K's for Days: SWB strikes out 14 in shutout win
TOLEDO, OH (June 24, 2022) –The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders blanked the Toledo Mud Hens 2-0 behind dominant pitching. With 14 strikeouts from RailRiders pitching, they have now tallied 31 over the last 18 innings and 52 in the first four games of the series. Ryan Weber was solid in his return
TOLEDO, OH (June 24, 2022) –The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders blanked the Toledo Mud Hens 2-0 behind dominant pitching. With 14 strikeouts from RailRiders pitching, they have now tallied 31 over the last 18 innings and 52 in the first four games of the series.
Ryan Weber was solid in his return to the RailRiders. The righty struck out four of the last five batters he faced, going 3.1 IP scoreless. Shane Greene followed suit with a pair of strikeouts, then Matt Krook finished the job. Krook retired all fifteen batters he faced from the start of the fifth to the end of the game. He struck out eight to set a new season-high.
Miguel Andújar got the RailRiders on the board with a no-doubt laser home run to left field to open the seventh. Estevan Florial doubled home Max McDowell from first in the eighth. That’s all the offense Scranton/Wilkes-Barre would need to even the series at two games apiece, winning 2-0.
Andùjar blasts one to left, putting us on the board. 🚀 pic.twitter.com/KnpY0n5Cne
— SWB RailRiders (@swbrailriders) June 25, 2022
It was the RailRiders seventh shutout win of the year and the fewest amount of hits they’ve allowed in any game this season, two.
Krook (3-6) would tally the victory in relief. Sam Howard (0-2) surrendered the Andújar homer and took the loss. SWB looks to take a series lead on Saturday night with Hayden Wesneski on the mound. With the game at 7:05 PM, all the action starts at 6:45 PM on the RailRiders pre-game show on swbrailriders.com.