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Bisons Notes DH - Buffalo at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Game 1: 1:05 p.m.)

Published on July 5, 2015 under International League (IL1)
Buffalo Bisons News Release


Buffalo Bisons (40-42, 3rd(-4.5), IL North) vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (45-38, 1st(+0.5), IL North)

Sunday, July 5, 2015 (1:05 p.m./7:05 p.m.) - PNC Field

RHP Joel Pineiro (NR) vs. RHP Esmil Rogers (0-0, 4.70)

LHP Randy Wolf (5-1, 2.81) vs. RHP Joel De La Cruz (5-0, 3.29)

Radio: ESPN 1520 AM, Bisons Baseball Network

Today's Game

Today, the Bisons face the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders at a split day-night doubleheader at PNC Field (7:05 p.m.). The teams will play two today because of a rainout on June 27. Both games will be nine innings in regulation. The Bisons head into tonight winners of three straight and now trail the 1st place RailRiders by 4.5 games.

vs. the RailRiders

The Bisons are 3-3 against the RailRiders this season. The road team has won all six games in the season series thus far. Buffalo went 9-7 against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre last season and have gone 4-4 in each of the last three seasons on the road against the RailRiders.

Joel Pineiro

RHP JOEL PINEIRO makes his Bisons' debut tonight. The righty was promoted today from New Hampshire (AA) after going 4-2 with a 3.77 ERA in nine starts with the Fisher Cats. Pineiro is a veteran of 335 Major League games but hasn't pitched in the big leagues since 2011 because of a shoulder injury.

Randy Wolf

LHP RANDY WOLF will start tonight's game two, his team-leading 16th start of the season. Wolf tossed seven shutout innings in a no-decision last Tuesday against Gwinnett. Wolf's .833 winning pct. (5-1) leads all qualifying IL pitchers while his 2.81 ERA ranks 7th. Wolf appeared in 38 games with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons from 1998-1999 and 2001, going 13-13 with a 4.30 ERA.

MattVP

One game after being the first IL player to reach 100 hits (now 103), All-Star INF MATT HAGUE became the third this year to 50 RBI. Hague's team-best 31st multi-hit performance last night raised his IL-best average to .344 and his on-base pct. to (.426).

Bisons bits

Buffalo's 6-2 record in doubleheader games is the best in the International League this season...Since the start of June, OF CALEB GINDL has averaged .294 (25-85) with two doubles, four home runs and 12 RBI in 23 games...RHP CHAD JENKINS has allowed just one run in his last 13 outings (two starts) and 26.0 innings of work since May 25 (0.35 ERA)...The Bisons are a league-best 30-5 when scoring first in games (.853 pct.).

Blue Jays Update

The Blue Jays (42-41) lost their third straight game, 8-3 in Detroit. Former Bisons' Kevin Pillar and Chris Colabello homered in the loss. R.A. Dickey took the loss to fall to 3-9 on the season. Toronto takes on the Tigers again today (1:08 p.m.) before heading to Chicago to face the White Sox.

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