scranton/wilkes-barre railriders game notes scranton/wilkes-barre railriders (52-45) vs. columbus clippers (51-47) LHP Nestor Cortes (4-3, 3.11) vs. RHP Adam Plutko (5-3, 1.94) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Game No. 98 | Sunday July 22, 2018 | Huntington Park | Columbus, OH | | First Pitch 4:05 p.m. | Pregame Show 3:35 p.m. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nestor Cortes: Last 7G/7GS -- 38.1 IP, 23 H (.168 BAA), 3ER (0.70 ERA) // First 8G/3GS -- 25.1 IP, 28 H (.283 BAA), 19ER (6.75 ERA) Adam Plutko: MLB this season with Cleveland -- 8G/6GS, 4-2, 4.87 ERA (11 HR in 40.2 IP), 20 K last time out... upcoming schedule / results date opponent result COLUMBUS, OHIO (July 21, 2018) – In a game that ended early Sunday morning, 5:07 after it was set to begin Saturday night, Eric July 6 @ Pawtucket W 3-2 Haase blasted a walk-off, two-run home run for the Columbus Clippers to take Game 3 of the weekend’s four-game series against the July 7 @ Pawtucket L 4-2 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders. July 8 @ Pawtucket W 3-2 The RailRiders were an unblemished 43-0 when leading after seven innings entering Saturday night’s game, but Columbus rallied in -- All Star Break -- July 9 - July 11 -- the 9th inning for an unearned run to tie it after entering the inning trailing 3-2. The game moved into the 10th inning, and the RailRiders stranded a runner at third base without being able to get the run across in the top of the inning. Though Columbus nearly squandered the July 12 Rochester L 2-1 pace-of-play runner at second base to begin the inning when Greg Allen was caught stealing with no outs, Haase delivered the heroics to send what was left of a sellout crowd of 10,100 fans. July 13 Rochester L 9-1 July 14 Rochester W 4-0 Columbus took a 2-1 lead off Scranton/Wilkes-Barre starting pitcher Justus Sheffield in the bottom of the fourth. Greg Allen double and July 15 Rochester W 3-1 stole third. After a pair of strikeouts, Eric Haase walked. A double by Adam Rosales drive in Allen and a throwing error allowed Haase to July 16 @ Toledo W 5-0 score from first. Sheffield worked into the bottom of the sixth, working 5.2 innings with one walk and four strikeouts, with only one of the July 17 @ Toledo W 8-4 two runs he surrendered an earned run. July 18 @ Toledo L 3-0 July 19 @ Columbus W 7-3 July 20 @ Columbus W 5-1 news & notes July 21 @ Columbus L 5-3 (10) July 22 @ Columbus 4:05 PM HOW THE WEST WAS WON: After taking 2-of-3 from the Toledo Mud Hens to begin the week and winning the 2-of-the- July 24 Charlotte 7:05 PM first-3 against the Columbus Clippers, the RailRiders are 11-9 overall this season against the I.L. West Division. Entering July 25 Charlotte 7:05 PM Sunday, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre has outscored the Columbus Clippers 34-17 and have won 4-of-6 games head-to-head July 26 Charlotte 12:05 PM against Columbus this season. July 27 Gwinnett 7:05 PM July 28 Gwinnett 6:35 PM GETTING IN POSITION: The RailRiders were 7-5 on April 17, marking the last day they would be on the inside of the July 29 Gwinnett 1:05 PM playoff cut in the International League for quite a while. It wasn’t until Wednesday morning that SWB found itself back in July 30 @ Rochester 5:05 PM the playoff picture (Game No. 94), spanning 82 games and being as many as 6 games under .500 along the way (27-33), and it wasn’t until Saturday (7/21) that they found themselves alone in control of the Wild Card. 2018 vs. clippers ROLLING THROUGH THE BREAK: Over the last 37G the RailRiders have own a 25-12 (.676) record to overall head-to-head: 4-2 nd bring them up to 2 place in the International League North standings. The RailRiders are 8-0-3 in their last date location result 11 series and won 6-of-7 games leading into the All-Star Break and have won 6-of-9 games since. They still April 23 PNC Field W 9-0 have not lost a series since dropping 2-out-of-3 games June 5-7 against the Durham Bulls at PNC Field. April 24 PNC Field L 3-2 April 25 PNC Field W 8-5 PITCHING STAYS HOT: The RailRiders pitching staff had turned a corner since the calendar flipped to July. In the first July 19 Huntington Park W 7-3. 