scranton/wilkes-barre railriders game notes scranton/wilkes-barre railriders (58-53) vs. norfolk tides (59-52) RHP Luis Cessa (3-0, 1.80) vs. RHP Jimmy Yacabonis (3-4, 3.90) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Game No. 112 | Tuesday August 7, 2018 | Harbor Park | Norfolk, VA | | First Pitch 7:05 p.m. | Pregame Show 6:35 p.m. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Luis Cessa: Has thrown 1.0 IP w/ SWB since 7/20 -- 9.0 IP w/ NYY in that time (7R/7ER) Jimmy Yacabonis: Transitioned from a bullpen arm this season -- First 204 appearances of career as a reliever last time out... upcoming schedule / results MOOSIC, Pa. (August 5, 2018) – Mike King was superb in his Triple-A debut, but the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders fell to the Buffalo date opponent result Bisons 6-5 on Sunday afternoon at PNC Field. July 27 Gwinnett W 9-3 July 28 Gwinnett W 11-1 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre jumped on the board in the bottom of the second against Buffalo starter Brandon Cumpton. Ronald Torreyes July 29 Gwinnett L 7-4 singled and scored on a Mark Payton triple down the first base line. Zack Zehner followed with an opposite-field single to plate Payton and July 30 @ Rochester - G1 W 4-3 hand the RailRiders a 2-0 advantage. King held the lead as he baffled the Bisons batters, throwing seven innings and allowing one run on @ Rochester - G2 L 1-0 (8) three hits, striking out four and walking one. The lone blemish came in the top of the seventh when Rowdy Tellez hit a solo home run to cut July 31 @ Rochester L 8-3 the deficit to 2-1. The RailRiders loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the seventh, and a Zehner sacrifice fly and a run-scoring August 1 @ Rochester L 6-2 fielder’s choice groundout from Giovanny Urshela pushed across a pair of tallies against Taylor Guerreri. August 2 @ Rochester W 6-2 Buffalo struck back in the top of the eighth against George Kontos, who was making his 2018 RailRiders debut after being acquired by the. August 3 Buffalo PPD (Rain) Yankees in at trade earlier in the month. A solo home run from Tim Lopes did the damage for the Bisons. August 4 Buffalo - G1 W 3-1 (7) Buffalo - G2 L 6-4 (7) The Bisons loaded the bases with no outs in the top of the ninth against Tommy Kahnle, and a one-out double from Anthony Alford plated August 5 Buffalo L 6-5 two runs to cut the RailRiders lead to 5-4. Joe Harvey was summoned from the bullpen and allowed an RBI single to Richard Urena and a August 7 @ Norfolk 7:05 PM sacrifice fly to Tim Lopes as Buffalo grabbed a 6-5 lead. August 8 @ Norfolk 7:05 PM August 9 @ Norfolk 12:05 PM news & notes August 10 @ Durham 7:05 PM August 11 @ Durham 7:05 PM August 12 @ Durham 5:05 PM RIPTIDE: The RailRiders were 7-5 on April 17, marking the last day they would be on the inside of the playoff cut in the August 13 Indianapolis 7:05 PM International League for quite a while. It wasn’t until July 18 in Toledo that SWB found itself back in the playoff picture August 14 Indianapolis 7:05 PM (Game No. 94), spanning 82 games and being as many as 6 games under .500 along the way (27-33). Coming into August 15 Indianapolis 7:05 PM Tuesday’s series opener against the Norfolk Tides, the RailRiders are 1.0 GB for the Wild Card spot of the Norfolk Tides August 16 Norfolk 7:05 PM with 27 games to go in 2018. Seven of the next 13G for the RailRiders come head-to-head against Norfolk and will go a August 17 Norfolk 7:05 PM long way in determining who the final playoff spot goes to in the International League. August 18 Norfolk 6:35 PM WADE WELCOMED BACK: Tyler Wade was recalled to the big leagues July 27 following Game Two of a suspended 2018 vs. tides doubleheader against the Charlotte Knights. He is a welcome addition back to the lineup for the RailRiders, as Wade had been hitting the ball well before bouncing back-and-forth to the Yankees. Over his most recent 32G with Scranton/ overall head-to-head: 0-0 Wilkes-Barre before the series against Buffalo, Wade wa batting .308 (40-for-130) with 10 2B, 3B, 2 HR and 22 R. He joins date location result