scranton/wilkes-barre railriders game notes buffalo bisons (70-67) @ scranton/wilkes-barre railriders (73-64) LHP Clayton Richard (MLB Rehab) vs. RHP Nick Nelson (0-1, 3.94) | Game No. 138 | PNC Field | Moosic, PA | August 31, 2019 | First Pitch 6:35 p.m. | last time out... upcoming schedule / results date opponent result MOOSIC, PA (August 30, 2019) -- The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders grabbed a 4-1 lead in the fourth inning against the Buffalo Bisons, August 19 vs. Pawtucket W 11-1 battling neck-and-neck through the middle innings before the Bisons pulled away – eventually hanging on for an 8-7 win Friday night. August 20 vs. Pawtucket L 7-4 August 21 vs. Pawtucket W 4-2 The Bisons charged out of the gate in the top of the first inning and plated one run for the quick 1-0 lead. Two innings later, the RailRiders August 22 vs. Pawtucket W 4-3 tied the game 1-1 as Trey Amburgey hit his 22nd home run of the season on a fly ball to center field. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre added coal to August 23 @ Lehigh Valley W 11-4 the fire in the bottom of the fourth when Mandy Alvarez hit a scorching line-drive to center and plated two runs, followed by a Gosuke August 24 @ Lehigh Valley L 7-3 Katoh single that gave the RailRiders a three-run lead over Buffalo, that proved to be short-lived. August 25 @ Lehigh Valley L 6-2 August 26 @ Pawtucket W 7-4 (10) The Bisons flexed their muscles in the top of the fifth as Richard Urena hit a three-run homer that tied the contest for the second time, 4-4 August 27 @ Pawtucket W 4-0 The next two innings of offense were potent for Buffalo. In the top of the sixth, RailRiders pitcher Brody Koerner allowed Urena to walk August 28 @ Pawtucket PPD (Rain) with the bases loaded to plate the go-ahead run, and then in the top of the seventh Andy Burns homered as the Bisons stampeded ahead 6-4. August 29 @ Pawtucket L 9-5 (8) @ Pawtucket W 8-4 (10) The Bisons further extended the lead over the RailRiders as Socrates Brito tripled home a run and then Urena laced a sac fly to left in the August 30 vs. Buffalo L 8-7 top of the eighth, adding two tallies to the scoreboard making it 8-4. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre rallied in the bottom of the ninth when Kyle August 31 vs. Buffalo 6:35 PM Higashioka hit a three-run home run and cut the deficit to one, but the RailRiders ultimately fell 8-7. September 1 vs. Buffalo 1:05 PM September 2 vs. Buffalo 12:05 PM news & notes 2019 vs. buffalo overall head-to-head: 11-7 STRAIGHT FEYER: RHP J.P. Feyereisen entered out of the bullpen Thursday @ Pawtucket and notched 5 K. It brings his career-high to 94 and overtakes LHP Daniel Camarena for sole possession of the team lead in that category. It also date location result surpasses the 78 K he had in 58.1 IP back in 2016. His K-rate of 13.8/9.0 IP leads I.L. relievers along with his .173 BAA April 4 Sahlen Field L 8-3 (35-for-198). Feyereisen is one of 12 relief pitchers in MiLB with 94+ K and is 6th among those in K-rate. April 5 Sahlen Field W 6-1 April 6 Sahlen Field L 10-8 April 7 Sahlen Field W 10-2 STORMING TO THE FINISH: INF Gosuke Katoh has been in the midst of a hot stretch of his season where he has been April 11 PNC Field W 9-8 (10) April 12 PNC Field W 4-1 (5) finding his way on base in any way possible for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders. In 25G since returning from the April 13 PNC Field W 10-4 Double-A Trenton Thunder, the infielder is batting 26-for-82 (.317 AVG), 4 2B, 2 HR, 11 RBI, 21 BB (.456 OBP) and 3-for-4 April 14 PNC Field W 9-5 SB. Entering Saturday’s game, Katoh has reached safely in 32-of-his-last-61 plate appearances (.525 OBP), going 16-for-45 April 19 Sahlen Field PPD (Rain) April 20 Sahlen Field Susp. (Rain) (.356 AVG) with 16 BB. His 21-game on-base streak is T-4th longest on-base streak by a RailRiders batter this season, and Sahlen Field PPD (Rain) currently T-2nd longest streak among active players in the I.L. (Ryan laMarre, GWN -- 33 games). June 3 Sahlen Field - Game 1 L 4-2 (7) Sahlen Field - Game 2 W 9-2 (7) June 4 Sahlen Field L 5-4 A TALE OF TWO WEEKS: Despite going just 8-9 over