Extra Extra: SWB wins 9-7 in 11
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (June 16, 2018) -The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders topped the Syracuse Chiefs 9-7 in 11 innings at NBT Bank Stadium on Saturday night. After building a 6-0 advantage, the RailRiders scored twice in the 11th to secure the series win with one game to go Sunday while sending the Chiefs to
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (June 16, 2018) -The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders topped the Syracuse Chiefs 9-7 in 11 innings at NBT Bank Stadium on Saturday night. After building a 6-0 advantage, the RailRiders scored twice in the 11th to secure the series win with one game to go Sunday while sending the Chiefs to their eighth straight loss.
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre scored three runs on four hits in each of the first two innings. In the first,
In the second with two down, Fraizer and Wade each singled. Drury singled home Frazier again for a 4-0 lead and
RailRiders starter
The Chiefs broke up Hale's shutout bid in the sixth inning when
Syracuse plated a run on three walks and a sac fly in the seventh, cutting the lead to 6-4. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre added an insurance run in the top of the eighth as Drury singled in
The Chiefs, however, evened the game against
After a scoreless ninth and tenth, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre regained the lead in the 11th. Wade tripled in
Hale pitched five and two-thirds with one walk and one strikeout while Darnell allowed six runs on nine hits over five innings in his Syracuse debut. Carroll was charged with a blown save, his second of the year.
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and Syracuse close this series on Sunday afternoon. Nestor Cortes (0-3, 5.19) will start for the RailRiders against the Chiefs and