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Lehigh Valley Blasts RailRiders, 9-3

August 11, 2021 - International League (IL)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders News Release

MOOSIC, Pa. - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders fell to the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs 9-3 on Wednesday night at PNC Field.

The Iron Pigs took control with a five-run outburst in the top of the third inning against Josh Maciejewski. A two-run double from Rafael Marchan and a three-run homer for Matt Vierling did the damage in the frame.

Lehigh Valley tacked on three more in the fourth on a sacrifice fly and a two-run homer from Jorge Bonifacio to extend its lead to 8-0. All those runs were charged to Maciejewski (0-2), who allowed the tallies on eight hits in 4.0 innings of work.

Nick Green settled things down, allowing a single run in 3.0 frames of relief work, and the RailRiders finally got on the board in the bottom of the seventh. Armando Alvarez led off the frame with a towering home run to left-center off reliever Jeff Singer to cut the deficit to 9-1.

Adam Warren finished the game on the hill for the RailRiders with two scoreless innings of relief. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre edged closer in the bottom of the ninth with a two-run home run from Max Burt off Julian Garcia to narrow the gap to 9-3, but couldn't come any closer. It was the first Triple-A home run for Burt in his second game played.

POSTGAME NOTES: With the loss to Lehigh Valley and Buffalo's win over Rochester the RailRiders have fallen out of first place in Triple-A East Northeast Division for the first time since May 6, a span of 97 days... The RailRiders are now 22-2 this year when hitting two-or-more home runs in a game... SWB has lost eight out of its last 10 games.

SWB continues its series with Lehigh Valley on Thursday at PNC Field. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. RHP Brian Keller (0-1, 3.12) starts for the RailRiders, while the Iron Pigs counter with LHP David Parkinson (1-7, 6.29). For tickets and more information, call (570) 969-BALL or slide to www.swbrailriders.com/tickets.

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Record:

49-32

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