the last 17G, the current stretch of games has been a lot more June 5 Sahlen Field - Game 1 W 3-0 (7) favorable for the RailRiders offense than the week prior. They have scored 105 runs (6.2 runs/game) and batted 170-for- Sahlen Field - Game 2 W 4-0 (7) 599 (.284 AVG) in that time. Over 7G before that recent stretch for the RailRiders, they had not scored more than 4 runs June 6 Sahlen Field L 3-2 June 26 PNC Field W 10-1 in a game, plating just 16 runs (2.28/game) in that stretch in which the team batted .174 (38-for-218). June 27 PNC Field - Game 1 W 6-4 (7) PNC Field - Game 2 L 1-0 (7) MAKING MOVES: With 3 games remaining in the regular season, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders are keeping August 30 PNC Field L 8-7 August 31 PNC Field 6:35 PM up their torrid pace of roster moves. Following a year in which they made 275 roster moves total (1.99 moves/ September 1 PNC Field 1:05 PM game) during the regular season. SWB has now made 318 heading into Saturday’s game against the Buffalo Bisons, September 2 PNC Field 12:05 PM which breaks the 2015 season record of 305 moves in a year. The team is averaging 2.30 moves/game this season. 2018 results: Tied, 8-8 RAILREHABBERS: LHP Jordan Montgomery tossed 1.2 innings in a rehab start Friday night against the Buffalo Bisons, all-time series: RailRiders Lead 185-169 making his first appearance with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre since a rehab appearance with the team 8/24/2017 @ Rochester. This follows INF Luke Voit’s rehab ending earlier Friday and Voit being summoned back to the majors. Montgomery railriders at a glance joins Voit, C Gary Sanchez, RHP Jonathan Loaisiga, OF Cameron Maybin, RHP Ben Heller, RHP Domingo German, OF 2019 regular season: 73-64 Giancarlo Stanton, OF Aaron Judge, INF Didi Gregorius and OF Aaron Hicks on the list of 11 total Yankees rehabbers for GB: +0.0 -- the RailRiders this season, with RHP Luis Severino and INF Edwin Encarnacion reportedly expected to appear in Sunday’s T-1st Place, I.L. North game. A year ago, SWB had set its previous MLB rehab record with 10 different Yankees play games with them: Greg Home: 42-25 Away: 31-39 Bird (INF), A.J. Cole (P), Brandon Drury (INF), Clint Frazier (OF), Aaron Hicks (OF), Tommy Kahnle (P), Billy McKinney 2019 hitting leaders: (OF), Gary Sanchez (C), Masahiro Tanaka (P), Adam Warren (P). AVG: Ryan McBroom .316 HR: Ford/McBroom 25 around the organization RBI: Ryan McBroom 64 SB Billy Burns 14 New York Yankees (MLB) Trenton Thunder (AA) Tampa Tarpons (A+) Charleston RiverDogs(A) L 8-2 vs. Oakland Athletics L 5-3 vs. Reading Fightin Phils End of Season W 8-6 vs. Greenville Drive 2019 pitching leaders: NYY led 2-1 entering in the 6th inning 5th out of 6 in the FSL North Division CSC trailed 6-2 entering B6 (5 runs) Trenton led 3-1 after three innings Wins: J.P. Feyereisen 10 CC Sabathia: 3.0 IP, H, R/ER, 2 K Ryan Lidge: 2-4, HR (1), R, 3 RBI Ben Ruta: 2-5, HR (8), 2 R, RBI ERA: Chance Adams 4.39 *Exited after three innings with injury Overall: 64-71 (.474) -- 16.0 GB Canaan Smith: 2-4, R, RBI -- .308 AVG Chris Gittens: 2-3, RBI, BB -- .279 AVG K: J.P. Feyereisen 94 Aaron Judge: 2-4 -- .280 AVG 1st Half: 28-38 (.424) -- 13.5 GB Eric Wagaman: 2-3, 2B, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI Rony Garcia: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 3R/3ER, 5 K Luke Voit: 2-4, R -- .280 AVG 2nd Half: 36-33 (.522) -- 2.5 GB Keegan Curtis: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0R -- Win (3-1) SV: Joe Harvey 9 upcoming pitching probables broadcast/media information date opponent railriders starter opponent starter Radio: 1400 AM 1340 AM 1440 AM Sunday, September 1st vs. Buffalo TBA LHP Anthony Kay (2-1, 1.89) 106.7 FM 100.7 FM Monday, September 2nd vs. Buffalo TBA RHP Sean Reid-Foley (3-4, 6.26) Internet: TuneIn App (Search: “SWB RailRiders”) Television: MiLB.tv Radio Twitter: Adam Marco (@amarco_16) Wednesday, September 4th INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE POSTSEASON 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 12 NICK NELSON | RHP | 6’1” | 195 LBS | 23 | @nick_nelson16 Panama City, FL | Gulf Coast C.C.