scranton/wilkes-barre railriders game notes Buffalo Bisons (12-7) vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (13-6) RHP Jacob Waguespack (1-1, 5.65 ERA) vs. RHP Nick Green (0-0, 4.50 ERA) | Game 20 | Home Game 8 | PNC Field | Moosic, PA | May 26, 2021 | First Pitch 6:35 p.m. | last time out... upcoming schedule / results MOOSIC, Pa. (May 25, 2021) – The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders dropped a heartbreaker 5-2 to the Buffalo Bisons on Tuesday night date opponent result at PNC Field. The Bisons claimed victory with three runs in the top of the ninth inning. May 18 @ Rochester W, 11-6 May 19 @ Rochester W, 3-2 Pitching had the upper hand early as Nestor Cortes threw 4.0 scoreless innings to start the game for the RailRiders. In his first start of the May 20 @ Rochester L, 5-3 season, the left-hander allowed four hits and did not walk a batter while striking out three. May 21 @ Rochester W, 6-3 May 22 @ Rochester W, 9-8 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre broke through against Buffalo pitching in the bottom of the fifth. Zack Zehner laced a two-run double to right-center, scoring Thomas Milone and Rob Brantly and handing the RailRiders a 2-0 lead. May 23 @ Rochester L, 3-1 May 25 Buffalo L, 5-3 The Bisons battled back with a solo home run in the sixth by Richard Urena, and an RBI double from Cullen Large in the seventh to tie the May 26 Buffalo 6:35 p.m. game at 2-2. The RailRiders threatened offensively in the seventh and eighth innings, but stranded five runners on base in the two frames. May 27 Buffalo 6:35 p.m. May 28 Buffalo 6:35 p.m. In the top of the ninth, Buffalo took the lead on a Kevin Smith solo home run against Luis Garcia. They tacked on two more in the frame on an RBI double by Juan Graterol and a run-scoring wild pitch to open up a 5-2 advantage. The RailRiders got a one-out single from Zack May 29 Buffalo 4:05 p.m. Zehner in the bottom of the ninth but nothing more against Bryan Baker. Zehner went 2-for-4 with a double and 2 RBIs for the RailRiders, May 30 Buffalo 1:05 p.m. his first multi-hit and multi-RBI games of the season. June 1 Lehigh Valley 6:35 p.m. June 2 Lehigh Valley 6:35 p.m. Thomas Milone went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored, and has now hit in all seven games he has played with SWB. Armando Alvarez June 3 Lehigh Valley 6:35 p.m. (0-for-4) and Hoy Park (0-3) saw their hitting streaks end at nine and six games, respectively. news & notes 2021 vs. buffalo overall head-to-head: 0-1 FAST OUT OF THE GATE: With 13 wins in 19 games, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders have kept themselves in elite company across minor league baseball. Entering play on Wednesday there are only 20 teams across minor league baseball with at least 13 wins, with only Jacksonville, Durham and Nashville at that mark among Triple-A East teams. There are five teams in the minors with 14 wins, including Yankees affiliates Somerset and date location result Tampa. Overall, the Yankees have the best organizational record in baseball (51-25, .671), with Seattle (49-25, .662) owning the second-best record. May 25 PNC Field L, 5-3 May 26 PNC Field 6:35 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 27 home runs in their first 19 games this season. The 27 round-trippers hit by SWB puts the club in a tie for third place in Triple-A East with Gwinnett, May 27 PNC Field 6:35 p.m. Nashville and Worcester, trailing Durham (37) and Charlotte (28). The RailRiders are tied for eighth in minor league baseball in home runs, with Salt May 28 PNC Field 6:35 p.m. Lake (AAA, LAA) leading the way with 41 dingers. The long ball surge has been a true team effort, as only Chris Gittens (t-14th, 4) ranks in the top May 29 PNC Field 4:05 p.m. 35 in home runs in Triple-A East. May 30 PNC Field 1:05 p.m. WALK-A-THON: Through 19 games this season, the RailRiders have drawn 106 walks, the most in all of Triple-A baseball. No other team in the minors’ June 8 Trenton Thunder Park 7:05 p.m. highest level has taken more than 102 bases on balls (Gwinnett). Overall, the RailRiders are 7th in all of minor league baseball in walks, with Tampa June 9 Trenton Thunder Park 