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RailRiders Ensure Lead Endures

April 7, 2019 - International League (IL1)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders News Release


BUFFALO, NY - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders were trying to shake off the cobwebs of letting a five-run lead slip away Saturday to the Buffalo Bisons, and they did it in a big way in a power-filled 10-2 win Sunday afternoon.

A season ago the RailRiders had one game where they hit more than four homers, and through four innings Sunday they had already connected for four home runs off MLB rehabber, Clay Buchholz. The right-hander was tagged with the loss after allowing four hits- all home runs- over 5.0 innings of work and seeing his team fall behind 5-1 in the process. On the opposite side of things, David Hale was excellent for the RailRiders and allowed just one run on four hits over 5.2 innings in his season debut.

Mike Ford likely wasn't expecting to make history Sunday afternoon in Buffalo, but after homering in his first two at-bats, he had a couple chances to become one of just a handful of players in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre with a three-homer game. After sending a ball into orbit that Bisons' right fielder Andrew Guillotte didn't even bother turning around to see sail over the wall, he joined that exclusive group of five - only three of whom did it in a nine-inning game (Zoilo Almonte, 7/23/2014 @ Gwinnett; Gary Bennett, 8/16/1998 @ Buffalo).

Other exclamation points throughout the game were delivered by Ryan Lavarnway (whose homer sailed onto an adjacent highway beyond left field), Mandy Alvarez (who hit his first career Triple-A homer) and Cliff Pennington (who drilled a three-run home run in the 9thinning to match Ford with 4 RBI in the game).

The RailRiders pile on the bus following Sunday's game and head south to Allentown, PA where they get ready to take on the Lehigh Valley IronPigs Monday night at Coca-Cola Field. Monday night marks the fifth game of the season, and the final member of the RailRiders Opening Day rotation who has yet to pitch is RHP Drew Hutchison who takes the ball for SWB against Lehigh Valley's RHP Drew Anderson who is also making his first appearance of the year. First pitch is set for 7:05 p.m. with pregame coverage at 6:35 p.m. on the RailRiders Radio Network with Adam Marco and Adam Giardino.

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