Squandered: SWB blows lead in ninth in 5-4 loss
ALLENTOWN, PA (August 11, 2026) – The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders lost a 5-4 walk-off to the Lehigh Valley IronPigs at Coca-Cola Park in Allentown on Tuesday night. Lehigh Valley scored three in the bottom of the ninth to take the series opener. Box Score The RailRiders took a 1-0 lead three
ALLENTOWN, PA (August 11, 2026) – The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders lost a 5-4 walk-off to the Lehigh Valley IronPigs at Coca-Cola Park in Allentown on Tuesday night. Lehigh Valley scored three in the bottom of the ninth to take the series opener.
The RailRiders took a 1-0 lead three batters in against IronPigs starter Chuck King. Anthony Volpe and Jasson Domínguez reached on singles, and a bunt single from Max Schuemann staked SWB starter Alexander Cornielle to the early edge.
Former RailRider Payton Henry hit a game-tying solo home run in the bottom of the third, his fifth of the year, four of which were hit with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre over 48 games in the first three months of the season.
Oswaldo Cabrera’s two-run, 401-foot blast in the top of the fourth recaptured the lead. It was the utility man’s 13th of the season, giving him 51 runs batted in.
Oswaldo over the wall! 🙌💣
— SWB RailRiders (@swbrailriders) August 12, 2026
401 ft. | 103 mph#RepBX pic.twitter.com/ZPbz43ptTt
Cornielle allowed one run on five hits over five innings for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
The IronPigs narrowed the lead to 3-2 in the sixth with an RBI-double by Carter Kieboom. The RailRiders immediately answered again in the seventh when a Domínguez single plated Yanquiel Fernández for a 4-2 lead.
In the bottom of the ninth, Kieboom walked, and Henry was hit by a pitch. Both were replaced by pinch runners. Keaton Anthony’s single drove in Robert Moore to draw the IronPigs within one. A double from Gabriel Rincones Jr. scored Steward Berroa from third to tie the game and pinch runner Felix Reyes from first for the walk-off win.
Eric Reyzelman (1-2) was tagged with the blown save and the loss while Max Lazar (4-1) garnered the win.
Game two of the set is slated for 6:45 P.M. Wednesday. Yankees’ #21 prospect Xavier Rivas will make his Triple-A debut for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre against Lehigh Valley and right-hander Drake Fellows.