a roster that is currently without a true CF and could take over some of the responsibilities there with Shane Robinson August 7 Harbor Park 7:05 PM having been added to the Yankees roster July 27. Wade’s first series back with SWB saw him go 2-for-11 vs. Buffalo. August 8 Harbor Park 7:05 PM August 9 Harbor Park 7:05 PM SHUFFLING THE DECK: The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders continue to have a flurry of roster moves as the calendar August 16 PNC Field 7:05 PM moves past the trade deadline. Over the past 12 days (Since June 25),the RailRiders have announced 49 roster moves. August 17 PNC Field 7:05 PM Overall, 76 moves were made by the RailRiders in the month of July and the team is up to a total of 226 roster moves as August 18 PNC Field 6:35 PM they wake up for Tuesday’s series opener against Norfolk. August 19 PNC Field 1:05 PM nd DOING THE MATH: The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders enter Tuesday against the Norfolk Tides in 2 place in the 2017 results: RailRiders Won ?-? I.L. North, 11.0 games behind the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. The RailRiders have 27 games left in their season, and if they all-time series: RailRiders Lead ???-??? were to go 22-5 (.815) down the stretch to reach 80 wins, they’d need Lehigh Valley to play no better than 10-17 (.370) in order to win the division title. Lehigh Valley is 70-43 entering Sunday and has a .619 win percentage on the season. 2018 railriders at a glance 2018 overall record: 58-53 last homestand statistics Place: 2nd I.L. North GB: 11.0 Lehigh Valley (70-43) swb g avg ab h r hr bb k sb Home: 32-24 Away: 26-29 hitting 3 .321 89 27 10 0 8 25 0 Last 5: 2-3 Last 10: 4-6 swb w-l era ip h r er bb k hr 2018 hitting leaders: AVG: Ryan McBroom .292 pitching 1-2 5.09 23.0 22 13 13 7 21 2 HR: B. McKinney/M. Ford 13 around the organization RBI: Mike Ford 39 SB T. Wade, S. Robinson 9 New York Yankees (MLB) Trenton Thunder (AA) Tampa Tarpons (A+) Charleston RiverDogs(A) L 4-1 @ Boston Red Sox Day Off L 1-0 (8) vs. Clearwater Threshers Day Off 2018 pitching leaders: Deivi Garcia: 7.0 IP, 0H, 12 K 3 Tied with Lance Lynn: 7.1 IP, 2 H, 0R, BB, 9 K RHP Adonis Rosa -- Double-A debut First Pitch at 7:05 p.m. Wins: 6 Carried perfect game into 8th Gleyber Torres: 2-5, HR (18), 2 RBI, R ========== ERA: Josh Rogers 3.95 FC catch error lost perfecto Didi Gregorius: 2-4, 2B (22), RBI, R 12-3, 3.84 ERA in 20G/15GS TBA for Charleston RiverDogs vs. Still threw a combined no-hitter K: Chance Adams 102 Neil Walker: 2-4, HR (4), 2 RBI, R 89 K in 96,0 IP with 100 H (.268 BAA) RHP Spencer Howard (6-7, 4.34) Tampa held to 3H SV: Cody Carroll 9 upcoming pitching probables broadcast/media information date opponent railriders starter opponent starter Radio: 1400 AM 1340 AM 1440 AM Wednesday, August 8 @ Norfolk RHP Erik Swanson (1-2, 5.14) LHP Josh Rogers (7-9, 3.75) 106.7 FM 100.7 FM Internet: TuneIn App (Search: “SWB RailRiders”) Thursday, August 9 @ Norfolk LHP Justus Sheffield (5-3, 2.31) LHP John Means (5-3, 3.25) RadioBOLD App Friday, August 10 @ Durham LHP Nestor Cortes (5-5, 3.72) TBA Television: MiLB.tv Saturday, August 11 @ Durham 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 85 | LUIS CESSA | RHP | 6’0” | 210 LBS | 26 | Cordoba, Mexico | MLB Service Time: 1.013 | Acquired in a trade with Detroit Tigers 12/9/2015 | 2018: Assigned to SWB RailRiders roster 3/23 at the end of Spring Training... Recalled to NYY on 4/7 and made two appearances for the Yankees, both in relief spanning a total of 2.0 IP... He was optioned by the Yankees back to SWB 4/15 only to be recalled 4/17 without having yet pitched for the RailRiders in 2018... 2.0 IP of relief 4/17 before being placed on the DL 4/19 (retroactive to 4/18) with a left oblique strain... Rehab start 6/11 for Tampa Tarpons @ Clearwater Threshers (A+): 1.2 IP, 3 H, 2R/2ER, 4 BB, K... Rehab start 6/16 vs. Erie SeaWolves (AA): 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0R/0ER, 0 BB, 4 K... Activated from DL by New York Yankees 6/21 and appeared in 2G/1GS before being optioned to SWB RailRiders 6/28..