IL1 Lehigh Valley IronPigs

Early Runs Lift Nola & Pigs to 8-1 Win

Published on June 29, 2015 under International League (IL1)
Lehigh Valley IronPigs News Release


Six runs over the first two innings and RHP Aaron Nola's five shutout innings helped the Lehigh Valley IronPigs (31-48) cruise to an 8-1 win over the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (43-35) on Monday night at Coca-Cola Park.

Nola (3-0) allowed five hits over his five scoreless frames while walking three and fanning four.

The Pigs took an early 3-0 lead with three runs in the first as Aaron Altherr delivered an RBI double, Cord Phelps knocked home a run with an RBI single to score Altherr and Chris McGuiness followed Phelps with an RBI single of his own.

Three more runs in the home half of the second extended the lead to 6-0 as Phelps plated a pair with a two-run single and Edgar Duran brought home another with an RBI double down the right field line.

All six runs were charged to RailRiders starter Jose De Paula (2-1) who allowed the six runs on eight hits while walking one and fanning one over two innings of work.

In the third, Jordan Danks drew a one-out walk and scored on Gabriel Lino's RBI double to open up a 7-0 advantage for the Pigs.

Danks led off the eighth with a double and later scored on Tyler Henson's RBI single to give Lehigh Valley an 8-0 lead.

RHP Nefi Ogando (2.0 IP, H, BB, K) and LHP Adam Loewen (1.0 IP) combined to toss three scoreless innings out of the bullpen for manager Dave Brundage's squad.

Henson (3-5, RBI, SB, 2 R), Lino (2-4, 2 2B, RBI, R) and Phelps (2-3, 3 RBI, R, BB) all had multi-hit games for the IronPigs.

Aaron Judge's RBI double off of LHP Cesar Jimenez (1.0 IP, 2 H, R, ER) in the top of the ninth provided the only run of the night for the RailRiders.

The series continues on Tuesday at 7:05 p.m. as LHP Anthony Vasquez (3-3, 4.02) gets the ball for the Pigs against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RHP Joel De La Cruz (5-0, 2.55).

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