Felix Reyes and Bryan De La Cruz Each Go Yard Again but ‘Pigs Nipped by RailRiders
Allentown, Pennsylvania (May 21, 2026) – Felix Reyes and Bryan De La Cruz each homered for a second consecutive night but it was not enough as the Lehigh Valley IronPigs (21-27) saw the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (25-21) slip by them for an 8-7 loss on Thursday night at Coca-Cola Park. Dylan
Allentown, Pennsylvania (May 21, 2026) – Felix Reyes and Bryan De La Cruz each homered for a second consecutive night but it was not enough as the Lehigh Valley IronPigs (21-27) saw the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (25-21) slip by them for an 8-7 loss on Thursday night at Coca-Cola Park.
Dylan Carlson pushed the first run of the game home for the ‘Pigs in the first with a bases loaded, staking them to a 1-0 lead.
In the third, the RailRiders capitalized on a pair of ‘Pigs errors to plate five. An error on a double play chance that saw a throw go awry allowed the first run for the RailRiders to score tying the game. An error on the very next hitter allowing him to reach was followed by a Seth Brown RBI single to put Scranton on top. After a double play, Ernesto Martinez Jr. belted a two-run homer to cap the five-run frame.
De La Cruz blasted his second homer in as many games, a two-run shot and his seventh of the year, in the bottom half of the third, to make it 5-3.
A Yanquiel Fernandez solo homer in the fourth and Jonathan Ornelas RBI single in the fifth restored the RailRiders four run edge.
Reyes made it a two-run game again with a two-run homer of his own in the fifth, his ninth of the season and third in the past two games.
Ali Sanchez hit a solo homer for Scranton to give them a three-run cushion in the seventh.
A two-run single from Christian Cairo in the eighth got the ‘Pigs to within a run, but the ‘Pigs left Cairo at second to end the frame, their final threat of the night.
Kervin Castro (W, 2-0) got the win for the RailRiders, working 1.1 scoreless out of the bullpen, striking out two. He inherited a bases loaded jam in the sixth and escaped, getting Reyes to fly out to the warning track. Bradley Hanner (S, 2) got the save with a perfect ninth, striking out two.
Max Lazar (0-1) took the loss for the ‘Pigs, allowing four unearned runs in two-thirds of an inning.
The IronPigs and RailRiders will tee off again on Friday, May 22nd with first pitch slated for 6:45 p.m. Bryse Wilson is slated to get the ball for the ‘Pigs against Carlos Lagrange for the RailRiders.
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