scranton/wilkes-barre railriders game notes scranton/wilkes-barre railriders (2-3) @ lehigh valley ironpigs (4-1) LHP Gio Gonzalez (0-1, 18.00) vs. LHP JoJo Romero (No Record) | Game No. 6 | Coca-Cola Park | Allentown, PA | April 9, 2019 | First Pitch 7:05 p.m. | last time out... upcoming schedule / results date opponent result ALLENTOWN, PA (April 8, 2019) – A flurry of offense in the first few innings from the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, but one decisive April 4 @ Buffalo L 8-3 swing by Dylan Cozens of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs and the RailRiders dropped Monday’s series-opener, 5-4. April 5 @ Buffalo W 6-1 It was a beautiful, 74-degree night at Coca-Cola Park and the baseballs were flying all over the outfield early. SWB put three runs on the April 6 @ Buffalo L 10-8 board off IronPigs starter, Drew Anderson. Mike Ford singled with one out and stood at second base with two outs when the rally began. April 7 @ Buffalo W 10-2 Ryan McBroom, Gosuke Katoh and Kyle Higashioka all delivered run-scoring singles in the frame and it was 3-0 RailRiders before Drew April 8 @ Lehigh Valley L 5-4 Hutchison threw a pitch. April 9 @ Lehigh Valley 7:05 PM April 10 @ Lehigh Valley 7:05 PM Lehigh Valley struck for a run in the bottom of the first off Hutchison, but SWB got it right back thanks to a leadoff triple from Billy Burns April 11 vs. Buffalo 7:05 PM an inning later. He scored on an RBI groundout by Matt Lipka. The real damage by Lehigh Valley came in the bottom of the second where April 12 vs. Buffalo 6:35 PM Dylan Cozens drilled a no-doubt grand slam to turn a 4-1 deficit into a 5-4 lead from which the RailRiders offense could not rally. April 13 vs. Buffalo 4:05 PM April 14 vs. Buffalo 1:05 PM The RailRiders bullpen was excellent in back of Hutchison, not allowing a run over 3.1 IP while surrendering just one hit. Both J.P. Feyereisen April 15 vs. Lehigh Valley 6:35 PM and Joe Harvey were efficient, recording the final 10 outs on just 36 pitches as they hoped their offense would spark a come-from-behind April 16 vs. Lehigh Valley 6:35 PM win. Instead, the RailRiders fell to 2-3 on the season with the IronPigs improving to 4-1. April 17 vs. Lehigh Valley 6:35 PM news & notes 2019 vs. lehigh valley THEY’VE DUG UP A GEM IN GIO: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre’s Opening Day starting pitcher was LHP Gio Gonzalez, who has overall head-to-head: 0-1 pitched in the big leagues for 11 seasons among three different organizations (Oakland Athletics, Washington Nationals and Milwaukee Brewers). He ranks 118th on the all-time MLB career strikeout list, with only six players ahead of him who have ever date location result worn a Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Jersey: April 8 Coca-Cola Park L 5-4 April 9 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 PM No. 3 Roger Clemens 4,672 K 2007 Rehab April 10 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 PM No. 15 Curt Schilling 3,116 K 1996 Rehab & 2000 Rehab April 15 PNC Field 6:35 PM No. 42 Andy Pettitte 2,448 K 2012 Rehab April 16 PNC Field 6:35 PM No. 45 Cole Hamels 2,419 K April 17 PNC Field 6:35 PM No. 72 Kevin Millwood 2,083 K May 31 PNC Field 6:35 PM No. 111 Randy Wolf 1,814 K 2001 Rehab June 1 PNC Field 4:05 PM No. 118 Gio Gonzalez 1,748 K June 2 PNC Field 1:05 PM June 28 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 PM JOJO IS A GOGO: The Lehigh Valley IronPigs are set to start LHP Jo Jo Romero Tuesday night against the RailRiders for his June 29 Coca-Cola Park 6:35 PM season and Triple-A debut. The lefty enters the season as the No. 7 prospect in the Philadelphia Phillies system according to June 30 Coca-Cola Park 1:35 PM Baseball America, and is coming off a year in which he played exclusively for Double-A Reading and went 7-6 with a 3.80 ERA August 2 PNC Field 7:05 PM in 18G/18GS (106.2 IP, 97 H (.241 BAA), 100 K (8.4 K/9)). Two seasons ago, he was named the Minor League Pitcher of the Year August 3 PNC Field 6:35 PM for the Phillies after posting a 10-3 record and a 2.16 ERA over 23G/23GS between Single-A Lakewood and High-A Clearwater. August 4 PNC Field 1:05 PM August 23 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 PM DRIVING THE BASEBALL: Sunday, the RailRiders earned a 10-2 win over the Buffalo Bisons, and the longball played a big role. August 24 Coca-Cola Park 6:35 PM The team hit six homers, which is more than they hit in any game all of last year. Leading the way was Mike Ford, who became August 25 Coca-Cola Park 1:35 PM just the fifth player in SWB history with a 3-homer game, and only the third to do it in a nine-inning game (Last:Zoilo Almonte, 7/23/2014 @ Gwinnett). The only other instance in a nine-inning game was Gary Bennett, 8/16/1998 @ Buffalo. 