Tripped Up: RailRiders fall to Red Wings 8-6

ROCHESTER, NY (June 24, 2019) - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders held a 5-3 lead entering the bottom of the 7^th inning, but the Rochester Red Wings proved resilient with five runs between the 7^th and 8^th innings to rally for the 8-6 win Monday evening at Frontier Field.

Before a wonderfully packed stadium of 7,903 the Rochester Red Wings plated a pair of unearned runs in the bottom of the 1^st inning off starting pitcher Randall Delgado. Rochester did not scratch another run across off Delgado until the bottom of the 6^th inning when Wilin Rosario homered to tie it 3-3.

Between those runs, the RailRiders offense put three runs on the board with SWB scoring in the 2^nd inning on an RBI double from Tyler Wade to score Mike Tauchman all the way from first base. Later, it was a two-run double by Trey Amburgey in the 6^th inning which gave Scranton/Wilkes-Barre a tentative 3-2 lead.

After the Red Wings tied it, the RailRiders cobbled together two runs in the top of the 7^th inning, but Rochester's bats were resilient. A two-run home run for Brian Schales in the bottom half of the inning tied it 5-5. An inning later, Jaylin Davis delivered the decisive blow with his go-ahead three-run homer to put the Red Wings ahead 8-5 in the eventual 8-6 victory.
 
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and Rochester wrap up its two-game series Tuesday afternoon with a 12:35 p.m. first pitch at Frontier Field. Pregame coverage with Adam Marco and Adam Giardino begins at 12:05 p.m. on the RailRiders Radio Network before returning to PNC Field to play the Buffalo Bisons in a homestand that begins Wednesday night at 7:05 p.m. For tickets and more information, call (570) 969-BALL or slide to www.swbrailriders.com/tickets.