7:05 p.m. (Low-A, NYY) leading the way with 126 walks. SWB’s team .368 OBP is tied with Durham for best in the Triple-A East League, and ranks t-5th across June 10 Trenton Thunder Park 1:05 p.m. all levels of the minors. There are currently four teams in Triple-A East with team OBPs of .350 or higher. Buffalo (.352) has the third-best OBP of the 20-team league. The Bisons are also slugging .445 as a team, and sport the league’s third-best OPS at .798 (Durham, .875; SWB, .803). June 11 Trenton Thunder Park 7:05 p.m. June 12 Trenton Thunder Park 6:05 p.m. #SQUADUP: The RailRiders received three players last week from Double-A Somerset, and all three have made meaningful impacts in their brief June 13 Trenton Thunder Park 1:05 p.m. time with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. INFs Hoy Park, Brandon Wagner and OF Thomas Milone have combined to hit .324 (24-for-74) with 11 R, 5 2B, 1 HR, 11 RBIs, 13 BB, 22 K and 2 HBP. In last Wednesday’s 3-2 win over the Rochester Red Wings, Park and Milone drove in all three SWB runs, while all Aug 31 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. three have contributed strong play on the defensive end as well. Sept 1 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. Sept 2 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. AIN’T NO PARTY LIKE A MOOSIC PARTY: While the RailRiders have only played seven games at home this season, the team features some incredible Sept 3 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. home/road splits, especially on the pitching side. At PNC Field, SWB pitching has a 2.29 staff ERA, and is posting rates of 11.42 K/9, 4.14 BB/9 and a 1.21 WHIP. That is compared to a 5.33 ERA, 9.77 K/9, 6.57 BB/9 and a 1.56 WHIP on the road. The home run split is even more stark, with Scranton/ Sept 4 PNC Field 6:05 p.m. Wilkes-Barre allowing only three home runs at home this year (0.43/G) and 16 HRs on the road (1.33/G). In 2019, the RailRiders were 45-26 (.634) Sept 5 PNC Field 1:05 p.m. at home, and are 215-144 (.599) at PNC Field since the beginning of the 2015 season, and sport an average season record of approximately 42-28. BUFFALO BLUES: The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders will only face the Buffalo Bisons 18 times this season, tied with Rochester for the least-played opponent of the season. 12 of those games take place in the 18-game stretch from May 25 through June 13, and then the teams do not face each 2019 results: SWB RailRiders, 13-8 other again until August 31. The RailRiders do not make a trip to Buffalo this season, with the Bisons playing their home games in Trenton while the all-time series: RailRiders Lead 202-171 Toronto Blue Jays are taking over Sahlen Field beginning on June 1 to play their American League games for the second straight season. The Blue Jays had been playing at TD Bank Park in Dunedin, Florida during April and May while Canada has not allowed them to play in Toronto due to international travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. railriders at a glance LONGEST 9-INN. GAMES SWB FRANCHISE MARATHON MEN: After Saturday night’s 9-8 win over the Rochester Red Wings took 4 hours and 6 HISTORY (NO DELAYS INCLUDED) 2019 regular season: 76-65 minutes to complete, the RailRiders have played three of the four longest 9-inning games in franchise GB: +1.0 -- 1st, IL North history this season. In a cruel twist, Saturday’s game also included a 10-minute delay for “wet grounds” 1. 5/6/2021 @ Syracuse 4:09 Home: 45-26 Away: 31-39 at the start of the game. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre had not played a game lasting longer than four hours 2. 5/22/2021 @ Rochester 4:06 since Aug. 21, 2015 against Rochester, although that game lasted 14 innings. Before this season, 3. 9/1/2000 vs. Pawtucket 4:04 2019 hitting leaders: there had never been a four hour 9-inning game in the RailRiders era (2013 - Pres.) of SWB baseball. 4. 5/9/2021 @ Syracuse 4:03 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-) 28-20, 3rd AL East (1.0 GB) 14-5, 1st AA Northeast NE (3.0 GA) 10-9, 2nd High-A East North (2.0 GB) 14-5, 1st Low-A Southeast West (4.0 GA) 2019 pitching leaders: L, 6-2 vs.