2018 results: SWB RailRiders, 11-9 all-time series: FOR WHOM IT TOLLS: It was announced January 24, 2019 that Jay Bell had replaced Bobby Mitchell as Manager for the Scranton/ RailRiders Lead 93-76 Wilkes-Barre RailRiders for the 2019 season. He played over 2,000 games during an 18-year Major League career and has spent the last two years managing in the Yankees organization with Double-A Trenton and High-A Tampa. Bell is joined on staff by Pitching Coach Tommy Phelps, Hitting Coach Phil Plantier and Bullpen Coach Doug Davis, all of whom are returning to the RailRiders railriders at a glance dugout. Julio Borbón joined the Yankees organization in March and will serve as the Defensive Coach for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. 2019 regular season: 2-3 SOME PHUTURE PHILLIES: MLB.com has a number of players on the Lehigh Valley IronPigs listed as top prospects in the GB: 2.0 2 Teams (4-1) system. According to their initial MLB Pipeline rankings, five players- all pitchers- rank as Top-30 prospects: RHP Enyel De Los T-3rd Place, I.L. North Santos (No. 6), LHP JoJo Romero (No. 7), LHP Ranger Suarez (No. 10), LHP Cole Irvin (No. 16) and RHP Edgar Garcia (No. 28). Home: 0-0 Away: 2-3 In addition to De Los Santos, Romero, Suarez and Irvin, the IronPigs have Jared Eickhoff and Drew Anderson, who were both 2019 hitting leaders: top-30 prospects at times in the past few years, round out an early-season six-man rotation. AVG: Trey Amburgey .429 HR: Mike Ford 4 around the organization RBI: Mike Ford 7 SB Billy Burns/Matt Lipka 2 New York Yankees (MLB) Trenton Thunder (AA) Tampa Tarpons (A+) Charleston RiverDogs(A) L 4-3 @ Houston Astros W 4-3 @ Akron RubberDucks L 2-0 vs. St. Lucie Mets DH 5:05 PM @ Asheville Tourists 2019 pitching leaders: Held 3-1 lead entering B7 Trailed 3-2 entering T8 Trailed 2-0 after 3 innings Postponed Monday night Wins: Cortes/Hale 1 Zack Britton: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 2R/2ER Chris Gittens: Go-ahead 2R HR T8 Had 4 baserunners and 2 were CS Game 1, Riverdogs facing RHP Riley Pint ERA: 7 Tied with 0.00 Adam Ottavino: 1.1 IP, 2 H, R/ER -- Loss *2-for-3, 2B, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI, BB Miguel Yajure: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 2R/2ER, K Top-100 Prospect each of the last two K: Nestor Cortes 9 Aaron Judge: 2-3, HR, R, RBI, 2 BB G. Whitlock: 6.0 IP, 8 H, 3R/2ER, 4 K Dermis Garcia: 1-3, CS years (BA: No. 99, 2019 | No. 46, 2018) Clint Frazier: 2-4 (9-for-21, .429 AVG) David Sosebee: 2.0 IP, 0 R, 4 K -- Win Chris Hess: 1-3, K SV: Joe Harvey 1 upcoming pitching probables broadcast/media information date opponent railriders starter opponent starter Radio: 1400 AM 1340 AM 1440 AM Wed., April 10th @ Lehigh Valley LHP Nestor Cortes (1-0, 0.00) LHP Cole Irvin (0-0, 3.60) 106.7 FM 100.7 FM Thurs., April 11th vs. Buffalo Bisons RHP Chance Adams (0-0, 15.00) TBA Internet: TuneIn App (Search: “SWB RailRiders”) Television: MiLB.tv Friday, April 12th vs. Buffalo Bisons RHP David Hale (1-0, 1.59) TBA Radio Twitter: Adam Marco (@amarco_16) Saturday, April 13th vs. Buffalo Bisons RHP Drew Hutchison (0-1, 9.64) TBA 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 43 GIO GONZALEZ | LHP | 6’0” | 205 LBS | 33 | @GioGonzalez47 Hialeah, FL | Hialeah H.S. (FL) | Signed as a Minor League Free Agent, 3/20/2019 | MLB Service Time: 9.162 | 2019: The New York Yankees announced the signing of Gonzalez to a Minor League contract -- guarantees $3 million if he makes the MLB roster and $300,000 for each start he makes... Arrived at the end of Spring Training and made one appearance at big league camp: 2.0 IP, 4 H, 5R/4ER, HR, 2 BB, 0 K..