IL1 Lehigh Valley IronPigs

Cozens Grand Slam Lifts IronPigs in Win over RailRiders

Published on April 8, 2019 under International League (IL1)
Lehigh Valley IronPigs News Release


(Allentown, Pa) - The Lehigh Valley IronPigs (4-1) defeated the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders (2-3) 5-4 on Monday evening. The IronPigs have won four-straight games.

IronPigs outfielder Dylan Cozens didn't waste much time against the Railriders. He hit a go-ahead grand slam off Railriders starting pitcher Drew Hutchison (0-1) in the bottom of the second inning to give Lehigh Valley a 5-4 lead. The last IronPig to hit a grand slam was Roman Quinn on April 27, 2018 against the Railriders.

The Railriders began the game with a lead as they scored three runs off Drew Anderson in the top of the first inning. Lehigh Valley did answer with a run off Hutchison in the bottom of the first inning, a solo home run by Jan Hernandez to cut the lead to 3-1.

Billy Burns scored on an RBI groundout by Matt Lipka off Anderson in the top of the second inning to give Scranton/Wilkes-Barre a 4-1 lead.

Tyler Viza pitched a scoreless inning in relief of Anderson for his first appearance of the season. Victor Arano (1-0) earned the win as he struck out three batters in two innings of work. James Pazos earned his first save by pitching two scoreless innings in relief.

The 2019 IronPigs season is the team's 12th as the top affiliate for the Philadelphia Phillies and 12th at Coca-Cola Park. Follow the IronPigs on Twitter at @IronPigs and like them on Facebook via www.facebook.com/LHVIronPigs.

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