Two Down: RailRiders swept in twinbill

MOOSIC, PA (April 17, 2019) - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders dropped both games of a doubleheader to the Lehigh Valley IronPigs Wednesday night, falling 5-3 in both games - each time, a last-inning rally falling just short.

In Game One, after three shutout innings from Jonathan Loaisiga, the IronPigs took a 2-0 lead on a home run by Deivy Grullon. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre halved the deficit in the bottom of the inning on a Zack Zehner sac fly. Lehigh Valley plated an insurance run in the top of the sixth on a Grullon base hit to drive in Dylan Cozens and added two more in the top of the seventh on a Lane Adams two-run home run.

As the game moved into the bottom of the 7^th inning- the final inning of play- the RailRiders sparked a rally after entering the frame trailing 5-1. The inning began with a pair out outs, but then Thairo Estrada and Trey Amburgey reached to set up Mandy Alvarez with a two-run double. Ryan McBroom stepped into the box as the game-tying run but was struck out by Edubray Ramos to end the ballgame.

The RailRiders opened the scoring against Tyler Viza in the bottom of the second of Game Two, opening up a 2-0 lead through three innings. The IronPigs didn't record a hit in any of the frames besides the top of the 4^th, but that was a decisive inning as Lane Adams and Jan Hernandez each launched homers as part of the five-run attack.

Despite falling behind, the RailRiders rallied in the bottom of the 7^th inning and loaded the bases to put the tying run in scoring position, but Zehner struck out, ending the game.

The RailRiders have their first scheduled off-day of the season before piling on the bus and heading north to Buffalo to take on the Bisons starting Friday night at 6:05 p.m. The series begins with LHP Gio Gonzalez (2-1, 6.00) on the mound for the RailRiders, opposed by RHP Jordan Romano (1-1, 6.75). Pregame coverage begins at 5:35 p.m. with Adam Marco and Adam Giardino on the RailRiders Radio Network.