scranton/wilkes-barre railriders game notes Lehigh Valley IronPigs (7-4) vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (8-3) RHP Spencer Howard (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RHP Deivi García (1-0, 5.40 ERA) | Game 12 | Home Game 6 | PNC Field | Moosic, PA | May 16, 2021 | First Pitch 1:05 p.m. | last time out... upcoming schedule / results MOOSIC, Pa. (May 15, 2021) – The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders could not pull off their third straight come-from-behind win against date opponent result the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, falling 5-4 on Saturday afternoon at PNC Field. May 13 Lehigh Valley W, 5-2 May 14 Lehigh Valley W, 6-4 In his Triple-A debut, Estevan Florial finished 1-for-4 with a triple, a walk and a run scored. The RailRiders bullpen combined for 5.0 scoreless May 15 Lehigh Valley L, 5-4 innings, and has only allowed one run in its last 16.2 innings. May 16 Lehigh Valley 1:05 p.m. May 18 @ Rochester 6:35 p.m. The IronPigs picked up two runs in the top of the first against Mike Montgomery on a two-run single from C.J. Chatham. They tacked on May 19 @ Rochester 1:05 p.m. an additional run against the lefty in the third and two more in the fourth to open up a 5-0 lead. In his third start of the season, Montgomery allowed five runs on eight hits, walking one and striking out two in 4.0 innings. Nick Nelson 2021 vs. lehigh valley tossed 2.2 scoreless innings, striking out five, and Braden Bristo and Nick Goody combined to silence the Lehigh Valley bats afterward. Nelson, Bristo and Goody did not allow a hit and walked a combined two while registering eight strikeouts. overall head-to-head: 3-2 date location result The RailRiders clawed back with a run in the bottom of the fourth against Adonis Medina on an RBI single from Ryan LaMarre. The outfielder May 11 PNC Field W, 6-0 finished the game 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI, his third straight game driving in a run. In the fifth, Chris Gittens connected on an May 12 PNC Field L, 3-2 opposite-field two-run home run to cut the deficit to 5-3. The blast was Gittens’ third of the season, tying him with Luke Voit for most on the May 13 PNC Field W, 5-2 club in the young season. In the bottom of the sixth, SWB rallied for a run on an Armando Alvarez RBI single to get within one run of Lehigh May 14 PNC Field W, 6-4 Valley, but that was as close as the RailRiders would get. Iron Pigs pitchers retired 11 of the final 12 batters they faced after Alvarez’s hit. May 15 PNC Field L, 5-4 May 16 PNC Field 1:05 p.m. news & notes June 1 PNC Field 6:35 p.m. June 2 PNC Field 6:35 p.m. June 3 PNC Field 6:35 p.m. LET’S GET IT STARTED (IN HERE): After posting a 6.75 ERA (15 ER/20.0 IP) in the season-opening series at Syracuse, RailRiders starting pitchers June 4 PNC Field 6:35 p.m. have been much better at PNC Field through two games. Before Mike Montgomery allowed 5 ER in 4.0 IP on Saturday, SWB starting pitchers had June 5 PNC Field 4:05 p.m. combined for a 1.84 ERA (3 ER/14.2 IP) in the first four games of this series against Lehigh Valley. With a small sample size of 10 games played before June 6 PNC Field 1:05 p.m. Saturday, the previous four games had dropped RailRiders’ starters ERA down to 4.63, while the overall staff ERA has fell from 6.24 entering Tuesday’s June 22 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. home opener, to 4.31 entering Sunday. In 2019, SWB posted a 4.98 ERA at home in 71 games, and 4.94 overall. June 23 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. June 24 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. BULLS ON PARADE: The RailRiders bullpen has emerged as one of the strengths of the team through the first 11 games of the season. After 5.0 June 25 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. hitless, scoreless innings against Lehigh Valley on Saturday, the ‘pen has allowed only one run in its last 16.2 innings across three games, and three June 26 Coca-Cola Park 6:35 p.m. runs in 26.0 dating back to Sunday, May 9. As a 12-man unit, the bullpen has combined for 40 strikeouts and 12 walks in that time. Overall, the bullpen June 27 Coca-Cola Park 1:35 p.m. sports a 3.58 ERA (22 ER/55.1 IP) and is 5-for-6 in save opportunities. August 10 