scranton/wilkes-barre railriders game notes Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (11-4) at Rochester Red Wings (3-12) LHP Mike Montgomery (0-2, 9.26 ERA) vs. RHP Steven Fuentes (0-1, 12.15 ERA) | Game 16 | Road Game 10 | Frontier Field | Rochester, NY | May 21, 2021 | First Pitch 7:05 p.m. | last time out... upcoming schedule / results ROCHESTER, N.Y. (May 20, 2021) – The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders had their seven-game road winning streak snapped by the date opponent result Rochester Red Wings on Thursday night at Frontier Field, 5-3. May 13 Lehigh Valley W, 5-2 May 14 Lehigh Valley W, 6-4 The RailRiders struck in the top of the first for three runs against Jefry Rodriguez. Socrates Brito connected for a two-run double and scored May 15 Lehigh Valley L, 5-4 on a single by Thomas Milone to stake Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to a 3-0 lead. May 16 Lehigh Valley W, 3-1 May 18 @ Rochester W, 11-6 Brian Keller turned in his best outing of the season in his third start. The right-hander allowed only one run on three hits in 4.0 innings of May 19 @ Rochester W, 3-2 work, striking out a season-high six batters. The only Rochester run against him came on a solo home run by Brandon Snyder. May 20 @ Rochester L, 5-3 The Red Wings tied the game in the fifth against Brooks Kriske. After a two-out walk to Yasmany Tomas, Daniel Palka tucked a two-run May 21 @ Rochester 7:05 p.m. home run over the right field wall to tie the game at 3-3. May 22 @ Rochester 5:05 p.m. May 23 @ Rochester 1:05 p.m. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre threatened, but stranded four runners on base in its final three turns at bat. Nestor Cortes (1-1) retired the first May 25 Buffalo 6:35 p.m. seven batters he faced in relief for the RailRiders, but allowed a two-run, walk-off home run to Luis Garcia with one out in the bottom of May 26 Buffalo 6:35 p.m. the ninth to end the game. May 27 Buffalo 6:35 p.m. Brandon Wagner turned in a two-hit performance for the RailRiders, and is now 4-for-10 in his first three games with the club this season. May 28 Buffalo 6:35 p.m. May 29 Buffalo 4:05 p.m. news & notes 2021 vs. rochester overall head-to-head: 2-1 FAST OUT OF THE GATE: With their 11th win of the season in 14 games on Wednesday, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders have kept themselves in elite company across minor league baseball. Only Modesto (12-3; Low-A, SEA) has more wins than the RailRiders this season. Among all Triple-A teams, only Buffalo, Jacksonville, Reno and Round Rock have reached the 10-win plateau so far this season. The Baby Bombers are off to their best date location result start to a season since the 2009 SWB Yankees went 17-3 in the month of April. May 18 Frontier Field W, 11-6 May 19 Frontier Field W, 3-2 LET IT ZEHN: Before this season, RailRiders OF Zack Zehner had drawn 41 walks in 546 plate appearances (142 G) in Triple-A between the 2018 and May 20 Frontier Field L, 5-3 2019 seasons (7.5 BB%). However, in an extremely small sample in Triple-A in 2021 Zehner has already drawn 9 BB in his first 21 PA (42.9 BB%), and including his time with Double-A Somerset has 13 total BB in 33 PA in 2021 (39.4 BB%). Zehner leads all minor league players (min. 20 PA) in BB%, May 21 Frontier Field 7:05 p.m. with Gwinnett’s Travis Snider (38.5%) sitting in second place, according to leaderboards at Fangraphs. Additionally, Zehner had been 3-for-6 career May 22 Frontier Field 5:05 p.m. in stolen bases in Triple-A, and is already 3-for-3 in 2021. May 23 Frontier Field 1:05 p.m. July 20 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. BULLS ON PARADE: The RailRiders bullpen has emerged as one of the strengths of the team through the first 15 games of the season. Even after surrendering a 3-1 lead on Thursday night, SWB’s Bullpen ERA is a solid 3.68 (30 ER/73.1 IP), good for 10th in the 20-team Triple-A East. Scranton/ July 21 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. Wilkes-Barre’s bullpen leads Triple-A East in wins (10), saves (7) and strikeouts (100), and ranks second in the league in batting average against (.184). July 22 