18G in July, the staff has thrown 160.2 innings and has allowed 51R/39ER for a 2.18 ERA. The next closest mark in the July 20 Huntington Park W 5-1 I.L. in that time is Norfolk’s 3.42 ERA and trails only Memphis (1.99 ERA) in all of MiLB. The team entered July with a 3.94 July 21 Huntington Park L 5-3 (10) staff ERA and has lowered it to 3.60 despite one performance against Rochester where they allowed 9R/9ER on 16H. July 22 Huntington Park 4:05 p.m. If you subtract one night July 13, in the other 16G the RailRiders have pitched to a 1.78 ERA (42R/30ER in 151.2 IP). 2017 results: Series Split 3-3 SLINGING IT: The RailRiders continue to get a strong performance out of its bullpen over the last month+. In the last 30G all-time series: Clippers Lead 157-124 since June 17, the bullpen arms have combined for 104.2 IP, 54 H (4.6 H/9) and 24R/18ER (1.55 ERA). Over the last 7G specifically, the bullpen has thrown 24.1 IP, 3R/2ER (0.74 ERA), 6 H (6-for-76, .079 BAA) with 31 K. Over his last 5G 2018 railriders at a glance individually, RHP Cody Carroll has thrown 6.0 IP while allowing 1H (1-for-19), 1R/0ER and striking out 11 in the process. 2018 overall record: 52-45 current roadtrip statistics Place: 2nd I.L. North GB: 6.5 Lehigh Valley (59-39) swb g avg ab h r hr bb k sb Home: 28-20 Away: 24-25 hitting 6 .287 216 61 28 7 17 39 2 Last 5: 3-2 Last 10: 6-4 swb w-l era ip h r er bb k hr 2018 hitting leaders: AVG: Ryan McBroom .297 pitching 4-1 2.05 44.0 18 11 10 6 56 1 HR: Billy McKinney 13 around the organization RBI: R. McBroom/B. McKinney 32 SB Tyler Wade 9 New York Yankees (MLB) Trenton Thunder (AA) Tampa Tarpons (A+) Charleston Riverdogs (A) W 7-6 vs. New York Mets L 4-2 @ Binghamton Rumble Ponies L 4-3 @ Dunedin Blue Jays W 2-1 @ Rome Braves 2018 pitching leaders: Sonny Gray: 5.1 IP, 3 H, 3R/2ER, 6 K 1-through-8 hitters all recorded 1+ H Estevan Florial: 0-4, K J. Rogers/J.P. Feyereisen Leonardo Molina: 2-3, 2B (19) Wins: 6 *Win -- 7-7, 5.34 ERA Ryan McBroom: 2-4, R Brandon Wagner: 1-4, HR (20), 2 RBI Wilkerman Garcia: 1-4, R, SB (12) ERA: Josh Rogers 3.95 A. Chapman: 0.0 IP, H, 3R/3ER, 3 BB Phillip Diehl: 2.0 IP, H, BB, K *Most in NYY MiLB trailing Billy Oswaldo Cabrera: 1-4, K Aaron Judge: 3-4, HR (26), R, RBI *2nd Double-A appearance McKinney/Jhalan Jackson (13) K: Chance Adams 87 Jansen Junk: 6.0 IP, 7 H, R/ER, 4 K *First HR in 11G // 6 HR prev. 10G *25G with Tampa: 79 K in 48.2 IP Ryan Lidge: 2-3 -- .333 AVG in 9G SV: Cody Carroll 9 upcoming pitching probables broadcast/media information date opponent railriders starter opponent starter Radio: 1400 AM 1340 AM 1440 AM Tuesday, July 24 Charlotte RHP Chance Adams (3-4, 4.89) RHP Spenser Adams (2-3, 3.32) 106.7 FM 100.7 FM Internet: TuneIn App (Search: “SWB RailRiders”) Wednesday, July 25 Charlotte LHP Josh Rogers (6-8, 3.95) RHP Michael Kopech (3-7, 4.29) RadioBOLD App Thursday, July 26 Charlotte RHP Erik Swanson (1-1, 4.54) RHP Jordan Stephens (3-3, 3.77) Television: MiLB.tv Friday, July 27 Gwinnett TBA TBA Adam Marco (@amarco_16) 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 tonight’s starting pitcher 10 NESTOR CORTES | LHP | 5’11” | 205 LBS | 23 | @Cortes_1210 Surgidero de Batabano, Cuba | Hialeah H.S. (FL) | Rule 5 Return 4/10/2018 from Baltimore Orioles | MLB Service Time: 0.012 | 2018: Assigned to Triple-A SWB 4/20 -- took the place of RHP Anyelo Gomez (DL)... Selected by the Baltimore Orioles 12/14/2017 in the Rule 5 Draft and made the Orioles Opening Day Roster... Appeared in 4G with the Orioles before being Designated for Assignment 4/10: 4.2 IP, 10 H (.455 BAA), 4R/4ER (7.71 ERA), 4 BB (3.00 WHIP), 2 HR, 3 K... First appearance of the season for the RailRiders was 4/21 vs. Toledo out of the bullpen: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 2 K..