scranton/wilkes-barre railriders game notes Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (32-13) vs. Worcester Red Sox (29-19) RHP Luis Gil (0-0, 6.00) vs. RHP Tanner Houck (0-1, 4.66) | Game 46 | Road Game 25 | Polar Park | Worcester, MA | June 29, 2021 | First Pitch 6:35 p.m. | last time out... upcoming schedule / results ALLENTOWN, Pa. (June 27, 2021) – Chris Gittens hit two home runs and became just the fourth player in franchise history to collect eight-or-more date opponent result RBIs in a game as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders blew out the Lehigh Valley IronPigs 19-1 on Sunday at Coca-Cola Park. June 25 @ Lehigh Valley L, 6-3 June 26 @ Lehigh Valley W, 10-4 The IronPigs took the lead in the bottom of the first when MLB rehabber Didi Gregorius scored on a Darick Hall RBI single against Asher Wojciechowski. June 27 @ Lehigh Valley W, 19-1 That was the only hit the RailRiders pitching staff allowed until the 9th inning. After starting the season on the injured list, Wojciechowski lasted 1.2 innings in his first start of the season, striking out four. June 29 @ Worcester 6:35 p.m. June 30 @ Worcester 6:35 p.m. Max McDowell tied the game in the top of the second with an RBI single against David Parkinson. The RailRiders busted the game wide open in the July 1 @ Worcester 6:35 p.m. top of the third, sending 13 batters to the plate and scoring 10 times. Hoy Park and Chris Gittens led off the inning with back-to-back home runs. Trey July 2 @ Worcester 6:35 p.m. Amburgey followed with a double and the next batter, Ryan LaMarre, connected for a two-run home run. Later in the inning, Estevan Florial lined a July 3 @ Worcester 4:05 p.m. two-run double down the right field line, and after an intentional walk to load the bases, Gittens unloaded for a grand slam – his second home run of the inning and the first grand slam of the season for the RailRiders. July 4 @ Worcester 6:35 p.m. July 6 Syracuse 7:05 p.m. The RailRiders sent 10 to the plate in the top of the sixth, tacking on six more runs to extend their lead to 17-1. Gittens picked up a two-run single July 7 Syracuse - Game 1 5:05 p.m. and Amburgey lined a two-run double to highlight the scoring. In the top of the eighth the Baby Bombers added two more tallies, with Gittens and LaMarre both lacing RBI singles. Gittens’ eight RBIs on the game set a new Yankees affiliation record in SWB baseball history (2007 – present). 2021 vs. worcester Brody Koerner (2-3) went 1.1 innings after Wojciechowski to get the win, kicking off a string of seven RailRiders relief pitchers in the game. MLB Rehabbers Darren O’Day and Justin Wilson each authored scoreless innings, while Trevor Lane, Adam Warren, Braden Bristo and Brian Keller each did the same. overall head-to-head: 0-0 SWB combined to retire 22 of the last 24 Lehigh Valley batters of the game. news & notes date location result June 29 Polar Park 6:35 p.m. THEY’RE THE BEST, AROUND: With a 32-13 (.711) start to the season, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre begins play Tuesday June 30 Polar Park 6:35 p.m. SWB BEST RECORD IN night with the best record in minor league baseball. The club set the RailRiders era (2013 - Present) record for July 1 Polar Park 6:35 p.m. RAILRIDERS ERA (2013 - best start through 40 games (29-11), shattering the previous best of 23-17 in 2017 and has already set a new PRESENT) THROUGH... mark for best 50-game start to the season. The RailRiders are on pace for an 85-35 season, and roughly projects July 2 Polar Park 6:35 p.m. Gm Year Record Pct. to a 100-40 season in a normal 140-game schedule. The RailRiders finished a franchise best 91-52 (.636) in 2016, July 3 Polar Park 4:05 p.m. 40 2021 29-11 .725 when SWB captured its first and only Triple-A National Championship. SWB’s .707 winning percentage is the best July 4 Polar Park 6:35 p.m. 50 2017 30-20 .600 of any team in the majors or minors, with San Jose (33-15, .688) ranking second. 