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RailRiders Fall to Saints 5-3

August 19, 2022 - International League (IL)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders News Release

ST. PAUL, MN - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders dropped a 5-3 final to the St. Paul Saints at CHS Field on Friday night. The RailRiders jumped out to a 3-0 lead after three innings, but the Saints scored five unanswered to game their second straight win in this set.

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre opened the scoring in the second against Louie Varland, a St. Paul native, with a run on two hits. Phillip Evans singled and scored on a single from Ryan LaMarre. The RailRiders added a pair in the third with Evans driving in Oswald Peraza and Ronald Guzman scoring on a double by Armando Alvarez for a 3-0 advantage.

St. Paul was held hitless over the first three innings by Sean Boyle before Michael Helman led off the bottom of the fourth with a single. The Saints loaded the bases and Jermaine Palacios singled in Helman to cut the lead to two.

In the sixth, Ryan Weber took over for Boyle and allowed a two-run home run to Chris Williams to tie the game. Mark Contreras singled and scored the go-ahead run on a Palacios double. The Saints added insurance with a leadoff triple from John Andreoli in the seventh and a squeeze bunt from David Banuelos for a 5-3 lead.

The RailRiders were held in check in the eighth and had the tying run either at the plate or on the bases in the ninth, but Brad Peacock induced a double play and an infield ground out to close it out for St. Paul.

Neither starter factored in the decision. Boyle stuck out five and allowed one run over five innings. Varland struck out seven in his second Triple-A start and allowed all three runs. Weber (3-3) took the loss after allowing the final four runs over 1.2 innings. Jharel Cotton (4-1) notched the win and Peacock picked up his third save.

Evans paced SWB with three of the club's eight hits on Friday night.

The RailRiders and Saints play a twinbill on Saturday starting at 5:07 P.M. central time. Matt Krook and Mitch Spence will start for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre against St. Paul, who counter with Devin Smeltzer and Juan Minaya.

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Record:

59-54

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