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. Across al levels of the minor leagues, SWB’s bullpen is t-4th in W (Delmarva, Down East, Tampa; 11) and SV. The 12-man unit is posting ratios of 12.27 July 23 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. K/9, 5.15 BB/9 and a 1.23 WHIP. July 24 PNC Field 6:05 p.m. July 25 PNC Field 1:05 p.m. DINGER ALERT: After shattering the SWB franchise record with 212 home runs in 2019 (previously 164 in 1998), the RailRiders are at it again, hitting 23 home runs in their first 15 games this season. The 23 round-trippers hit by SWB puts the club in a tie for third place in Triple-A East with Charlotte, Sept. 7 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. trailing Durham (29) and Gwinnett (25). The RailRiders are tied for sixth in minor league baseball in home runs, and it is a true team effort, as only Sept. 8 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. Chris Gittens (t-7th, 4) ranks in the top 15 in home runs in Triple-A East. Sept. 9 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. Sept. 10 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. WALK-A-THON: Through 14 games this season, the RailRiders have drawn 83 walks, the second-most in all of Triple-A baseball behind Gwinnett (86). No other team in the minors’ highest level has taken more than 78 bases on balls. Overall, the RailRiders are 10th in all of minor league baseball in Sept. 11 PNC Field 6:05 p.m. walks, with Tampa (Low-A, NYY) leading the way with 103 walks. SWB’s team .364 OBP is second best in the Triple-A East League, trailing Gwinnett Sept. 12 PNC Field 1:05 p.m. (.369), and ranks 14th across all levels of the minors. There are currently four teams in Triple-A East with team OBPs greater than .360. Rochester (.295) has the lowest OBP of the 20-team league. The Red Wings also have the second-lowest team SLG (.340) in the circuit, and have an abysmal .635 team 2019 results: Rochester, 11-8 OPS, the lowest in all of Triple-A. all-time series: RailRiders Lead 273-230 OH SAY CAN YOU GENESEE?: The current six-game road trip marks the one and only trip to Frontier Field for the RailRiders during the 2021 season, with the final 12 games against the Red Wings to be played in Moosic. Despite an all-time winning record against Rochester, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre has railriders at a glance historically struggled in Roc City, going only 1-7 last year and a combined 4-11 at Frontier Field in 2018 and 2019. In the RailRiders era (2013-Present), SWB has only one winning season in Rochester, when they went 4-3 in 2017. Including the two wins in 2021, SWB is 128-140 (.478) all-time in Rochester. 2019 regular season: 76-65 #SQUADUP: The RailRiders received three players this week from Double-A Somerset, and all three have made meaningful impacts in the series GB: +1.0 -- 1st, IL North against Rochester. INFs Hoy Park, Brandon Wagner and OF Thomas Milone have combined to hit .371/.463/.543 (13-for-35) with 6 R, 3 2B, 1 HR, 9 Home: 45-26 Away: 31-39 RBIs, 5 BB, 12 K and 1 HBP. In Wednesday’s 3-2 win over the Red Wings, Park and Milone drove in all three SWB runs, while all three have contributed 2019 hitting leaders: strong play on the defensive end as well. AVG: Ryan McBroom .315 HR: Ryan McBroom 26 RBI: Ryan McBroom 66 around the organization SB Billy Burns 14 New York Yankees (MLB) Somerset Patriots (AA) Hudson Valley Renegades (A+) Tampa Tarpons (A-) 25-19, 3rd AL East (1.5 GB) 10-5, 1st AA Northeast NE (1.0 GA) 8-7, t-2nd High-A East North (1.0 GB) 11-4, 1st Low-A Southeast West (3.0 GA) 2019 pitching leaders: W, 2-0 at Texas Rangers W, 11-1 at Hartford Yard Goats W, 16-5 vs Fort Myers Mighty Mussels Wins: J.P. Feyereisen 10 W, 6-1 at Brooklyn Cyclones Urshela: 1-1, Pinch-hit RBI single in 7th M. Beltre: 4-6, 3 R, 3B, 2 RBI A. Wells: 3-4, 3 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI ERA: Chance Adams 4.63 E. Duran: 2-4, 2B, HR (1), 4 RBI --> .339 AVG Judge: 1-2, Pinch-hit RBI single in 7th O. Dunn: 3-5, 4 R, 2B, HR (1), RBI Hauver: 2-4, 2B, 3B, 3 RBI, 2 BB --> 1.398 OPS K: J.P. Feyereisen 94 O. Peraza: 2-5, 2B Gardner: 2-3, 2B Offense: All 9 players in lineup had hits A.