scranton/wilkes-barre railriders game notes Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (30-12) vs. Lehigh Valley IronPigs (20-25) RHP Deivi García (1-2, 7.81 ERA) vs. RHP Mark Appel (First Start) | Game 43 | Road Game 22 | Coca-Cola Park | Allentown, PA | June 25, 2021 | First Pitch 7:05 p.m. | last time out... upcoming schedule / results ALLENTOWN, Pa. (June 24, 2021) – The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders batted around twice and defeated the Lehigh Valley IronPigs 10-2 on date opponent result Thursday night at Coca-Cola Park. June 22 @ Lehigh Valley W, 14-5 June 23 @ Lehigh Valley L, 3-2 (10) Trey Amburgey finished the game 1-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and two walks to extend his on-base streak to a RailRiders record 33 consecutive games. June 24 @ Lehigh Valley W, 10-2 The IronPigs took a 1-0 lead three batters into the game, when Charlie Tilson plated Didi Gregorious with a sacrifice fly against Nick Nelson. The right-hander settled in nicely, allowing only one more run on five hits in 5.0 innings of work. Nelson (1-0) struck out three and walked three in his June 25 @ Lehigh Valley 7:05 p.m. third start of the season. June 26 @ Lehigh Valley 6:35 p.m. June 27 @ Lehigh Valley 1:35 p.m. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre scored a run without a hit in the second to tie the game, then took the lead in the fourth on an RBI single from Estevan Florial. Chris Gittens brought in Florial with an RBI single two batters later to give the RailRiders a 3-1 lead. Gittens finished the game 4-for-6 with a double and two runs scored while collecting an RBI. 2021 vs. lehigh valley In the top of the sixth, the RailRiders sent nine to the plate and scored three runs, highlighted by a two-run double from Amburgey. Not content overall head-to-head: 9-6 with a 6-2 advantage, SWB tacked on four more runs in a 10-batter seventh inning, getting two-run singles by Socrates Brito and Derek Dietrich. date location result Dietrich starred in the contest for SWB, reaching base four times, going 1-for-2 with an RBI, two walks and was hit by a pitch. He also made several May 11 PNC Field W, 6-0 standout defensive plays at third base. May 12 PNC Field L, 3-2 May 13 PNC Field W, 5-2 MLB rehabber Darren O’Day tossed a scoreless inning of relief, as did Adam Warren. Brian Keller shut out the IronPigs over the final two innings of May 14 PNC Field W, 6-4 the game to seal the victory. The RailRiders have won nine of their last 10 games overall. May 15 PNC Field L, 5-4 May 16 PNC Field W, 3-1 news & notes June 1 PNC Field L, 5-2 June 2 PNC Field W, 5-3 THEY’RE THE BEST, AROUND: With a 30-12 (.714) start to the season, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre begins play Friday June 3 PNC Field W, 5-1 SWB BEST RECORD IN night with the best record in minor league baseball. The club set the RailRiders era (2013 - Present) record for best June 4 PNC Field L, 5-4 RAILRIDERS ERA (2013 - start through 40 games (29-11), shattering the previous best of 23-17 in 2017. The RailRiders are on pace for an June 5 PNC Field L, 9-6 PRESENT) THROUGH... 86-34 season, and roughly projects to a 100-40 season in a normal 140-game schedule. The RailRiders finished a June 6 PNC Field W, 4-3 Gm Year Record Pct. franchise best 91-52 (.636) in 2016, when SWB captured its first and only Triple-A National Championship. SWB’s June 22 Coca-Cola Park W, 14-5 40 2021 29-11 .725 .707 winning percentage is the best of any team in the majors or minors, with Omaha (31-13, .705) ranking second. June 23 Coca-Cola Park L, 3-2 (10) 50 2017 30-20 .600 June 24 Coca-Cola Park W, 10-2 100 2017 63-37 .630 HERE’S THE DIETZ: When play began on June 6, SWB infielderDerek Dietrich was hitting only .119/.316/.237, June 25 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. 