Gone Bat-ty: Louisville homers five times Sunday

Bats beat RailRiders 7-4 in homestand finale

Clint Frazier hit his third home run for the RailRiders, but the Bats took the series finale 7-4. (Tim Dougherty)

By Madonna Mantione

July 21, 2019

MOOSIC, PA (July 21, 2019) - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders fell to the Louisville Bats in the series finale, 7-4 Sunday at PNC Field. Louisville used five home runs, including back-to-back home runs, in the third inning to power their offense in Sunday's victory.

MOOSIC, PA (July 21, 2019) - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders fell to the Louisville Bats in the series finale, 7-4 Sunday at PNC Field. Louisville used five home runs, including back-to-back home runs, in the third inning to power their offense in Sunday's victory.

RailRiders starting pitcher Daniel Camarena dealt the first two scoreless innings of the contest before being tagged for five home runs over the next few frames.

In the top of the third inning, Stuart Turner nailed a two-run homer and Narcisco Crook followed with a back-to-back shot, giving the visiting team a 3-0 advantage. In the bottom of the inning, Wendell Rijo nailed a leadoff home run for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, cutting the deficit to 3-1. It was the first Triple-A home run for both Rijo and Turner.

In the top of the fourth, Blake Trahan answered with another home run for Louisville making it 4-1. Aristides Aquino homered for the Bats in the top of the sixth, extending the lead to 6-1. Keeping the momentum, Scott Schebler homered again for Louisville to push the Bats ahead 7-1.

The RailRiders mounted some late offense but never quite brought the tying run to the plate. Clint Frazier homered in the sixth and Breyvic Valera homered in the ninth to make it 7-3. Mike Ford ripped an RBI double in the ninth inning, but the game ended on a groundout with the tying run in the on-deck circle as Louisville took 2-of-3 from SWB.

Keury Mella (6-10) was the winning arm, pitching 6.0 innings for the Bats with Camarena (4-5) taking the loss, allowing seven runs over 5.1 innings.

The RailRiders hit the road for six games beginning Tuesday night in Columbus. They return home July 29 and begin a two-game series against the Syracuse Mets. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. For tickets and more information slide to www.swbrailriders.com/tickets.