scranton/wilkes-barre railriders game notes scranton/wilkes-barre railriders (19-21) @ buffalo bisons (15-16) RHP David Hale (0-1, 5.52) vs. RHP Taylor Guerrieri (0-1, 5.06) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Game No. 41 | Sunday May 20, 2018 | Coca-Cola Field | Buffalo, NY | | First Pitch 1:05 p.m. | Pregame Show 12:35 p.m. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Hale: Last MiLB Appearance -- 4/18 @ Gwinnett: 4.0 IP, 12 H, 6R/6ER (8.0 IP in MLB since then) Taylor Guerrieri: 6-Year MiLB Career entering 2018 -- 81G/77GS // This season: 7G/1GS entering Sunday last time out... upcoming schedule / results The Buffalo Bisons jumped out to a four-run lead in the first inning, and it was 9-1 before the game had even gotten to date location result the 5th inning as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders lost 9-2 for a second straight game to begin their three-game May 15 vs. Lehigh Valley W 4-3 series. May 16 vs. Lehigh Valley W 3-1 May 17 vs. Lehigh Valley W 5-4 (11) The RailRiders got on the board with single runs in the 3rd and 8th innings to account for the lone offense of the day. May 18 @ Buffalo L 5-1 Eight of the nine batters for the RailRiders had one hit, with L.J. Mazzilli’s 3rd-inning home run being the bright spot Saturday afternoon. May 19 @ Buffalo L 9-2 May 20 @ Buffalo 1:05 PM Though the Buffalo Bisons notched a season-high in runs allowed by RailRiders pitching, the bullpen pitched very well May 21 @ Pawtucket 6:15 PM for SWB. Cale Coshow, Raynel Espinal and Oliver Perez combined for 5.2 innings out of the bullpen with two hits and May 22 @ Pawtucket 6:15 PM the lone run being a solo homer by Reece McGuire in the 4th inning off Coshow. May 23 @ Pawtucket 6:15 PM May 24 @ Pawtucket 11:05 AM Justin Dillon shut down the RailRiders over seven innings in what was just his second career Triple-A start. Over the May 25 vs. Syracuse 6:35 PM two games of this series, Dillon and Friday’s starter Ryan Borucki have combined for 14.0 innings with seven hits and May 26 vs. Syracuse 4:05 PM one run allowed. news & notes 2018 vs. bisons HALE-ING LOTS OF CABS: It has been quite the winding road this season for SWB’s Sunday starting pitcher, RHP David Hale: Overall Head-to-Head: 2-3 1/29: signed to a minor league contract with an invite to spring training 4/6: assigned to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders date location result 4/22: New York Yankees selected his contract from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders April 30 PNC Field L 6-2 4/24: New York Yankees designated him for assignment May 1 PNC Field W 7-1 4/26, 4/27 & 4/28: Minnesota Twins claimed Hale off waivers from NYY | Minnesota activated Hale | Hale DFA’d by Minnesota May 2 PNC Field W 3-2 4/30: RHP David Hale elected free agency May 18 Coca-Cola Field L 5-1 5/1: New York Yankees signed free agent RHP David Hale to a minor league contract and assign him to SWB RailRiders May 19 Coca-Cola Field L 9-2 5/2: New York Yankees selected the contract of Hale from SWB RailRiders May 20 Coca-Cola Field 1:05 p.m. 5/15: New York Yankees designated Hale for assignment July 2 Coca-Cola Field 7:05 p.m. 5/18: New York Yankees sent Hale outright to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders --> RHP David Hale elected free agency July 3 Coca-Cola Field 6:05 p.m. 5/19: RHP David Hale signed to a Minor League contract and assigned to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders July 4 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. July 5 PNC Field 12:05 p.m. MAZZILLI FLEXING THE MUSCLE: RailRiders INF L.J. Mazzilli crushed his fourth home run of the season clear out of Coca- August 3 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. Cola Field Saturday in Buffalo. It gives him 4 HR in 73 AB (18.3 AB/HR) this season between SWB and Las Vegas (AAA, NYM). August 4 PNC Field 6:35 p.m. Entering 2018 his career high was 11 HR in 505 AB in 2014 (45.9 AB/HR) and 73.8 AB/HR (26 HR in 1,191 AB) in his career. August 5 PNC Field 1:05 p.m. August 21 Coca-Cola Field 7:05 p.m. ADDING A BAT: INF Brandon Drury rejoined the RailRiders lineup Saturday in Buffalo. After 8G to start the season with the August 22 Coca-Cola Field 7:05 p.m. NYY, he was placed on the DL (blurry vision). His first rehab stint with the RailRiders was 8G from April 25 - May 4. He was August 23 Coca-Cola Field 7:05 p.m. transferred to the Trenton Thunder from May 4 - May 10 for 6G before being transferred back