Smoked Bacon: SWB fans 16 in 4-2 win at LHV
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (September 14, 2021) – Three Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders pitchers combined to strike out 16 Lehigh Valley IronPigs batters in a 4-2 win on Tuesday night at Coca-Cola Park. The triumph guaranteed SWB at least a season split in the 36-game 2021 IronRail Series. In the first game of his
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (September 14, 2021) – Three Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders pitchers combined to strike out 16 Lehigh Valley IronPigs batters in a 4-2 win on Tuesday night at Coca-Cola Park. The triumph guaranteed SWB at least a season split in the 36-game 2021 IronRail Series.
In the first game of his MLB rehab assignment, Domingo German allowed two hits and struck out four in 2.0 innings of work.
The RailRiders took a 1-0 lead three pitches into the game when Estevan Florial launched a leadoff home run against Colton Eastman. It was the second home run to lead off a game of the season for the RailRiders, with Luke Voit opening the May 9 game at Syracuse with a long ball.
The IronPigs briefly jumped in front in the bottom of the second when Cornelius Randolph brought in two runs with a single, but was thrown out trying to stretch the hit into a double. After that, JP Sears settled down and allowed only two more hits across his 6.0 innings of work.
Sears (4-0) tied his career high by striking out 10 batters in the game, matching a mark set earlier this season in Double-A against the Reading Fightin’ Phils. The left-hander scattered seven hits and did not issue a walk.
GOT HIM SWINGING!!!
— SWB RailRiders (@swbrailriders) September 15, 2021
JP Sears gets his 10th strikeout of the night to end the bottom of the 6th. pic.twitter.com/x2XOC7G4Ru
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre struck back in the top of the fourth and re-gained the lead. Donny Sands doubled to left to score Chris Gittens and scored three batters later on a sacrifice fly from Armando Alvarez. The RailRiders added a tally in the sixth on an Andrew Velazquez RBI single.
German followed Sears with scoreless innings in the seventh and eighth, but in the ninth Ron Marinaccio allowed a single and a walk to the first two batters to bring the winning run to the plate. However, Marinaccio retired the next three batters in order to close out the win and earn his first save of the season.
POSTGAME NOTES: The RailRiders were 3-for-3 on stolen base attempts in the game, and have swiped 126 bags this season. The SWB franchise record is 139 set by the 2000 Red Barons… After a nine-game losing streak, the RailRiders have won six-of-their-last-seven games… SWB pitchers combined to strike out 16 batters, one shy of the single-game season high of 17 set against Buffalo on 9/3.
The RailRiders continue their series with the IronPigs on Wednesday night at Coca-Cola Park. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m., with coverage on the RailRiders Baseball Network beginning at 6:45. RHP Brody Koerner (3-4, 3.50) toes the rubber for SWB, while Lehigh Valley counters with RHP Mauricio Llovera (2-1, 3.99).
The RailRiders return home for their final homestand of the season on September 22 to begin the “Final Stretch” with a five-game series against Syracuse. For tickets and more information, call (570) 969-BALL or slide to www.swbrailriders.com/tickets.