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Cortes Carries RailRiders Early in 10-Inning Win

May 4, 2019 - International League (IL1)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders News Release

SYRACUSE, NY - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders received a near-historic pitching performance from Nestor Cortes, and used an extra-inning rally to escape with a 4-2 win in 10 innings Saturday night.

The lefty carried a no-hitter into the 8th inning, but with one out it was broken up by Mets catcher Rene Rivera who had previously been 7-for-45 (.156 AVG) on the season and 0-for-2 in the game. He lined a single into left field for a clean base hit, and Cortes walked off to a standing ovation from an appreciative Syracuse crowd. His final line was 7.1 IP, H, 0R, 3 BB, 9 K - ultimately earning a no-decision.

The RailRiders, who scored twice in the top of the 2nd inning, took their 2-0 lead into the bottom of the 9th inning, but Carlos Gomez homered to left-centerfield to tie it up and force extra innings.

Extra innings featured Kyle Higashioka as the pitch-saver runner, and one pitch into the frame he was doubled home by Mandy Alvarez for a 3-2 RailRiders lead. After the next two men were retired, Matt Lipka drilled a groundball inside the third base bag for a double and extended SWB's lead to 4-2.

Feyereisen returned in the bottom of the 10th inning and retired the first two men he faced. As he struck out Rene Rivera, his pitch count climbed over 40 and Jay Bell walked to the mound and replaced the righty with David Sosebee. On six pitches, the University of Georgia product struck out Gregor Blanco to slam the door on the win and improve Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to 14-12 on the season, just 1.5 games behind Syracuse for second place in the IL North Division.

It was a fourth straight win for SWB and improved their record to 5-1 in extra-inning games this season.

The RailRiders and Mets return to action Sunday for the final game of the series as the RailRiders look for a three-game sweep of the Mets. Pregame coverage with Adam Marco and Adam Giardino begins at 6:05 p.m. on the RailRiders Radio Network.

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Record: 14-12

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