scranton/wilkes-barre railriders game notes Buffalo Bisons (12-7) vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (13-6) G1 (resumption of 5/26): RHP Nate Pearson (0-0, 2.70 ERA) vs. RHP Adam Warren (1-0, 1.29 ERA) G2: RHP Casey Lawrence (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Brian Keller (0-0, 3.00 ERA) | Game 20 & 21 | Home Game 8 & 9 | PNC Field | Moosic, PA | May 27, 2021 | First Pitch 5:05 p.m. | last time out... upcoming schedule / results date opponent result MOOSIC, Pa. (May 26, 2021) – The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders and Buffalo Bisons game was suspended after the bottom May 18 @ Rochester W, 11-6 of the third inning on Wednesday night at PNC Field. The Bisons led the game 2-0 at the time of the suspension. May 19 @ Rochester W, 3-2 May 20 @ Rochester L, 5-3 Buffalo took its 2-0 lead in the top of the third, rallying for two runs against RailRiders pitcher Nick Green. A home run from May 21 @ Rochester W, 6-3 Nash Knight and a wild pitch plating Richard Urena accounted for the tallies. Green lasted 2.2 innings before giving way to Kyle May 22 @ Rochester W, 9-8 Barraclough, who recorded the last out of the third. May 23 @ Rochester L, 3-1 May 25 Buffalo L, 5-3 Bisons starter Jacob Waguespack retired the first seven batters he faced before hitting Max McDowell with a pitch in the bottom May 26 Buffalo Susp. T4 of the third. Two batters later, Estevan Florial singled for the lone hit of hte game for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre before the suspension. May 27 Buffalo 5:05 p.m. Buffalo Game 2 May 28 Buffalo 6:35 p.m. The game will resume today with Logan Warmoth set to lead off the top of the fourth for Buffalo. The suspended game will be May 29 Buffalo 4:05 p.m. played to its full nine-inning completion. Following a 30-minute intermission, Thursday’s regularly-scheduled contest with the May 30 Buffalo 1:05 p.m. Bisons will begin. The second game of the quasi-doubleheader will be a seven inning game. June 1 Lehigh Valley 6:35 p.m. June 2 Lehigh Valley 6:35 p.m. news & notes 2021 vs. buffalo FAST OUT OF THE GATE: With 13 wins in 19 games, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders have kept themselves in elite company across minor league overall head-to-head: 0-1 baseball. Entering play on Thursday there are only 24 teams across minor league baseball with at least 13 wins, with only Jacksonville, Lehigh Valley, Durham and Nashville at that mark among Triple-A East teams. There are two teams in the minors with 15 wins, Tampa (NYY, Low-A) and Delmarva (BAL, date location result Low-A). Overall, the Yankees have the best organizational record in baseball (52-27, .658), with Seattle (50-27, .649) owning the second-best record. May 25 PNC Field L, 5-3 th DINGER ALERT: After shattering the SWB franchise record with 212 home runs in 2019 (previously 164 in 1998), the RailRiders are at it again, hitting May 26 PNC Field Susp. 4 27 home runs in their first 19 games this season. The 27 round-trippers hit by SWB puts the club in a tie for sixth place in Triple-A East with Worcester, May 27 PNC Field 5:05 p.m. Nashville and Worcester, trailing Durham (37), Omaha (29), and Charlotte, Gwinnett and Nashville (28). The RailRiders are tied for 12th in minor league PNC Field Game 2 baseball in home runs, with Salt Lake (AAA, LAA) leading the way with 41 dingers. The long ball surge has been a true team effort, as onlyChris May 28 PNC Field 6:35 p.m. Gittens (t-19th, 4) ranks in the top 35 in home runs in Triple-A East. May 29 PNC Field 4:05 p.m. May 30 PNC Field 1:05 p.m. WALK-A-THON: Through 19 games this season, the RailRiders have drawn 106 walks, the second-most in all of Triple-A baseball, trailing only Gwinnett June 8 Trenton Thunder Park 7:05 p.m. (110). No other team in the minors’ highest level has taken more than 103 bases on balls (Lehigh Valley). Overall, the RailRiders are 10th in all of minor league baseball in walks, with Tampa (Low-A, NYY) leading the way with 136 walks. SWB’s team .368 OBP is tied with Durham for best in the June 9 Trenton Thunder Park 7:05 p.m. Triple-A East League, and ranks t-6th across all levels of the minors. There are currently five teams in Triple-A East with team OBPs of .350 or higher. June 10 Trenton Thunder