scranton/wilkes-barre railriders game notes syracuse chiefs (21-23) @ scranton/wilkes-barre railriders (21-24) RHP César Vargas (0-4, 4.35) vs. RHP David Hale (0-1, 4.66) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Game No. 46 | Friday May 25, 2018 | PNC Field | Moosic, PA | | First Pitch 6:35 PM | Pregame Show 6:05 PM | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- César Vargas: 2015 season (44G/0GS) spent in New York Yankees organization // 3G w/ SWB: 4R/4ER in 5.1 IP David Hale: Had thrown 3.0 IP from April 27 - May 19 before 4.2 IP (66 Pitches) May 20 @ Buffalo last time out... upcoming schedule / results With Josh Rogers, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders didn’t need much in the way of offense en route to a 3-1 win over the Pawtucket date location result Red Sox before a crowd of 5,500 screaming schoolkids on Education Day. May 18 @ Buffalo L 5-1 May 19 @ Buffalo L 9-2 Rogers had his start bumped back and hadn’t pitched in a week, but he showed no signs of the extra layoff in his start Thurday morning. May 20 @ Buffalo L 4-3 He tossed 6.1 innings and scattered four hits while striking out six men. The only run he allowed was after exiting with the bases loaded May 21 @ Pawtucket L 5-4 and one out. May 22 @ Pawtucket L 7-6 J.P. Feyereisen did well entering in back of Rogers, inheriting a sticky situation from his starting pitcher. But left to his own devices, the May 23 @ Pawtucket W 7-1 right-hander combined with Cale Coshow for a scoreless 2.2 innings out of the bullpen. Coshow fired a scoreless, perfect 9th inning on May 24 @ Pawtucket W 3-1 just 14 pitches to notch his second save of the season. May 25 vs. Syracuse 6:35 PM May 26 vs. Syracuse 4:05 PM Scranton/Wilkes-Barre opened the scoring in the top of the first off Paw Sox starting pitcher Justin Haley. Tyler Wade singled and May 27 vs. Syracuse 1:05 PM advanced to second on a wild pitch. Greg Bird, appearing in his fourth game with the RailRiders on a Major League rehab assignment, May 28 vs. Syracuse 1:05 PM singled to right, driving in Wade for a 1-0 advantage. The RailRiders added a run in the third when Wade doubled in LJ Mazzilli for a 2-0 May 29 @ Louisville 6:30 PM edge and extended their lead to three runs with three straight base hits in the sixth. news & notes 2018 vs. chiefs Overall Head-to-Head: 4-2 GOOD IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: RailRiders LHP Josh Rogers tossed 6.1 innings of one-run baseball Thursday morning, good for his 5th quality start of the season. He has made 9 starts (tied with Chance Adams for most on the team) and Date Location Result has as many quality starts (5) and outings of 6.0+ IP (6) as the rest of his teammates in the other 36 games combined. April 6 PNC Field W 6-5 April 7 PNC Field L 4-3 April 8 PNC Field W 5-4 IMPRESSIVE ARMS: The bullpen has been a point of strength for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders this season, May 7 NBT Bank Stadium W 8-3 having posted a 14-9 record and a 2.71 ERA over 159.2 IP with 180 K (10.1 K/9). There are seven bullpen-exclusive May 8 NBT Bank Stadium L 4-1 arms on the roster for the RailRiders at the moment- minus Nestor Cortes (6G/4GS)- and they all have ERA’s under 3.10 May 9 NBT Bank Stadium W 8-7 this season. In ascending order: Joe Harvey, 1.54 | J.P. Feyereisen, 2.18 | Cale Coshow, 2.21 | Cody Carroll, 2.29 | May 25 PNC Field 6:35 p.m. Brady Lail, 2.38 | Oliver Perez, 2.45 | Raynel Espinal, 3.05 | May 26 PNC Field 4:05 p.m. May 27 PNC Field 1:05 p.m. POWERING UP: The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders approach the end of the month of May riding a power surge. In May 28 PNC Field 1:05 p.m. June 14 NBT Bank Stadium 6:35 p.m. May SWB has played 22 games and has gone 11-11 compared with a 10-13 April. With some room still to improve, the June 15 NBT Bank Stadium 7:05 p.m. power numbers have turned on in a big way for the lineup with 24 HR in the month compared to 15 HR in 23G in April. June 16 NBT Bank Stadium 7:05 p.m. June 17 NBT Bank Stadium 1:05 p.m. MORE BIG LEAGUE HELP: INF Greg Bird, OF Billy McKinney and RHP Tommy Kahnle were on the roster for the August 28 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Wednesday and Thursday in their back-to-back wins over the Pawtucket Red Sox. August 29 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. They are the 4th, 5th and 6th big leaguers to rehab injuries with SWB this season trying to make it back to the majors. August 30 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. Earlier this season OF Aaron Hicks (3G), INF Brandon Drury (11G) and OF Clint Frazier (2G) have all played game for the RailRiders as MLB rehabbers. 2017 Results: RailRiders Won 11-6 All-Time Series: RailRiders Lead 276-221 SHEFFIEL-ING GOOD: In his Triple-A debut, the Pawtucket Red Sox scored twice off of LHP Justus Sheffield in the first few batters and had a 2-0 lead with two outs in the 1st inning. Including Wednesday night’s four scorless innings the lefty is up to 11.2 consecutive innings without allowing a run: 11.2 IP, 5 H (5-for-40, .125 BAA), 0 R, 6 BB, 14 K. 2018 railriders at a glance 2018 overall record: 21-24 last roadtrip statistics Place: 5th I.L. North GB: 4.5 LHV (25-19) swb g avg ab h r hr bb k sb Home: 14-9 Away: 7-15 hitting 7 .217 235 51 (7.3) 26 (3.7) 8 19 (2.7) 62 (8.9) 4 Last 5: 2-4 Last 10: 5-5 swb w-l era ip h r er bb k hr 2018 hitting leaders: AVG: Shane Robinson .287 pitching 2-5 4.34 58.0 50 (7.1) 32 (4.6) 28 22 (3.1) 63 (9.0) 7 HR: M. Ford, Z. Zehner 5 around the organization RBI: M. Ford, K. Higashioka 18 SB Shane Robinson 6 New York Yankees (MLB) Trenton Thunder (AA) Tampa Tarpons (A+) Charleston Riverdogs (A) Day Off L 1-0 @ Akron Rubber Ducks L 9-1 vs. Florida Fire Frogs Cancelled (Rain) @ Augusta 2018 pitching leaders: vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Trailed 7-0, B3 vs. Hickory Crawdads Held to just three hits: Abiatal Avelino, Wins: Brady Lail 4 7:05 PM First Pitch Ben Ruta: 0-4 -- Season Debut, TAM 7:00 PM First Pitch Gosuke Katoh, Bruce Caldwell (2B) ERA: Josh Rogers 2.80 ========================== Alexander Palma: 2-3 -- .314 AVG ========================== Zack Zehner: BB, Picked off 1B RHP Luis Severino (7-1, 2.35) vs. Paul Young: 3.0 IP, 3 H, R/ER, 3 K RHP Jio Orozco (0-1, 4.50) vs. TBA K: Josh Rogers 54 Brian Keller: 6.0 IP, 5 H, R/ER 6 K RHP Andrew Heaney (2-3, 3.35) *Final 3 IP out of the bullpen *4.0 IP, 5 H, 2R/2ER, 5 K SV: Cody Carroll 3 pitching probables broadcast/media information date opponent railriders starter opponent starter Radio: 1400 AM 1340 AM 1440 AM Saturday, May 26 vs. Syracuse RHP Erik Swanson (0-0, 4.76) RHP Austin Voth (2-2, 5.58) 106.7 FM 100.7 FM Internet: TuneIn App (Search: “RailRiders”) Sunday, May 27 vs. Syracuse RHP Chance Adams (1-2, 5.40) LHP Tommy Milone (2-4, 6.18) RadioBOLD App Monday, May 28 vs. Syracuse LHP Justus Sheffield (0-1, 1.46) TBA Television: MiLB.tv Tuesday, May 29 @ Louisville LHP Josh Rogers (4-3, 2.80) TBA @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 tonight’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.