scranton/wilkes-barre railriders game notes scranton/wilkes-barre railriders (8-6) @ buffalo bisons (4-9) LHP Gio Gonzalez (2-1, 6.00) vs. RHP Jordan Romano (1-1, 6.75) | Game No. 15 | Sahlen Field | Buffalo, NY | April 19, 2019 | First Pitch 6:05 p.m. | last time out... upcoming schedule / results date opponent result MOOSIC, PA (April 17, 2019) -- The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders dropped both games of a doubleheader to the Lehigh Valley IronPigs on Wednesday night, falling 5-3 in both games – each time, a last-inning rally falling just short. April 11 vs. Buffalo W 9-8 (10) April 12 vs. Buffalo W 4-1 (5) In Game One, after three shutout innings from Jonathan Loaisiga, the IronPigs took a 2-0 lead on a home run by Deivy Grullon. April 13 vs. Buffalo W 10-4 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre halved the deficit in the bottom of the inning on a Zack Zehner sac fly. Lehigh Valley plated an insurance April 14 vs. Buffalo W 9-5 run in the top of the sixth on a Grullon base hit to drive in Dylan Cozens and added two more in the top of the seventh on a Lane April 15 vs. Lehigh Valley W 6-5 (10) Adams two-run home run. April 16 vs. Lehigh Valley PPD (Rain) April 17 vs. LHV - Game 1 5:05 PM As the game moved into the bottom of the 7th inning- the final inning of play- the RailRiders sparked a rally after entering the vs. LHV - Game 2 TBA frame trailing 5-1. The inning began with a pair out outs, but then Thairo Estrada and Trey Amburgey reached to set up Mandy Alvarez with a two-run double. Ryan McBroom stepped into the box as the game-tying run but was struck out by Edubray Ramos April 19 @ Buffalo 6:05 PM to end the ballgame. April 20 @ Buffalo - Game 1 1:05 PM @ Buffalo - Game 2 TBA The RailRiders opened the scoring against Tyler Viza in the bottom of the second of Game Two, opening up a 2-0 lead through April 22 @ Rochester 6:05 PM three innings. The IronPigs didn’t record a hit in any of the frames besides the top of the 4th, but that was a decisive inning as April 23 @ Rochester 6:05 PM Lane Adams and Jan Hernandez each launched homers as part of the five-run attack. April 24 @ Rochester 6:05 PM news & notes 2019 vs. buffalo overall head-to-head: 6-2 DOUBLEHEADERS: The RailRiders enter Friday with a scheduled doubleheader set for Saturday at 1:05 p.m. It will be (weather pending) the second doubleheader of the season to this point for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, as date location result only one of their first 14 games of the season was postponed (swept in both games of Wednesday’s doubleheader April 4 Sahlen Field L 8-3 against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, L 5-3 (7) // L 5-3 (7)) April 5 Sahlen Field W 6-1 April 6 Sahlen Field L 10-8 STRIKEOUT RATE: The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders enter Friday’s game against the Buffalo Bisons with April 7 Sahlen Field W 10-2 April 11 PNC Field W 9-8 (10) the 3rd-most strikeouts (137 K) as a team in the International League and the 2nd-highest strikeout rate (137 K in April 12 PNC Field W 4-1 (5) 116.0 IP; 10.6 K/9) behind the Rochester Red Wings (148 K in 113.0 IP; 11.8 K/9). The RailRiders enter their series April 13 PNC Field W 10-4 vs. Buffalo ranked 8th in the IL in ERA at 4.73 which is a couple pegs higher than the Bisons who rank last at 6.75. April 14 PNC Field W 9-5 Last season, the RailRiders ranked 5th in ERA (3.71), 3rd in K (1,179) and 2nd in K/9 (Durham: 9.4; Pawtucket: April 19 Sahlen Field 6:05 PM April 20 Sahlen Field 1:05 PM 9.0; Scranton/Wilkes-Barre: 8.9). Sahlen Field TBA June 3 Sahlen Field 7:05 PM NOW YOU HAVE CC’N HIM IN TRIPLE-A: As a corresponding move to LHP CC Sabathia returning from the June 4 Sahlen Field 7:05 PM Injured List in the big leagues, RHP Jonathan Loaisiga was transferred to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. When June 5 Sahlen Field 7:05 PM June 6 Sahlen Field 7:05 PM the 24-year old Nicaraguan made his Triple-A debut with SWB in Game 1, he will have had made almost as many June 26 PNC Field 7:05 PM appearances in the MLB (11G/6GS) as