Constant Late Pressure Leads RailRiders to 4-2 Win
ROCHESTER, NY (June 23, 2018) - Trailing 1-0 entering the 6th inning, Brandon Drury belted a two-run home run to give the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders the lead as they stayed ahead the rest of the way in a 4-2 win over the Rochester Red Wings.
ROCHESTER, NY (June 23, 2018) - Trailing 1-0 entering the 6th inning,
Nestor Cortes took the ball for SWB Saturday night and was able to dance through some early trouble, to pitch 5.0 innings of one-run ball. Three errors were committed behind the lefty over the first three innings, to go along with six hits and a pair of walks, but the Red Wings were only able to manage the one run.
Drury delivered his go-ahead homer in the 6th and then the offense kept its foot on the gas, scoring runs in the 7th and 8th innings to extend the lead and never allow Rochester to threaten to tie down the stretch.
The RailRiders bullpen of
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre gears up for the series finale Sunday against the Red Wings Sunday at Frontier Field. The RailRiders send RHP
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Record:
36-37