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. August 11 PNC Field 7:05 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 15 August 12 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. home runs in the team’s first six games. However, the RailRiders did not hit a home run in their first two games at PNC Field this season, butRobinson August 13 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. Chirinos’4th-inning blast off David Parkinson on Thursday night changed that. Nonetheless, the 18 round-trippers hit by SWB puts the club in a August 14 PNC Field 6:05 p.m. tie for second place in the Triple-A East League with Nashville and Gwinnett, trailing Durham (25). The RailRiders are tied for fourth in minor league August 15 PNC Field 1:05 p.m. baseball in home runs and are one of seven teams who have hit at least 18 long balls. Incredibly, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs only hit two home runs August 24 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. thus far, the fewest of any Triple-A team. Only one MiLB team (South Bend, A+, CHC, 0 HR) has hit fewer than the IronPigs. August 25 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. August 26 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. WALK-A-THON: Through 11 games this season, the RailRiders have drawn an astonishing 66 walks, tied for the most in all of Triple-A baseball with August 27 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. Gwinnett. No other team in the minors’ highest level has taken more than 56 bases on balls. Overall, the RailRiders are tied or fourth in all of minor August 28 Coca-Cola Park 6:35 p.m. league baseball in walks, with St. Lucie (Low-A, NYM) leading the way with 74 walks. SWB’s team .380 OBP is second best in the Triple-A East League, August 29 Coca-Cola Park 1:35 p.m. trailing Gwinnett (.383), and ranks seventh across all levels of the minors. September 14 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. September 15 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. THREE DOZEN SIDES OF BACON: The COVID-19 pandemic has created one of the most unusual season schedules in the history of the Scranton/ September 16 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. Wilkes-Barre franchise. With the season beginning a full month later than traditional, all teams in the Triple-A East League will play 120-game schedules. September 17 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. The RailRiders, along with the rest of the Northeast Division teams, will exclusively play teams within the division. This leads to a schedule where SWB September 18 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. plays the rival Lehigh Valley IronPigs an unprecedented 36 times. The RailRiders currently lead the 2021 IronRail Series 3-2. September 19 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. MARATHON MEN: The RailRiders played their longest 9-inning game in franchise history on Thursday at Syracuse, clocking in at 4:09. That surpassed 2019 results: Lehigh Valley, 11-7 the previous record of 4:04, when the then-Red Barons locked horns with the Pawtucket Red Sox on Sept. 1, 2000. Thursday’s game also featured 13 all-time series: RailRiders Lead 110-99 walks by SWB pitchers, three shy of the club record set against Tidewater in 1991. Early in the season, it stands as the longest game in Triple-A East League history, but wasn’t even the longest 9-inning game in minor league baseball on May 6. That distinction belongs to the Lake County Captains (High-A, CLE) and Lansing Lugnuts (High-A, OAK) who completed a 7-6 Captains win in 4:18. Not to be out-done, the RailRiders and Mets game on railriders at a glance Sunday, May 9 lasted 4:03, making it the third-longest game in franchise history. 2019 regular season: 76-65 AIN’T NO PARTY LIKE A MOOSIC PARTY: Tuesday’s RailRiders home opener was Scranton/Wilkes-Barre’s first game at PNC Field since Game 3 of the GB: +1.0 -- 1st, IL North First Round of the IL Playoffs vs. Durham on Sept. 7, 2019. The span of 612 days between games at home in NEPA is the longest in franchise history, Home: 45-26 Away: 31-39 surpassing the 577-day streak from Sept. 5, 2011 - April 4, 2013 when SWB played the entire 2012 season away from Moosic owing to renovations at PNC Field.