scranton/wilkes-barre railriders game notes Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (58-37) at Lehigh Valley IronPigs (43-54) LHP JP Sears (1-0, 2.45 ERA) vs. LHP Cristopher Sánchez (4-5, 3.72 ERA) | Game 96 | Road Game 50 | Coca-Cola Park | Allentown, PA | August 27, 2021 | First Pitch 7:05 p.m. | last time out... upcoming schedule / results ALLENTOWN, Pa. (August 26, 2021) – The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders dominated all facets of the game in a 6-0 shutout win over the Lehigh date opponent result Valley IronPigs on Thursday night at Coca-Cola Park. Aug. 22 @ Worcester Canceled Aug. 24 @ Lehigh Valley W, 5-2 For the third time in their last six games, the RailRiders pitching staff took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning, with Matt Krook and Reggie McClain Aug. 25 @ Lehigh Valley W, 10-3 keeping the IronPigs hitless through six stanzas. Krook (3-4) turned in a strong outing, striking out six and walking four in 5.0 innings of work. In his last four appearances, the left-hander has recorded 29 strikeouts in 19.2 innings while allowing only seven hits. Aug. 26 @ Lehigh Valley W, 6-0 Aug. 27 @ Lehigh Valley 7:05 p.m. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre struck for a run against Jack Perkins (0-1) in the top of the second when Armando Alvarez doubled and scored on a Kyle Aug. 28 @ Lehigh Valley 6:35 p.m. Holder base hit. The RailRiders added another tally in the fourth when Holder dropped down a sacrifice squeeze bunt to score Rob Brantly from third. Brandon Wagner led off the top of the fifth with a home run against Mauricio Llovera to extend the lead to 3-0, and Greg Allen blew the game open 2021 vs. lehigh valley with a three-run homer off Braeden Ogle in the seventh. Wagner finished the game 2-for-3 with a home run, an RBI and a walk. The round-tripper was his fourth of the season. overall head-to-head: 16-11 date location result With one out in the bottom of the seventh, TJ Rivera legged out an infield single against Brody Koerner to break up the no-hit bid. In 2.0 innings May 11 PNC Field W, 6-0 against the right-hander, Lehigh Valley collected three singles against him, but couldn’t push a runner past second base. May 12 PNC Field L, 3-2 May 13 PNC Field W, 5-2 Greg Weissert worked around a one-out single to set the IronPigs down in the bottom of the ninth to close out the win. It was the seventh shutout May 14 PNC Field W, 6-4 thrown by the RailRiders this season, and their second in the last six games. 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 W, 5-3 THE OPENING ACT: The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders starting rotation has turned in a series of great performances on the current road June 3 PNC Field W, 5-1 trip. In nine games, SWB starters are 3-2 with a 2.14 ERA (10 ER/42.0 IP). RailRiders lid-lifters have struck out 46 batters and walked only 17 while June 4 PNC Field L, 5-4 yielding just 20 hits in the duration of their work. From Game Two of Thursday’s doubleheader through the second inning on Saturday, Sean June 5 PNC Field L, 9-6 Boyle, JP Sears and Deivi García combined to throw 14.2 consecutive hitless innings, walking four and striking out 13 in the process. The stretch June 6 PNC Field W, 4-3 has lowered SWB’s starting pitcher ERA from 5.32 to 4.94 on the season. June 22 Coca-Cola Park W, 14-5 June 23 Coca-Cola Park L, 3-2 (10) LEGION OF DOOM: With Thursday night’s win over Lehigh Valley, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders improved to 32-17 (.653) on the road June 24 Coca-Cola Park W, 10-2 this season, the best mark of any team in Triple-A this season. Only Jacksonville (31-20) can claim more than 28 wins away from home, and in June 25 Coca-Cola Park L, 6-3 the Northeast Division, Worcester (24-21) has the second-best road record. In Triple-A baseball, only Reno (35-19) has more wins on the road June 26 Coca-Cola Park W, 10-4 than Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. June 27 Coca-Cola Park W, 19-1 August 10 PNC Field L, 8-1 CREAM OF THE CROP: Throughout the 2021 season, the RailRiders bullpen has been the backbone of the pitching staff, posting a 2.97 ERA as August 11 PNC Field L, 9-3 a unit and racking up 42 of SWB’s 58 wins. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre has the second-best bullpen ERA in full season baseball (minors and majors), August 12 PNC Field W, 10-3 (8) trailing only Buffalo (2.86). The bullpen is posting impressive rates of 10.77 K/9, 3.99 BB/9, and has limited opposing batters to just a .202 batting August 13 PNC Field L, 6-4 average this season. The bullpen has allowed only 5 ER in its last 29.0 IP (1.55 ERA) since August 18, a span of eight games. August 14 PNC Field W, 6-5 (10) August 15 PNC Field L, 5-4 THE FINAL STRETCH BEFORE THE FINAL STRETCH™: Including tonight’s contest with Lehigh Valley, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders have August 24 Coca-Cola Park W, 5-2 only 23 games remaining in the 2021 regular season. An incredible 39% (-of-23) of SWB’s remaining games are on the road against the IronPigs. August 25 Coca-Cola Park W, 10-3 The remainder of the schedule consists of a 14-game homestand against Buffalo (8 games) and Rochester (6 games). The RailRiders begin play August 26 Coca-Cola Park W, 6-0 Friday 3.5 games behind the Durham Bulls (63-35) for first place overall in Triple-A East. August 27 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. August 28 Coca-Cola Park 6:35 p.m. OUT OF THE RED, INTO THE BLACK: After the worst run of the season which saw the RailRiders go 6-13 in a 19-game stretch from July 25 through August 29 Coca-Cola Park 1:35 p.m. August 17, the RailRiders have seemingly turned a corner, going 6-2 in their last seven games. SWB has out-scored its opponents by a dominant September 14 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. 52-15 mark in those games. The run of strong play has helped the RailRiders erase a two game deficit in the Northeast Division standings to September 15 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. Buffalo and enter play Friday night with a two game lead. September 16 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. September 17 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. CLOSE CALLS AND BLOWOUTS: The RailRiders have played an extraordinary number of close games this season, with 49 of SWB’s 95 games September 18 Coca-Cola Park 6:35 p.m. being decided by one or two runs (51.6%). Scranton/Wilkes-Barre has performed roughly average in these close contests, going 15-13 (.536) September 19 Coca-Cola Park 1:35 p.m. in one-run games and 11-10 (.524) in two-run games. Not to be out-done, the RailRiders have also participated in their fair share of extreme blowout games, decided by eight-or-more runs. In 12 such contests, SWB is 10-2 (.833) on the season, and is part of the reason why the team is +132 in run differential this season, second-best in Triple-A East. 2019 results: Lehigh Valley, 11-9 all-time series: RailRiders Lead 123-106 HITTING HERE IN ALLENTOWN: RailRiders OF Greg Allen has been on a tear in 14 games since being returned to the team from the Yankees. The switch-hitter is batting .429 (18-for-42) with 8 R, 4 2B, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 3 BB, 7 K, and 3 HBP. Allen had a 12-game on-base streak snapped on Saturday with railriders at a glance an 0-for-3 performance, but during the streak his season batting line improved from .263/.402/.343 to .321/.440/.460, a 155-point jump in his OPS. 2021 regular season: 58-37 SEAN BOYLE RULES: On Monday RHP Sean Boyle was named Triple-A East Pitcher of the Week for August 16 through 22. In his one outing GB: +2.0 1st, AAA East Northeast of the week, Boyle threw a complete game, 7-inning no-hitter at Polar Park against the Worcester Red Sox in his first career Triple-A Start. He Home: 26-20 Away: 32-17 became the third Triple-A East Pitcher of the Week Award winner for the RailRiders this season, joining Deivi García (May 10-16) and Luis Gil (July 19-25). Before this year, the RailRiders had not been honored with a league pitcher of the week award since August 22-28, 2016, when 2021 hitting leaders: Jonathan Holder won International League Pitcher of the Week for his legendary 11 consecutive strikeout performance. However, on Tuesday AVG: Andrew Velzazquez .283 Boyle was transferred to the Double-A Somerset Patriots. HR: Hoy Park & Chris Gittens 10 around the organization RBI: Socrates Brito 47 SB: Andrew Velazquez 26 New York Yankees (MLB) Somerset Patriots (AA) Hudson Valley Renegades (A+) Tampa Tarpons (A-) 2021 pitching leaders: 75-52, 2nd AL East (4.0 GB) 58-40, 1st AA Northeast NE (2.0 GA) 61-37, 1st High-A East North (10.5 GA) 65-31, 1st Low-A Southeast West (6.0 GA) Wins: Braden Bristo & W, 7-6 at Oakland Athetics (12 straight wins) W, 7-3 vs Akron RubberDucks W, 9-4 at Clearwater Threshers (7SB as team) L, 11-4 at Winston-Salem Dash Reggie McClain 5 Stanton: 1-4, HR (23), RBI L.