scranton/wilkes-barre railriders game notes syracuse mets (14-9) @ scranton/wilkes-barre railriders (10-10) RHP Mickey Jannis (NR) vs. RHP Chad Green (NR) | Game No. 21 | PNC Field | Moosic, PA | April 28, 2019 | First Pitch 1:05 p.m. | last time out... upcoming schedule / results date opponent result MOOSIC, PA (April 27, 2019) -- The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders split action with the Syracuse Mets on Saturday at PNC Field, winning a suspended game 7-6 in ten innings and falling 3-2 in a seven-inning nightcap. Cliff Pennington’s walk-off home April 19 @ Buffalo PPD (Rain) run in game one capped a RailRiders rally over the Mets, while a late comeback fell short in Saturday’s regularly scheduled game. April 20 @ Buffalo - Game 1 PPD (Rain) @ Buffalo - Game 2 PPD (Rain) The RailRiders continued Friday evening’s suspended game against the Mets Saturday after 3:05 worth of delays Friday night April 22 @ Rochester L 8-6 in which the two teams played one half inning. Friday, Danny Espinosa homered early in the first for the Mets on a line drive to April 23 @ Rochester L 8-1 left field during the first inning Friday night. April 24 @ Rochester W 5-0 As play resumed Saturday afternoon, the RailRiders tied the game 1-1 with a run in the bottom of the 2nd. In the top of the third, April 25 @ Rochester L 4-3 (10) Carlos Gomez singled on a ground ball to left fielder Zack Zehner. Gregor Blanco and Espinosa both scored, bringing the tally to 3-1. April 26 vs. Syracuse PPD (Rain) In the bottom of the inning, Zehner singled to right field scoring Ryan Lavarnway to bring the RailRiders back to within a run, 3-2. April 27 vs. Syracuse W 7-6 (10) vs. Syracuse L 3-2 (7) The tally remained the same until the top of the seventh when Espinosa doubled on a fly ball to center fielder Matt Lipka. Tomas April 28 vs. Syracuse 1:05 PM Nido and Blanco scored for Syracuse extending their lead to 5-2. In the bottom of the seventh, the RailRiders rallied to tie the game. Lipka singled on a line drive to left fielder Tim Tebow and Gosuke Katoh scored to cut into the lead and make it 5-3 Syracuse. The April 29 vs. Rochester 6:35 PM next batter was Brad Miller, and the left-hander drilled a home run over the Budweiser RailHouse in right field that cascaded off April 30 vs. Rochester 6:35 PM some branches off trees perched on the mountain- some 482 feet away- evening the score 5-5 and setting up the heroics. May 1 vs. Rochester 6:35 PM news & notes 2019 vs. syracuse overall head-to-head: 1-1 A MODEST STRETCH: INF/OF Ryan McBroom enters the series against the Syracuse Mets with a 5G hitting date location result streak, looking to track down INF Mike Ford and his season-best 9G hitting streak at some point during this April 26 PNC Field PPD (Rain) homestand. Over the 5G, McBroom has one hit in each, going 5-for-18 (.278 AVG) raising his average from .261 to April 27 PNC Field W 7-6 (10) .266. As McBroom’s streak ended with an 0-for-1 in Game 1 of the twinbill, Gosuke Katoh hit safely in both ends PNC Field L 3-2 (7) of the doubleheader. He’s now at a 6G hitting streak in which he has batted 12-for-22 (.545 AVG) which has raised April 28 PNC Field 1:05 PM his season average to .364 which is 8th in the International League. Thanks to his team-best 5 HR and ability to May 3 NBT Bank Stadium 6:35 PM walk, he’s also 8th in the league in OBP (.435) and 4th in slugging (.673) which gives him the 2nd best OPS in the May 4 NBT Bank Stadium 6:35 PM May 5 NBT Bank Stadium 1:05 PM league at 1.108 -- just a few points behind Indianapolis’ Brian Reynolds (1.181) for the league lead. May 24 NBT Bank Stadium 6:35 PM May 25 NBT Bank Stadium 6:35 PM TRIPLE THE DOUBLE TROUBLE: The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders did not play a single game to completion May 26 NBT Bank Stadium 6:35 PM over the weekend in Buffalo against the Bisons and just had their