PNC Field 6:35 PM June 10 PNC Field 1:05 PM KAHNLE LOOKS ABLE: In the top of the 9th inning, RHP Tommy Kahnle entered out of the bullpen for the Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre RailRiders. It was the third appearance with a Yankees minor league team this season which were a pair rehab appearances with both Charleston and SWB in late May. In fact for Kahnle, who was originally drafted by the 2017 results: RailRiders Won 4-2 Yankees before spending time with the Colorado Rockies and Chicago White Sox, it was his first appearance in a game all-time series: RailRiders Lead 97-73 as a Yankees minor leaguer since September 11, 2013 in Game 2 of the Eastern League Championship series. He tossed the final 0.2 innings to secure the save in a 5-4 win and put the Thunder up 2-0 en route to a three-game sweep 2018 railriders at a glance over the Harrisburg Senators. 2018 overall record: 26-32 current homestand statistics Place: 6th I.L. North GB: 7.0 Lehigh Valley (32-25) swb g avg ab h r hr bb k sb Home: 16-14 Away: 10-18 hitting 3 .252 103 26 15 3 14 26 0 Last 5: 1-4 Last 10: 4-6 swb w-l era ip h r er bb k hr 2018 hitting leaders: AVG: Mike Ford .219 pitching 1-2 6.00 27.0 34 18 18 8 43 4 HR: Mike Ford 8 around the organization RBI: Mike Ford 27 SB Shane Robinson 6 New York Yankees (MLB) Trenton Thunder (AA) Tampa Tarpons (A+) Charleston Riverdogs (A) Day Off L 6-3 vs. Richmond Flying Squirrels W 4-1 vs. Port St. Lucie Mets W 4-2 @ Columbia Fireflies 2018 pitching leaders: Adonis Rosa: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 0R, 7 K Osvaldo Cabrera: 2-4, 2B (9), RBI 7:10 PM First Pitch @ New York Mets Ryan Bollinger: 3.2 IP, 6 H, 6R/6ER Wins: Josh Rogers 5 Ben Ruta: 2-4, 2B, 3B, 2 R, K Leonardo Molina: 2-4, 2B (15), RBI, K ========== Trey Amburgey: 2-5, RBI, CS ERA: Josh Rogers 3.29 Dom Thompson-Williams: 3-4, 2B Pablo Olivares:1-4, 2B (6), R Masahiro Tanaka (7-2, 4.79) vs. Abiatal Avelino: 2-4, RBI Brandon Wagner: 2-4, K Jio Orozco: 0-1, 4.58 ERA in 4GS K: Chance Adams 65 Jacob deGrom (4-0, 1.49) Chace Numata: 2-4, R *Last 6G: 7-for-20, 5 RBI *5.2 IP, 4 H, 2R/2ER, 2 BB, 3 K SV: Cody Carroll 4 pitching probables broadcast/media information date opponent railriders starter opponent starter Radio: 1400 AM 1340 AM 1440 AM Saturday, June 9 Louisville LHP Josh Rogers (5-4, 3.29) LHP Brandon Finnegan (1-4, 4.18) 106.7 FM 100.7 FM Internet: TuneIn App (Search: “RailRiders”) Sunday, June 10 Louisville RHP David Hale (1-2, 4.80) LHP Cody Reed (2-5, 4.19) RadioBOLD App Monday, June 11 Rochester RHP Erik Swanson (0-1, 5.79) TBA Television: MiLB.tv Tuesday, June 12 (G1) Rochester RHP Chance Adams (2-2, 5.43) 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 4 JUSTUS SHEFFIELD | LHP | 5’11” | 200 LBS | 22 | Tullahoma, TN | Tullahoma High School (TN) | Acquired via trade with Cleveland on 7/31/16 | MLB Service Time: 0.000 2018: Promoted to RailRiders roster on 5/04... Made five starts for Trenton, going 1-2 with a 2.25 ERA, striking out 39 and walking 14 over 28 innings... Allowed the first three batters to reach to begin the game 5/6 @ Pawtucket, two of whom scored -- those were the only runs in a 2-0 shutout loss in his Triple-A debut... Exited second career Triple-A start 5/11 with left shoulder tightness: 3.2 IP, 0 H, 3 K... Placed on Disabled List from 5/12-5/23 before being activated for third start of the season @ Pawtucket... 2017: Spent nearly the entire season with Double-A Trenton, logging a 7-6 record with one complete game and a 3.18 ERA (93.1IP, 94H, 43R/33ER, 33BB, 82K, 14HR) in 17 starts… was named to the Eastern League Mid-Season All-Star Team… at 20 years and 11 months, was the fourth-youngest player to make a 2017 Opening Day roster in the Eastern League… yielded one-or-zero earned runs in 9-of-17 turns… held opponents to a .258 BA (94-for-365); LH .217 (25-for-115); RH .276 (69-for- 250)… was named Eastern League “Pitcher of the Week” for 5/22-28 after winning both starts and posting a 0.69 ERA (13.0IP, 7H, 2R/1ER, 3BB, 10K, 1HR)… tossed his first career complete game and shutout in 6/18-G1 win vs.