IL1 Lehigh Valley IronPigs

IronPigs Game Notes

May 19, 2011 - International League (IL1)
Lehigh Valley IronPigs News Release


The first-place IronPigs (24-16) play Game Three of a four-game series against the second-place Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees (21-17) at PNC Field in Moosic. With a 5-4 win in 11 innings yesterday, the Pigs have won three straight games and are now at a franchise-best, high-water mark of eight games above .500. The Pigs have also won eight of their last 10 games and, over a longer span, are 17-8 in their last 25 contests... The Yankees -- New York's top affiliate -- have dropped three in a row (for just the second time this season) and are just 7-11 in their last 18 affairs since starting 14-6 on April 27. SWB has not lost four in a row since 7/21-7/24/10...

RHP Brian Bass (2-2, 5.75) will start for LHV against RHP Carlos Silva (NR).

First-Pitch is at 6:35 p.m. at PNC Field in Moosic, Pa.

WITH A WIN TONIGHT, THE PIGS WILL:

Tie their season-high, four-game winning streak (4/14-4/17) -- which would tie the 2nd-longest winning streak in franchise history (done 7 prior times, but only once in 2010)... The only time the Pigs have ever won more than 4 games in a row was during their franchise record 7-game winning streak, 6/14-6/20/09.

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