100 2017 63-37 .630 July 13 Polar Park 6:35 p.m. 120 2017 77-43 .641 WOO HOO: This week the RailRiders start ther first series of the season against the Worcester Red Sox, kicking July 14 Polar Park 6:35 p.m. off a season series comprised of 24 games in a span of 54 days. SWB travels to Polar Park for 18 contests, with the July 15 Polar Park 6:35 p.m. WooSox heading to PNC Field only once. Worcester is tied with Syracuse for the second-most frequent opponent of the RailRiders this season July 16 Polar Park 6:35 p.m. after the club’s 36 games with Lehigh Valley. MOST RBIs, SINGLE GAME July 17 Polar Park 4:05 p.m. WHILE THE GITTENS GOOD: INF Chris Gittens put up an historic performance for the RailRiders in Sunday’s RBIs Player Date July 18 Polar Park 1:05 p.m. 19-1 win over the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. Gittens finished the game 4-for-7 with four runs scored, a double, two 9 Mark Budzinski 7/25/04 Aug. 3 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. home runs and eight RBIs. He hit two homers in the third inning, including the first grand slam of the season for 8 Wendell Magee 5/13/99 SWB. He became just the fourth Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Player to ever have an eight RBI game, and the first-ever 8 Brennan King 7/14/06 Aug. 4 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. in the Yankees affiliation (2007 - Present). 8 Chris Gittens 6/27/21 Aug. 5 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. Aug. 6 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. HERE’S THE DIETZ: When play began on June 6, SWB infielderDerek Dietrich was hitting only .119/.316/.237, and had endured an 0-for-27 skid to end the month of May. However, beginning with a 1-for-2 performance against Lehigh Valley that night, Dietrich has been on a tear at Aug. 7 PNC Field 6:05 p.m. the plate in his last 16 games, batting .364/.541/.636 (16-for-44) with 11 R, 3 2B, 3 HR, and 16 RBIs. The run of success at the bat has improved his Aug. 8 PNC Field 1:05 p.m. season batting line to .223/.416/.408, a 271-point leap in OPS. Dietrich ranks 4th among qualified Triple-A East hitters in OBP. Aug. 17 Polar Park 6:35 p.m. RE-WRITING THE RECORD BOOK: RailRiders outfielderTrey Amburgey made RailRiders history Thursday night, reaching base safely three times Aug. 18 Polar Park 6:35 p.m. to extend his on-base streak to 33 games. In doing so, he passed Brandon Drury, who had a 32-game on-base streak in the 2018 season for the Aug. 19 Polar Park 6:35 p.m. longest such streak in the RailRiders era (2013 - Present). Here is a look inside the numbers during Trey’s incredible run: Aug. 20 Polar Park 6:35 p.m. • The streak began on August 26, 2019, when Amburgey went 1-for-3 with a HBP at the Pawtucket Red Sox. • He has hit .364/.437/.651 during the now 35-game streak, with 28 R, 14 2B, 1 3B, 7 HR, 39 RBI, 15 BB, 35 K and 4 HBP. Aug. 21 Polar Park 4:05 p.m. • The streak has included 10 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI games. Aug. 22 Polar Park 1:05 p.m. • During the streak, Amburgey has only gone hitless two times (8/31/19 vs BUF; 6/15/21 vs SYR). In those games he has reached base on a walk and was hit by two pitches. He also has two RBIs in those hitless contests. • Amburgey had a 20-game hitting streak from 9/1/19 to 6/13/21 as part of the longer on-base streak, snapped on 6/15 vs Syracuse. He has hits 2019 results: SWB RailRiders, 13-8 in eight straight games since and has a hit in 28 of his last 29 games played. all-time series: RailRiders Lead 187-170 OTHER STREAKS OF NOTE: In addition to Trey Amburgey’s impressive stretch, the RailRiders offense features two other players with double-digit on-base streaks. Outfielder Greg Allen is riding a season-long 21-game on-base streak into play on Saturday night, and infielder Hoy Park has reached base safely in 23 consecutive games. Allen has also played in two other games this season in which he did not record an official plate railriders at a glance appearance, therefore not jeopardizing his streak, and spent time on the injured list in the middle of his streak. Park sports a .522 OBP during his streak, which has propelled him to the Triple-A East lead in OBP (.503) and OPS (1.134), second in the league in AVG (.360), and SLG (.631). The 2021 regular season: 32-13 infielder also ranks second in Triple-A East in walks (30) behind Worcester’s Marcus Wilson (31).