MOOSIC, Pa. (May 26, 2018) - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders fell to the Syracuse Chiefs 10-3 on Saturday afternoon at PNC Field.
MOOSIC, Pa. (May 26, 2018) - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders fell to the Syracuse Chiefs 10-3 on Saturday afternoon at PNC Field.
Adam Warren made a rehab start walking two batters, hitting another two, and allowing a Jason Wilson bases clearing triple before recording an out. Warren threw 30 pitches and was relieved after completing 0.2 innings by Cale Coshow, but the Chiefs had grabbed a 4-0 lead.
The RailRiders responded with a run of their own in the bottom of the first when Clint Frazier bashed a one-out triple and Brandon Drury knocked him in with an RBI single cutting the deficit to 4-1.
Erik Swanson took over for Coshow, throwing 5.0 innings allowing two unearned runs on four hits, one walk, and one strikeout. The runs came home following a bases-empty, two-out error to extend the inning. It was Swanson's second outing since being called up from Double-A Trenton last week.
In the bottom of the third Scranton/Wilkes-Barre loaded the bases thanks to a one-out walk by Frazier and singles by Drury and Ford. A sacrifice fly to deep left field from Kyle Higashioka scored the second RailRiders run.
The Chiefs ended their five-inning scoring drought in the top of the sixth when Bengie González reached on an error by Rey Navarro. Gonzalez then stole second and was knocked in by Hunter Jones' double. Irving Falu followed Jones with his own RBI double before Swanson retired Matt Reynolds for the third out of the frame.
Syracuse added four runs to their total in the top of the ninth on an RBI double by Yadiel Hernandez, a groundout by Gosewisch, and a two-run homerun by Gonzalez. Chris Smith, Josh Edgin, and Jimmy Cordero finished off the win in relief for the Chiefs, combining to throw 3 innings, allowing one run on two hits.
Frazier had a solid night at the plate for the RailRiders going 2-for-4 with a walk and two runs scored. Drury was also 2-for-4. With the hits, Drury extended his on-base streak to 19 games, tied for the second-longest active streak in the International League.
The RailRiders homestand with Syracuse will continue on Sunday afternoon at PNC Field. First pitch is scheduled for 1:05 p.m. RHP Chance Adams (1-2, 5.40) heads to the mound for SWB, Syracuse counters with LHP Tommy Milone (2-4, 6.18). For tickets and more information, call (570) 969-BALL or slide to www.swbrailriders.com/tickets.
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Record:
21-27