Park 1:05 p.m. Buffalo (.352) has the fourth-best OBP of the 20-team league. The Bisons are also slugging .445 as a team, and sport the league’s third-best OPS at June 11 Trenton Thunder Park 7:05 p.m. .798 (Durham, .868; SWB, .803). June 12 Trenton Thunder Park 6:05 p.m. June 13 Trenton Thunder Park 1:05 p.m. #SQUADUP: The RailRiders received three players last week from Double-A Somerset, and all three have made meaningful impacts in their brief Aug 31 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. time with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. INFs Hoy Park, Brandon Wagner and OF Thomas Milone have combined to hit .324 (24-for-74) with 11 R, 5 2B, 1 Sept 1 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. HR, 11 RBIs, 13 BB, 22 K and 2 HBP. In last Wednesday’s 3-2 win over the Rochester Red Wings, Park and Milone drove in all three SWB runs, while all three have contributed strong play on the defensive end as well. Sept 2 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. Sept 3 PNC Field 7:05 p.m. AIN’T NO PARTY LIKE A MOOSIC PARTY: While the RailRiders have only played seven games at home this season, the team features some incredible Sept 4 PNC Field 6:05 p.m. home/road splits, especially on the pitching side. At PNC Field, SWB pitching has a 2.29 staff ERA, and is posting rates of 11.42 K/9, 4.14 BB/9 and a Sept 5 PNC Field 1:05 p.m. 1.21 WHIP. That is compared to a 5.33 ERA, 9.77 K/9, 6.57 BB/9 and a 1.56 WHIP on the road. The home run split is even more stark, with Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre allowing only three home runs at home this year (0.43/G) and 16 HRs on the road (1.33/G). In 2019, the RailRiders were 45-26 (.634) at home, and are 215-144 (.599) at PNC Field since the beginning of the 2015 season, and sport an average season record of approximately 42-28. 2019 results: SWB RailRiders, 13-8 BUFFALO BLUES: The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders will only face the Buffalo Bisons 18 times this season, tied with Rochester for the least-played all-time series: RailRiders Lead 202-171 opponent of the season. 12 of those games take place in the 18-game stretch from May 25 through June 13, and then the teams do not face each other again until August 31. The RailRiders do not make a trip to Buffalo this season, with the Bisons playing their home games in Trenton while the Toronto Blue Jays are taking over Sahlen Field beginning on June 1 to play their American League games for the second straight season. The Blue Jays had been playing at TD Bank Park in Dunedin, Florida during April and May while Canada has not railriders at a glance allowed them to play in Toronto due to international travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. LONGEST 9-INN. GAMES SWB FRANCHISE MARATHON MEN: After Saturday night’s 9-8 win over the Rochester Red Wings took 4 hours and 6 HISTORY (NO DELAYS INCLUDED) 2019 regular season: 76-65 minutes to complete, the RailRiders have played three of the four longest 9-inning games in franchise GB: +1.0 -- 1st, IL North history this season. In a cruel twist, Saturday’s game also included a 10-minute delay for “wet grounds” 1. 5/6/2021 @ Syracuse 4:09 Home: 45-26 Away: 31-39 at the start of the game. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre had not played a game lasting longer than four hours 2. 5/22/2021 @ Rochester 4:06 since Aug. 21, 2015 against Rochester, although that game lasted 14 innings. Before this season, 3. 9/1/2000 vs. Pawtucket 4:04 2019 hitting leaders: there had never been a four hour 9-inning game in the RailRiders era (2013 - Pres.) of SWB baseball. 4. 5/9/2021 @ Syracuse 4:03 AVG: Ryan McBroom .315 HR: Ryan McBroom 26 RBI: Ryan McBroom 66 around the organization SB Billy Burns 14 New York Yankees (MLB) Somerset Patriots (AA) Hudson Valley Renegades (A+) Tampa Tarpons (A-) 28-20, 3rd AL East (1.0 GB) 14-5, 1st AA Northeast NE (2.5 GA) 10-10, t-2nd High-A East North (2.5 GB) 15-6, 1st Low-A Southeast West (3.5 GA) 2019 pitching leaders: W, 7-1 at Dunedin Blue Jays Wins: J.P. Feyereisen 10 Postponed due to inclement weather L, 6-3 vs Jersey Shore Blue Claws (10) Postponed due to inclement weather L, 4-3 at Dunedin Blue Jays ERA: Chance Adams 4.63 Doubleheader today vs Toronto J.