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RailRiders Lose 6-4

July 6, 2022 - International League (IL)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders News Release


WORCESTER, MA) - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders could not hold a four-run lead, surrendering six unanswered to the Worcester Red Sox in a 6-4 loss on Monday. The loss snapped a seven-game winning streak, which goes down as their longest of the season.

Estevan Florial wasted no time getting the RailRiders ahead. On the second pitch of the ballgame, Florial homered for his tenth of the year. Florial has homered five times in his last seven games. He had hit five home runs in all of May and June combined. Ken Waldichuk made his second career start at Polar Park, the same yard he had made his Triple-A debut on May 22. Waldichuk lasted five-plus innings, striking out six batters while allowing just one run. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre backed the cause with three runs in the top of the sixth inning. Phillip Evans doubled home Oswald Peraza. Derek Dietrich plated a pair with a single.

With a 4-1 advantage, the game took a sharp turn in Worcester's favor. After Evans threw out the tying run at the plate to nab Connor Wong, Ronaldo Hernández launched a three-run homer to left field. The Red Sox plated five runs in a nine-batter bottom of the eighth inning. The RailRiders, trailing 6-4, got a leadoff walk but ultimately fell silent in their ninth. It's the team's first lost since June 25.

Zack Kelly (4-1) earned the win. José Mujica (0-1) was saddled with the loss after giving up the homer. Kaleb Ort (15) tallied his third save of the year against SWB.

NEWS & NOTES

FIRST THINGS FIRST - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders return to Polar Park for the final time this season. In the only trip they took here earlier in the season, the WooSox won four-of-six games with SWB winning the last two. After this series, the two will play 12 games all at PNC Field. The WooSox won four-of-six in Moosic last year from August 3 to August 8.

AWARD'S SEASON- MiLB announced Tuesday that outfielder Estevan Florial and left-handed pitcher Matt Krook were named the Player and Pitcher of the Week for their efforts last week. They are the first RailRiders to win those awards this season. It's the second time in franchise history that Scranton/Wilkes-Barre earned both awards in the same week. The last time it happened was April 26 - May 2, 1999 when Jon Zuber won Player of the Week and Rod Bolton won Pitcher of the week. It's the first time either of them has won those awards.

YARD SALE- Chris Sale (rib) will make a rehab appearance tonight for Worcester, starting for his fourth rehab game, slated to go five innings. He was limited to just nine games with Boston last year and has not pitched in the bigs this season. He rehabbed last season against SWB, going 4.2 shutout innings on two hits on August 7, 2021. The only current RailRiders who played that day are Estevan Florial (0-3, 3 K) and Armando Alvarez (0-1, K, BB).

KEEP YOUR ENEMIES CLOSE - In SWB's 36 wins this season,15 have come while either shutting out or allowing the opposition to score just one run. The RailRiders have played in 26 one-run games. They are 12-14.

COMO LA FLOR - Estevan Florial led off Monday's opener with a solo homer on the second pitch of the game from Geoff Hartlieb. He has now hit the last three first inning leadoff home runs for the RailRiders including July 2 against Buffalo (vs Bowden Francis) and September 14 against Lehigh Valley (Colton Eastman). Florial has homered five times in his last seven games. He had hit five home runs in all of May and June combined. He has a hit in 22 of his last 25 RailRiders games.

4G INVERTED DIVE WITH A MiG-27TH - Miguel Andújar was lifted mid-game on Friday night after going 1-for-3 with an RBI. He was called Saturday as the Yankees' "27th Man" in their doubleheader in Cleveland, going a combined 1-for-8, with an RBI, walk and two runs scored. He tallied a hit in 16 of 21 games played in the month of June. In the series with Buffalo, he went 7-for-15 with a homer, double and seven RBI.

ARMANDOLORIAN - After going 0-for-3 on Monday, Armando Alvarez's seven-game hitting streak came to a close. It was the longest he's had this season. During the stretch, he went 11-for-22 with four homers and three doubles. With nine homers in 109 at-bats, he is hitting a home run in every 12.11 at-bats, the highest rate he's had in any one season in his career. Entering the season, he was homering once in every 44.33 at-bats (39-of-1,729).

GIVE IT TO GREG - Greg Weissert leads the team with seven saves in eight opportunities. Seven saves are the most he's tallied in a single season of his career. He has been asked to gather four outs in three of those saves including in the Tuesday opener last week against the Bisons. Weissert's only blown save this year came on June 8 on the road against the Syracuse Mets. He has made eight-straight scoreless outings.

KEEPING UP WITH THE CABRERAS - It was announced Monday that infielder Oswaldo Cabrera would commence a Minor League rehab assignment with the Tampa Tarpons. He has since played two games, one with Tampa and one in the Complex League. He has gone 1-for-6 with an RBI so far in his rehab. Cabrera has been held out of game action with a right shoulder issue since May 8. He played 22 games with SWB before being shut down.

STREAKY - Estevan Florial is on a seven-game hitting streak... Miguel Andújar and Tim Locastro are on four-game hitting streaks...

ON DECK - The RailRiders return home on Tuesday, July 12 to host the Louisville Bats. It's "Twosday". Get 2-for-1 lawn or bleacher seats online only and enjoy $2 Landshark Lager tallboys for two hours after gates open, presented by PrimoHoagies and The River.

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