scranton/wilkes-barre melonheads game notes louisville bats (21-36) @ scranton/wilkes-barre melonheads (27-32) LHP Branden Finnegan (1-4, 4.18) vs. LHP Josh Rogers (5-4, 3.29) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Game No. 60 | Saturday June 9, 2018 | PNC Field | Moosic, PA | | First Pitch 6:35 p.m. | Pregame Show 6:05 p.m. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Branden Finnegan: 5 starts with the Cincinnati Reds in 2018 -- 0-3, 7.40 ERA (17 ER in 20.2 IP), 15 BB (6.5 BB/9) Josh Rogers: Home in 2018 -- 36 H in 31.0 IP (.288 BAA) // Road in 2018 -- 27 H in 32.0 IP (.221 BAA) last time out... upcoming schedule / results MOOSIC, Pa. (June 8, 2018) - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders entertained a capacity crowd of 10,000 fans on Friday night at PNC date opponent result Field as they beat the Louisville Bats 4-3. May 25 Syracuse L 10-3 May 26 Syracuse L 10-3 The game remained scoreless for three and a half innings before the RailRiders broke through in the bottom of the fourth inning. Mark May 27 Syracuse W 7-4 Payton walked, Kyle Higashioka singled and Bruce Caldwell bashed a three-run home run deep over the right-centerfield wall to give May 28 Syracuse L 14-4 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre a 3-0 lead. May 29 @ Louisville W 4-0 The Bats countered the RailRiders attack in the top of the fifth as D.J Peterson led off the inning with a walk, Gabby Guerrero reached on May 30 @ Louisville W 3-1 an error by the shortstop, and Dilson Herrera smacked a double that scored both runners. May 31 @ Louisville L 5-4 (11) June 1 @ Indianapolis W 4-0 In the bottom of the sixth inning Ryan McBroom added to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre total when he blasted a lead-off solo home run June 2 @ Indianapolis L 8-0 to center field. Louisville answered with a run in the top of the ninth as Guerrero singled, ChadwickTromp walked, pinch-hitter Hernan June 3 @ Indianapolis L 7-3 Iribarren singled and then Herrera walked with the bases loaded. June 5 Durham W 6-3 June 6 Durham L 10-5 Justus Sheffield had a solid outing for the RailRiders picking up the win after throwing six innings allowing only one hit and two unearned runs. He struck out eight batters while only walking three and improves to 1-2 on the season. June 7 Durham L 5-4 June 8 Louisville W 4-3 news & notes June 9 Louisville 6:35 PM June 10 Louisville 1:05 PM BRING THE HOME TEAM TO YOU: Rogers hails from New Albany, IN which is a 5.5-mile drive from Louisville, KY, and June 11 Rochester 6:35 PM he had quite the following May 29 when he fired 7.0 shutout innings at Louisville Slugger Field. Rogers was on campus June 12 Rochester - Game 1 5:00 PM for the 2013, 2014 and 2015 baseball seasons. In 2013 (injury redshirt), the Cardinals hosted a regional at Patterson Rochester - Game 2 TBA Stadium before sweeping (2)Vanderbilt in two games in the Super Regional to advance to the College World Series (lost June 13 Rochester 6:35 PM both games). In 2014 they hosted Kennesaw State in a Super Regional and swept them to advance to the College World June 14 @ Syracuse 6:35 PM Series (lost both games). In 2015 they were the No. 3 overall seed and lost 2-out-of-3 games to Cal State Fullerton in June 15 @ Syracuse 7:05 PM their own Super Regional to fall just short of a third straight College World Series: 3-2 L (10) // 9-3 W // 4-3 L (11) June 16 @ Syracuse 7:05 PM HOME COOKING: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre opened a 10-game, nine-day homestand Tuesday with a 6-3 win in the first 2018 vs. bats of a three-game set against Durham before dropping the next two games to drop the series. The Louisville Bats are now in town Friday through Sunday, after which the longest homestand of the season concludes with four games over three overall head-to-head: 3-1 days against Rochester -- including a doubleheader on June 12 to make up for a rainout on May 12. The homestand date location result begins with the RailRiders owning a 15-12 record at home on the year (now 17-14) and were 5.0 games back of the May 