120 2017 77-43 .641 and had endured an 0-for-27 skid to end the month of May. However, beginning with a 1-for-2 performance against Lehigh Valley that night, Dietrich has been on a tear at the plate in his last 14 games, batting .351/.538/.595 June 26 Coca-Cola Park 6:35 p.m. (13-for-37) with 10 R, 3 2B, 2 HR, and 11 RBIs. The run of success at the bat has improved his season batting line June 27 Coca-Cola Park 1:35 p.m. to .208/.406/.375, a 228-point leap in OPS. Dietrich ranks 8th among qualified Triple-A East hitters in OBP. August 10 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. August 11 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. RE-WRITING THE RECORD BOOK: RailRiders outfielderTrey Amburgey made RailRiders history Thursday night, reaching base safely three times August 12 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. to extend his on-base streak to 33 games. In doing so, he passed Brandon Drury, who had a 23-game on-base streak in the 2018 season for the longest such streak in the RailRiders era (2013 - Present). Here is a look inside the numbers during Trey’s incredible run: August 13 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. • The streak began on August 26, 2019, when Amburgey went 1-for-3 with a HBP at the Pawtucket Red Sox. August 14 PNC Field 6:05 p.m. • He has hit .361/.436/.647 during the streak, with 27 R, 11 2B, 1 3B, 7 HR, 37 RBI, 14 BB, 34 K and 4 HBP. August 15 PNC Field 1:05 p.m. • The streak has included nine multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI games. August 24 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. • During the streak, Amburgey has only gone hitless two times (8/31/19 vs BUF; 6/15/21 vs SYR). In those games he has reached base on a walk August 25 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. and was hit by two pitches. He also has two RBIs in those hitless contests. August 26 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. • Amburgey had a 20-game hitting streak from 9/1/19 to 6/13/21 as part of the longer on-base streak, snapped on 6/15 vs Syracuse. August 27 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. Wednesday night, Amburgey passed Jake Cave (31 G, 2017) to move into a tie with Drury for the longest streak in the RailRiders era. • August 28 Coca-Cola Park 6:35 p.m. OTHER STREAKS OF NOTE: In addition to Trey Amburgey’s impressive stretch, the RailRiders offense features two other players with double-digit August 29 Coca-Cola Park 1:35 p.m. on-base streaks. OutfielderGreg Allen is riding a season-long 19-game on-base streak into play on Friday evening, and infielderHoy Park has September 14 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. reached base safely in 21 consecutive games. Allen has also played in two other games this season in which he did not record an official plate September 15 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. appearance, therefore not jeopardizing his streak, and spent time on the injured list in the middle of his streak. Park sports a .510 OBP during his September 16 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. streak, which has propelled him to the Triple-A East lead in OBP (.489) and OPS (1.097), third in the league in AVG (.343), and fifth in SLG (.608). September 17 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. The infielder also ranks t-4th in Triple-A East in walks (27) with Nolan Jones of Columbus. September 18 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. ON THE ROAD AGAIN: The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders continue their longest road trip of the season, a 12-game, 13-day extravaganza first September 19 Coca-Cola Park 7:05 p.m. bringing SWB to Allentown, PA for a six-game set with the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. The second leg of the trip takes the RailRiders to the farthest outpost in the Triple-A East Northeast Division: Worcester, MA. It will be SWB’s first trip to Worcester in franchise history, with six games scheduled 2019 results: Lehigh Valley, 11-7 with the Worcester Red Sox at the brand-new Polar Park. The RailRiders also have one other 12-game, 13-day road trip, from August 17-29 against all-time series: RailRiders Lead 116-103 Worcester and Lehigh Valley. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre hosts three 12-game homestands throughout the season. OH WHAT A RELIEF IT IS!: Since Kyle Barraclough relieved Albert Abreu in the sixth inning of the RailRiders game at Buffalo on Friday, June 11, railriders at a glance the SWB bullpen has performed at an amazing clip. In the last 14 days, the bullpen has combined for a 1.85 ERA (12 ER/58.1 IP), while allowing just 41 hits, 18 walks and recording 68 strikeouts. The current stretch has lowered SWB’s bullpen ERA to 2.98 on the season, the sixth-best in all 2021 regular season: 30-12 of minor league baseball, and third-best in Triple-A East (1st: Buffalo, 2.60).