to Triple-A SWB 5/10 to continue his rehab assignment. Drury was returned from his Rehab Assignment May 14 and reinstated from New York 10-Day DL. At that 2017 results: RailRiders Won 12-7 point he was optioned to Triple-A SWB and has 72 hours to report to the RailRiders, which would have culminated Thursday night. all-time series: RailRiders Lead 169-157 A RARE SWEEP: Before arriving in Buffalo the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders completed their first sweep of the season Thursday against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. It had been a long time since the RailRiders swept a 3- or 4-game series against 2018 railriders at a glance Lehigh Valley, dating back to the first four games of the 2009 season, 4/9 - 4/12. 2018 overall record: 19-22 current roadtrip statistics Place: 5th I.L. North GB: 3.5 LHV (22-17) swb g avg ab h r hr bb k sb Home: 14-9 Away: 5-12 hitting 2 .185 65 12 3 1 2 15 0 Last 5: 3-2 Last 10: 5-5 swb w-l era ip h r er bb k hr 2018 hitting leaders: AVG: Shane Robinson .284 pitching 0-2 6.19 16.0 16 14 11 5 16 2 HR: Mike Ford 5 around the organization RBI: Mike Ford 18 SB A. Avelino, S. Robinson 5 New York Yankees (MLB) Trenton Thunder (AA) Tampa Tarpons (A+) Charleston Riverdogs (A) W 8-3 @ Kansas City Royals W 2-0 vs. Bowie Baysox PPD (Rain) @ Lakeland Flying Tigers W 5-1 vs. Columbia Fireflies 2018 pitching leaders: Hit 5 HR as a team 4-0 Lead in the bottom of the 1st Anthony Vargas: 6.0 IP, R/0ER, 4 K Wins: Brady Lail 4 Clint Frazier: 1-2, 2B, 2 BB Greg Bird: 1-3, BB Made up as part of a doubleheader Chris Hess: 1-3 -- .298 AVG ERA: Josh Rogers 2.98 Gleyber Torres: 1-4, HR (4), 3 RBI, R Billy McKinney: 1-3, R, BB, SB Sunday (5/20) beginning at Leonardo Molina: 3-4, 2B, 2 R, RBI Gary Sanchez: 4-5, 2 HR (12), 3 RBI Ben Ruta: 2-4, 2B, R, 2 RBI 12:00 p.m. *Last 10G: 12-for-36 (.333 AVG) K: Josh Rogers 45 Giancarlo Stanton: 1-5, HR (11), RBI Dillon Tate: 6.0 IP, 6 H, R/ER, 3 K Wilkerman Garcia: 1-3, 2 BB, K SV: Cody Carroll 3 pitching probables broadcast/media information date opponent railriders starter opponent starter Radio: 1400 AM 1340 AM 1440 AM Monday, May 21 @ Pawtucket TBA LHP Jalen Beeks (2-2, 1.93) 106.7 FM 100.7 FM Internet: TuneIn App (Search: “RailRiders”) Tuesday, May 22 @ Pawtucket RHP Chance Adams (1-2, 4.69) RHP William Cuevas (1-2, 4.06) RadioBOLD App Wednesday, May 23 @ Pawtucket TBA RHP Chandler Shepherd (2-3, 4.21) Television: MiLB.tv Thursday, May 24 @ Pawtucket LHP Josh Rogers (3-3, 2.98) RHP Justin Haley (1-5, 3.63) @swbrailriders @swbrailriders International League | Triple-A Affiliate, New York Yankees (2007) | PNC Field -- 235 Montage Mountain Road -- Moosic, PA 18507 | (570) 969-2255 | www.swbrailriders.com today’s starting pitcher 19 | DAVID HALE | RHP | 6’2” | 210 LBS | 30 | Marietta, GA | The Walker School (GA) | Princeton University | Signed as a Minor League Free Agent on 5/20/18 | MLB Service Time: 1.168 | 2018: Placed on RailRiders Opening Day roster... Pitched six shutout innings in season debut, striking out one and walking one in 4/08 no-decision vs. Syracuse... 1/29 signed to a minor league contract with an invite to spring training… 4/6 assigned to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders…. 4/22 New York Yankees selected his contract from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders… 4/24 New York Yankees designated him for assignment… 4/26 Minnesota Twins claimed Hale off waivers from New York Yankees… 4/27 Minnesota Twins activated Hale… 4/28 Minnesota Twins designated Hale for assignment… 4/30 RHP David Hale elected free agency… 5/1 New York Yankees signed free agent RHP David Hale to a minor league contract and assign him to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders… 5/2 New York Yankees selected the contract of Hale from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders… 5/15 New York Yankees designated Hale for assignment… 5/18 New York Yankees sent Hale outright to Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre RailRiders… 5/18 RHP David Hale elected free agency… 5/19 RHP David Hale signed to a Minor League contract and assigned to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders… 2017: Combined with Double-A Tulsa and Triple-A Oklahoma City to go 5-4 with a 4.08 ERA (81.2IP, 37ER) in 15 games (14 starts)… was signed by Atlanta as a minor league free agent on 3/4 before being released on 3/24… was signed by Los Angeles-NL as a minor league free agent on 4/10.