series-opener against the Syracuse Mets suspended May 27 NBT Bank Stadium 1:05 PM after a half inning Friday night. They entered last weekend’s series with a scheduled doubleheader set for Saturday June 7 PNC Field 6:35 PM at 1:05 p.m. which was supposed to be the second one of the young season and now they will officially be playing June 8 PNC Field 4:05 PM in their second doubleheader Saturday against the Mets. The three postponements against the Bisons are all on June 9 PNC Field 1:05 PM July 11 NBT Bank Stadium 6:35 PM the schedule for three dates later in the year when the two teams lock antlers June 3, June 5 and June 27. July 12 NBT Bank Stadium 7:05 PM July 13 NBT Bank Stadium 7:05 PM MANIA ON MANIA: As the ripples of Vladimir Guererro Jr.’s arrival at PNC Field finally subsided on the banks July 14 NBT Bank Stadium 1:05 PM of Lake Scranton (with his heroics Friday night in Toronto for his MLB debut) and the excitement of Tim Tebow July 29 PNC Field 7:05 PM has now descended upon NEPA. The 31-year old former Heisman Trophy winner and NFL QB made his Triple-A July 30 PNC Field 12:05 PM debut with the Syracuse Mets earlier in the season. He enters Friday’s series opener batting .164 (9-for-55) with 3 2B, 5 RBI and 6 BB (.246 OBP) -- still in search for his first Triple-A home run. Tebow did not play the second game 2018 results: SWB RailRiders, 10-7 of Saturday’s doubleheader, but went 0-for-5 in the first game with a pair of strikeouts and is now batting .150. all-time series: RailRiders Lead 283-227 RUNNING LIKE CRAZY: Last season’s version of the RailRiders recorded 49 SB on 79 tries (62.0%) which was 11 railriders at a glance fewer SB than any other team in the league (Lehigh Valley & Gwinnett: 60 SB), and by percentage was the second 2019 regular season: 10-10 worst in the league (Louisville, 60.0%). That said, last April was a strong month for SWB on the base paths, going GB: 4.5 Lehigh Valley (15-6) 14-for-15 in SB but only 35-for-64 (54.6%) over the final 115G of the season (1 SB every 3.3G from May 1st onward). 3rd Place, I.L. North The 2019 RailRiders are off to a torrid start, having gone 19-for-22 (86.3%) over the first 18G of the year, including Home: 6-3 Away: 4-7 2 more SB Thursday. Leading the way is OF Billy Burns who is 7-for-7 SB which puts him 1 SB off the IL lead. 2019 hitting leaders: AVG: Gosuke Katoh .364 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) W 6-4 @ San Francisco Giants W 4-2 (7) // W 3-2 (7) vs. Erie SeaWolves L 6-3 (10) vs. Clearwater Threshers L 7-2 vs. Columbia Fireflies 2019 pitching leaders: NYY led 6-0 entering 9th inning Game 1 ended with 2R HR, Chris Gittens Led 3-0 -- Clearwater with final 3 R Charleston never led in the game Wins: 3 Tied with 2 Giovanny Urshela: 3-4, 2 2B -- .327 AVG Garrett Whitlock: 1.0 IP, H, R/ER, BB Diego Castillo: 1-5, 2 RBI, K Josh Breaux: 1-4, 2 RBI ERA: David Hale 2.12 Gary Sanchez: HR (7), R, 4 RBI Ben Ruta: 2-5, R, 2B (9), 2 BB Dermis Garcia: 0-2, 2 BB, SB (1) Wilkerman Garcia: 1-4, R, SB (2) K: Chance Adams 24 *Grand Slam traveled 467 feet Domingo Acevedo: 2.1 IP, H, 0R, BB, 3K Jansen Junk: 2.2 IP, 4 H, R/ER, 5 K Anderson Munoz: 5.0 IP, 5H, 3R/1ER, 7K JA Happ: 7.0 IP, 5 H, 0R, 2 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 Monday, April 29th vs. Rochester RHP Jonathan Loaisiga (0-1, 3.60) LHP Lewis Thorpe (1-2, 7.25) 106.7 FM 100.7 FM Tuesday, April 30th vs. Rochester RHP Chance Adams (1-1, 6.75) RHP Kohl Stewart (1-2, 6.00) Internet: TuneIn App (Search: “SWB RailRiders”) Television: MiLB.tv Wednesday, May 1st vs. Rochester RHP David Hale (2-0, 2.12) RHP Zack Littell (1-2, 4.50) Radio Twitter: Adam Marco (@amarco_16) Thursday, May 2nd vs. Rochester RHP Drew Hutchison (1-1, 5.66) RHP Chase De Jong (0-2, 21.00) 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 10 NESTOR CORTES | LHP | 5’11” | 210 LBS | 24 | @Cortes_1210 Surgidero de Batabano, Cuba | Hialeah H.S.