IL1 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders

RailRiders Split Pair Monday

Published on July 30, 2018 under International League (IL1)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders News Release


Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders pitcher Chance Adams
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders pitcher Chance Adams
(Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, Credit: Todd Hiller)

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders won 4-3 over the Rochester Red Wings in the completion of a suspended game on Monday before falling 1-0 in extra innings in the regularly scheduled game at Frontier Field.

The RailRiders and Red Wings resumed play at 5:05 p.m. to complete a game suspended in the middle of the fourth on June 24. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre held a 4-1 lead as play was halted one month and six days ago.

On June 24, Jake Cave hit a solo home run off Chance Adams in the bottom of the first. In the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre half of the third, Tyler Austin hit an opposite-field home run to right to push the RailRiders ahead. Zack Zehner doubled in Kyle Higashioka in the fourth to extend the lead.

In the bottom of the fourth when play picked up Monday, Willians Astudillo hit a solo home run off reliever Raynel Espinal to cut the lead to 4-2. Rochester added a run in the ninth before Tommy Kahnle came on to end the game. With the tying run at second, Kahnle allowed a single to Gregorio Petit, but Zack Zehner threw out Edgar Corcino at the plate to end the game.

Espinal (6-1) earned the win, while Joe Harvey and James Reeves notched holds. Kahnle threw one pitch for his first save of the season. Dietrich Enns (5-7) took the loss afte5 allowing all four runs when play began in June.

In Game Two- a seven-inning game- Chance Adams got the start for the RailRiders and carried a no-hitter into the bottom of the 7th inning. His offense managed three hits in support of him up to that point, but the game was still scoreless. The best Adams could do was push the game into extra innings, and he did just that. While posting a scoreless 7th inning, Gregorio Petit did record a single off Adams to break up the no-hit bid.

In the bottom of the 8th inning, the Red Wings moved along the pace-of-play runner, Taylor Motter, to third base with one out on a groundball off the bat of Andy Wilkins. The RailRiders elected to walk the next two batters intentionally to load the bases and set up a force-out at the plate, but Jeremy Hazelbaker crushed a ball to the warning track in right-centerfield for a walk-off single.

The win dropped Chance Adams to 3-5, but with 7.1 innings of one-run ball- and no earned runs allowed- his ERA dropped from 4.93 to 4.50 on the season. Mike Ford, Ronald Torreyes and Zack Zehner (triple) had the three hits in the game for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre sends RHP Luis Cessa (3-0, 1.42) to the mound for his fourth Triple-A start of the season against RHP Fernando Romero (2-3, 2.95) on the second day of this series. First pitch is set for Tuesday pregame coverage begins at 6:35 p.m. with Adam Marco and Adam Giardino on NEPA Sports Radio The Game and the RailRiders Radio Network.

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Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders pitcher Chance Adams
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders pitcher Chance Adams
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