scranton/wilkes-barre railriders game notes buffalo bisons (2-4) @ scranton/wilkes-barre railriders (3-4) LHP Shawn Morimando (0-0, 6.00) vs. RHP Chance Adams (0-0, 15.00) | Game No. 8 | PNC Field | Moosic, PA | April 11, 2019 | First Pitch 7:05 p.m. | last time out... upcoming schedule / results date opponent result ALLENTOWN, PA (April 10, 2019) – The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders never trailed until there were two outs in the bottom April 4 @ Buffalo L 8-3 of the 8th inning, but the Lehigh Valley IronPigs strung together three hits on three straight pitches to win 3-2. April 5 @ Buffalo W 6-1 April 6 @ Buffalo L 10-8 The game was tied 1-1 entering the bottom of the 8th when Lehigh Valley struck for a pair of runs off the RailRiders bullpen, and April 7 @ Buffalo W 10-2 SWB trailed 3-1 heading into the 9th. The RailRiders rallied in the inning and eventually put the winning run on first base, but a April 8 @ Lehigh Valley L 5-4 deep flyout by Thairo Estrada was hauled in for the final out to strand a pair of runners. April 9 @ Lehigh Valley W 5-1 April 10 @ Lehigh Valley L 3-2 Nestor Cortes was stellar for the RailRiders, tossing seven innings of one-run ball before handing it off to the bullpen. In 12.2 April 11 vs. Buffalo 7:05 PM innings this season, he has allowed just one run (0.71 ERA) and struck out 14 batters. April 12 vs. Buffalo 6:35 PM April 13 vs. Buffalo 4:05 PM April 14 vs. Buffalo 1:05 PM For the second straight night, SWB notched a 10-hit attack, but fell short with their offensive effort Wednesday. Four RailRiders April 15 vs. Lehigh Valley 6:35 PM recorded 2-hit games including Trey Amburgey (2-for-5, RBI, SB), Mike Ford (2-for-5, 2B, RBI), Ryan McBroom (2-for-2, 2 BB) and April 16 vs. Lehigh Valley 6:35 PM Billy Fleming (2-for-4, R, K). April 17 vs. Lehigh Valley 6:35 PM news & notes 2019 vs. buffalo overall head-to-head: 2-2 HOME OPENERS: The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders return from a season-opening roadtrip to play in front of their date location result home fans at PNC Field for the first time in 2019.The RailRiders are 14-16 in Home Openers since the franchise began in April 4 Sahlen Field L 8-3 1989. Last season’s opener was arguably the most thrilling win of the regular season for SWB, in which they trailed 5-1 April 5 Sahlen Field W 6-1 entering the 9th inning and walked off with a 6-5 win when INF Abiatal Avelino cracked a walk-off three-run homer off April 6 Sahlen Field L 10-8 April 7 Sahlen Field W 10-2 former RailRider RHP Christopher Smith. April 11 PNC Field 7:05 PM April 12 PNC Field 6:35 PM GETTING IT DONE EARLY: The Scranton Wilkes-Barre RailRiders entered Wednesday’s game having scored in the first April 13 PNC Field 4:05 PM inning in five straight games, to the tune of 10 total runs. In each of those games they’ve had an extra-base hit, meaning April 14 PNC Field 1:05 PM April 19 Sahlen Field 6:05 PM that all told, RailRiders hitters are 12-for-26 with 5 2B, HR, 3 BB for a slash line of .462/.517/.769. Wednesday night SWB April 20 Sahlen Field 1:05 PM had a one-out single from Mike Ford, but he was left stranded as the inning came to a close. Sahlen Field TBA June 3 Sahlen Field 7:05 PM June 4 Sahlen Field 7:05 PM RUNNING LIKE CRAZY: Last season’s version of the RailRiders recorded 49 SB on 79 tries (62.0%) which was 11 fewer June 5 Sahlen Field 7:05 PM SB than any other team in the league (Lehigh Valley & Gwinnett: 60 SB), and by percentage was the second worst in the June 6 Sahlen Field 7:05 PM league (Louisville, 60.0%). That said, last April was a strong month for SWB on the base paths, going 14-for-15 in SB but June 26 PNC Field 7:05 PM June 27 PNC Field 7:05 PM only 35-for-64 (54.6%) over the final 115G of the season (1 SB every 3.3G from May 1st onward). The 2019 RailRiders are August 30 PNC Field 7:05 PM off to a torrid start, having gone a perfect 11-for-11 SB over