29 Lousiville Slugger Field W 4-0 Lehigh Valley IronPigs (now 7.0 games back). May 30 Lousiville Slugger Field W 3-1 May 31 Lousiville Slugger Field L 5-4 (11) KEEPING PACE: INF Brandon Drury doubled in the 7th inning Tuesday to extend his hit streak to 9-straight games which June 8 PNC Field W 4-3 is the longest by a RailRider this season, but the streak ended with an 0-for-2 Wednesday. His on-base streak is now 30 June 9 PNC Field 6:35 PM games however after reaching twice Friday night against the Bulls; every contest he has played in Triple-A this season June 10 PNC Field 1:05 PM between his rehab stint and after he was optioned on May 14. Drury’s streak is the second longest in RailRiders history dating back to the name-change in 2013. Having eclipsed Cole Figueroa’s 26-game run in 2015, the only RailRider left in front of him is OF Jake Cave holds the RailRiders mark at 31 in-a-row last season. 2017 results: RailRiders Won 4-2 all-time series: RailRiders Lead 98-73 LONG TIME, NOT GONNA SEE: The RailRiders will not face the Indianapolis Indians again until August 13-15, and after ushering the Durham Bulls out of town, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre will not face the Bulls again until August 10-12 at DBAP. 2018 melonheads at a glance Following Sunday’s game, the RailRiders won’t see Louisville again until 2019. 2018 overall record: 27-32 current homestand statistics Place: 6th I.L. North GB: 7.0 Lehigh Valley (33-25) swb g avg ab h r hr bb k sb Home: 17-14 Away: 10-18 hitting 4 .252 132 35 19 5 18 34 1 Last 5: 2-3 Last 10: 5-5 swb w-l era ip h r er bb k hr 2018 hitting leaders: AVG: Ryan McBroom .275 pitching 2-2 6.00 36.0 37 21 19 16 57 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) W 4-1 @ New York Mets W 10-2 vs. Bing. Rumble Ponies L 10-9 vs. Bradenton Marauders L 10-9 (10) @ Greenville Drive 2018 pitching leaders: Only run for the Mets was leadoff HR Brian Keller: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 2R/2ER, 3 K Outhit Bradenton, 19-7 // Led 9-4 T8 Led 9-1 after 8R top of the 4th inning Wins: Josh Rogers 5 by OF Brandon Nimmo (8) Season-High 5 HR -- Billy Fleming (3), Ben Ruta: 3-4, HR (3), 3 RBI, 2 BB *By B7 Greenville tied it 9-9 ERA: Josh Rogers 3.29 Gleyber Torres: 2-3 -- .302 AVG Gosuke Katoh (4), Abiatal Avelino Brandon Wagner: 3-5, HR (11), RBI Wilkerman Garcia: 1-4, GS (5), 4 RBI Brett Gardner: Go-ahead 2R HR T8 (5), Trey Amburgey (7), Jhalan *T-2nd in FSL (3 behind leader) K: Chance Adams 65 Steven Sensley: 1-5, HR (8), R, RBI Giancarlo Stanton: 1-4, HR (15), RBI Jackson (10) David Metzgar: 3-5 in A+ Debut SV: Cody Carroll 5 pitching probables broadcast/media information date opponent railriders starter opponent starter Radio: 1400 AM 1340 AM 1440 AM Sunday, June 10 Louisville RHP David Hale (1-2, 4.80) LHP Cody Reed (2-5, 4.19) 106.7 FM 100.7 FM Internet: TuneIn App (Search: “RailRiders”) Monday, June 11 Rochester RHP Erik Swanson (0-1, 5.79) LHP Stephen Gonsalves (4-2, 4.13) RadioBOLD App Tues., June 12 - G1 Rochester RHP Chance Adams (2-2, 5.43) RHP Aaron Slegers (5-3, 3.43) Television: MiLB.tv Tues., June 12 - G2 Rochester LHP Nestor Cortes (0-3, 6.07) 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 13 JOSH ROGERS | LHP | 6’3” | 190 LBS | 23 | New Albany, IN | New Albany H.S. (IN) | University of Louisville | Selected in the 11th round of the 2015 First-Year Player Draft | MLB Service Time: 0.000 | 2018: Placed on RailRiders Opening Day roster... Allowed two run on six hits in Triple-A debut with four strikeouts against SYR on 4/07... Struck out 10 batter over 7.0 IP in 4/12 Win @ Charlotte... Pitched seven scoreless innings with seven strikeouts in 4/23 WIn vs. Columbus... Three errors behind him in the field by MLB rehabber, Brandon Drury led to three unearned runs in a 6-2 loss to Buffalo 4/30... Made it through seven innings on 88 pitches before coming out for the 8th inning 5/17 vs. Lehigh Valley -- faced three batters in the top of the 8th inning and allowed all three to reach before exiting trailing 4-2 (Walk-off win, Tyler Wade bunt single: W 5-4 (11))..