he had in full-season Minor League Baseball (14G/14GS with Charleston/ June 27 PNC Field 7:05 PM Tampa/Trenton). In a pair of starts this season for the Yankees, Loaisiga has a 3.86 ERA (3R/3ER in 7.0 IP) including August 30 PNC Field 7:05 PM his first start of the season 4/3 @ Detroit where he allowed just 1H over 4.0 IP. August 31 PNC Field 6:35 PM September 1 PNC Field 1:05 PM September 2 PNC Field 12:05 PM THEY’VE DUG UP A GEM IN GIO: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre’s Opening Day starting pitcher was LHP Gio Gonzalez, who has pitched in the big leagues for 11 seasons among three different organizations (Oakland 2018 results: Tied, 8-8 th Athletics, Washington Nationals and Milwaukee Brewers). He ranks 118 on the all-time MLB career strikeout all-time series: RailRiders Lead 180-164 list, with only six players ahead of him who have ever worn a Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Jersey: No. 3 Roger Clemens 4,672 K 2007 Rehab railriders at a glance No. 15 Curt Schilling 3,116 K 1996 Rehab & 2000 Rehab 2019 regular season: 8-4 No. 42 Andy Pettitte 2,448 K 2012 Rehab GB: 0.5 Lehigh Valley (8-3) No. 45 Cole Hamels 2,419 K 2nd Place, I.L. North No. 72 Kevin Millwood 2,083 K Home: 5-0 Away: 3-4 No. 111 Randy Wolf 1,814 K 2001 Rehab 2019 hitting leaders: No. 118 Gio Gonzalez 1,748 K AVG: Mike Ford .410 HR: Mike Ford 5 around the organization RBI: Mike Ford 14 SB Billy Burns 5 New York Yankees (MLB) Trenton Thunder (AA) Tampa Tarpons (A+) Charleston RiverDogs(A) L 6-1 vs. Kansas City Royals W 3-1 @ Portland Sea Dogs L 10-3 @ Clearwater Threshers L 7-5 @ Augusta Green Jackets 2019 pitching leaders: Clint Frazier: 2-4 -- .347 AVG Jason Lopez: 2-4, 2B, HR (2), R, RBI Albert Abreu: 4.0 IP, 6 H, R/ER, 2 K Wins: 3 Tied with 2 Gleyber Torres: 0-3, RBI (Sac Fly) Pablo Olivares: 1-3, HR (1), 2 R, RBI, BB Dalton Higgins: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 0R, 3 K Bullpen: 5.0 IP, 0 H, 0R, 5 K ERA: David Hale 1.69 Tyler Wade: 0-1, BB Oswaldo Cabrera: 1-3, RBI, K Josh Breaux: 1-4, RBI -- .237 AVG Chris Gittens: 1-3, 2 BB K: Gonzalez/Cortes 19 D. German: 6.0 IP, 6 H, 3R/3ER, 9 K Kyle Zurak: 1.0 IP, H, R/ER Eric Wagaman: 1-3, R, RBI, BB Rashad Crawford: 1-4, RBI -- .279 AVG Joe Harvey: 1.0 IP, 0 H, R/ER, BB, K *Season: 9.0 IP, 1ER, 11 K:0 BB SV: Joe Harvey 1 upcoming pitching probables broadcast/media information date opponent railriders starter opponent starter Radio: 1400 AM 1340 AM 1440 AM Saturday, April 20th @ Buffalo G1 RHP David Hale (2-0, 1.69) RHP David Paulino (0-1, 7.36) 106.7 FM 100.7 FM Internet: TuneIn App (Search: “SWB RailRiders”) @ Buffalo G2 RHP Drew Hutchison (1-1, 4.22) RHP Conor Fisk (0-1, 5.06) Television: MiLB.tv Monday, April 22nd @ Rochester LHP Nestor Cortes (1-0, 2.55) TBA Radio Twitter: Adam Marco (@amarco_16) Tuesday, April 23rd @ Rochester TBA 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 43 GIO GONZALEZ | LHP | 6’0” | 205 LBS | 33 | @GioGonzalez47 Hialeah, FL | Hialeah H.S. (FL) | Signed as a Minor League Free Agent, 3/20/2019 | MLB Service Time: 9.162 | 2019: The New York Yankees announced the signing of Gonzalez to a Minor League contract -- guarantees $3 million if he makes the MLB roster and $300,000 for each start he makes... Arrived at the end of Spring Training and made one appearance at big league camp: 2.0 IP, 4 H, 5R/4ER, HR, 2 BB, 0 K... 2018: Combined to go 10-11 with a 4.21 ERA (171.0 IP, 167 H, 84R/80ER, 80 BB, 148 K, 17 HR) in 32G/32GS with the Washington Nationals and Milwaukee Brewers... Began the season with the Nationals before being traded to the Brewers along with international bonus pool money 8/31 in exchange for 1B/C K.J. Harrison and INF Gilbert Lara... In 5G/5GS for Milwaukee, Gonzalez went 3-0 with a 2.13 ERA (25.1 IP, 6R/6ER) and 22 K to help lead the Brewers to their first division title and postseason berth since 2011... In Game 4 of the NLCS against the Los Angeles Dodgers in a 2-1 loss, Gonzalez suffered a high ankle sprain, attempting to field a ball hit by Yasiel Puig, ending his season and being replaced by Zach Davies on the Brewers roster..