the first 7G of the year. Leading the way is OF Billy Burns August 31 PNC Field 6:35 PM who is 4-for-4 SB which ties him with Toledo’s Danny Woodrow for the IL lead. September 1 PNC Field 1:05 PM September 2 PNC Field 12:05 PM PUNCHING OUT DOUBLE DIGITS: Tuesday night, LHP Gio Gonzalez struck out 10 batters over 6.0 shutout innings. It 2018 results: Tied, 8-8 eclipsed the early season-high set by LHP Nestor Cortes Friday @ Buffalo when he notched 9 K. Over 138G a season ago, all-time series: a RailRiders starting pitcher logged 10K only three times: LHP Josh Rogers, 4/12 @ Charlotte (7.0 IP, 10 K); RHP Chance RailRiders Lead 176-164 Adams, 5/16 vs. Lehigh Valley (7.0 IP, 10 K); LHP Nestor Cortes, 7/16 @ Toledo (6.0 IP, 10 K). railriders at a glance DRIVING THE BASEBALL: Sunday, the RailRiders earned a 10-2 win over the Buffalo Bisons, and the longball played 2019 regular season: 3-4 a big role. The team hit six homers, which is more than they hit in any game all of last year. Leading the way was Mike GB: 2.0 Two Teams Tied (5-2) Ford, who became just the fifth player in SWB history with a 3-homer game, and only the third to do it in a nine-inning T-3rd Place, I.L. North game (Last: Zoilo Almonte, 7/23/2014 @ Gwinnett). The only other instance in a nine-inning game was Gary Bennett, Home: 0-0 Away: 3-4 8/16/1998 @ Buffalo. 2019 hitting leaders: AVG: Mike Ford .423 HR: Mike Ford 4 around the organization RBI: Mike Ford 9 SB Billy Burns 4 New York Yankees (MLB) Trenton Thunder (AA) Tampa Tarpons (A+) Charleston RiverDogs(A) L 8-6 @ Houston Astros L 5-2 @ Akron RubberDucks L 8-6 vs. St. Lucie Mets W 5-3 @ Asheville Tourists 2019 pitching leaders: First win of the year for Akron (1-6) James Paxton: 4.0 IP, 8 H, 5R/5ER -- Loss Scored 5R in the bottom of the 9th Asheville committed 5 errors Wins: 3 Tied with 1 Ben Ruta: 2-4, K Joe Harvey: 2.0 IP, H, 0R, BB, 3 K Oswaldo Cabrera: 2-3, R, RBI -- .400 AVG Roansy Contreras: 5.0 IP, 2R/2ER, 3 K ERA: 5 Tied with 0.00 Welfrin Mateo: 1-2, 2B, RBI, 2 BB D.J. LeMahieu: 3-3, 2B, 2 RBI -- .410 AVG David Metzgar: 1-4, HR, R, 2 RBI Shawn Semple: 4.0 IP, 3 H, R/ER, 11 K K: Gio Gonzalez 14 *Double-A Debut Gleyber Torres: 2-5, 2B, 2 R -- .313 AVG Deivi Garcia: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 2R/0ER, 6 K Josh Breaux: 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB, K Nick Green: 4.1 IP, 4 H, R/ER, BB, 7 K SV: Joe Harvey 1 upcoming pitching probables broadcast/media information date opponent railriders starter opponent starter Radio: 1400 AM 1340 AM 1440 AM Friday, April 12th vs. Buffalo RHP David Hale (1-0, 1.59) RHP Sean Reid-Foley (0-0, 24.00) 106.7 FM 100.7 FM Saturday, April 13th vs. Buffalo RHP Drew Hutchison (0-1, 9.64) RHP David Paulino (0-0, 2.45) Internet: TuneIn App (Search: “SWB RailRiders”) Television: MiLB.tv Sunday, April 14th vs. Buffalo LHP Gio Gonzalez (1-1, 7.20) RHP Jacob Waguespack (1-1, 5.23) Radio Twitter: Adam Marco (@amarco_16) Monday, April 15th vs. Lehigh Valley LHP Nestor Cortes (1-0, 0.71) 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 26 CHANCE ADAMS | RHP | 6’1” | 225 LBS | 24 | Scottsdale, AZ | Chaparral H.S. (AZ) | Dallas Baptist University | Selected in the 5th round of the 2015 First-Year Player Draft | MLB Service Time: 0.025 | 2018: Went 0-1 with a 7.04 ERA (7.2 IP, 8 H, 6 ER) in 3G/1GS over three stints with the Yankees (8/4-8/8, 8/22 and 9/12-9/30)... Made his MLB debut on 8/4 at Boston, recording the loss after allowing 3 ER in 5.0 IP (3 H, 2 HR, BB, 2 K) -- Struck out Mookie Betts in the third inning for his first career strikeout… Signed to a MLB contract prior to the game... Became the second player from the Yankees’ 2015 draft class to reach the Majors, and the first to make it as a Yankee -- Beaten to the MLB by three days by RHP Cody Carroll, who was traded to Baltimore in the Zach Britton deal 7/24 and made his MLB debut 8/1 with the Orioles at Yankee Stadium..