Sunday FUNday: SWB hammers Lehigh Valley
MOOSIC, Pa. (August 4, 2019) -The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders clinched the series against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs with a 12-5 win Sunday afternoon at PNC Field. The RailRiders took control in the third inning with home runs by Gosuke Katoh and Ryan McBroom and added six runs batted in from Erik
MOOSIC, Pa. (August 4, 2019) -The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders clinched the series against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs with a 12-5 win Sunday afternoon at PNC Field. The RailRiders took control in the third inning with home runs by
In the top of the first inning, Lehigh Valley took the lead from a three-run home run by
Katoh led off the bottom of the third with a solo home run to right to get the RailRiders on the board.
In the bottom of the fifth, Kratz hit a three-run home run the opposite way to right, increasing the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre lead to 7-3.
The IronPigs scored two runs in the top of the seventh to cut the RailRiders lead to 7-5. In the bottom half, Kratz lifted a sac fly, scoring
All nine RailRiders reached base and seven of nine had at least one hit. Five players reached on multi-hit efforts, paced by four hits from Estrada and three from Katoh and
The RailRiders are off on Monday but play at home again on Tuesday to begin a new series against the Charlotte Knights. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.