IL Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders

RailRiders Suffer First Loss of 2022 in 10

Published on April 9, 2022 under International League (IL)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders News Release


SYRACUSE, NY - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders fell in extra innings to the Syracuse Mets for their first loss of the season. After tying the game in the ninth on an Oswald Peraza single, the Mets took advantage of a miscue to win the game.

The offense started early for Syracuse. Travis Blankenhorn launched a solo home run to the right field deck for a 1-0 lead. A sacrifice fly in the second doubled up the lead for the Mets. RailRiders starter Luis Gil looked solid through 3.2 innings. He struck out five of the final six batters he faced.

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre's offense was quiet until the fourth. Tim Locastro drove home Miguel Andújar with a single. Greg Bird was driven home by the next batter Jose Peraza to tie the game. Syracuse starter Conner Grey allowed six hits across four innings but limited the damage to those two runs.

A passed ball in the bottom of the fifth allowed the Mets to regain the advantage. Nick Meyer singled, stole two bases and scored the run with two outs in the inning for a 3-2 Mets lead.

With one out in the ninth, Jose Peraza lifted a ball into shallow right field that was mishandled by Blankenhorn. The miscue allowed him to reach second base. Down to their final out in the game, Oswald Peraza fought off a tough pitch on his hands to find the right field grass, scoring Jose Peraza to tie the game at three.

Syracuse walked off the ball game in the home half of the tenth. With two outs and Quinn Brodey as the ghost runner standing at third, a fly ball to left was mishandled by Ryan LaMarre as the Mets found their first victory of the young season by a 4-3 final.

Shelby Miller (0-1) was saddled with the loss. Anthony Vizcaya (1-0) shut down the top of the tenth and earned the win. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre's four game winning streak was snapped.

The two will meet for the finale on Sunday afternoon at 1:05 PM. Matt Krook (1-0) takes the ball for the RailRiders for his second start of the series. All the action can be heard on swbrailriders.com starting with the RailRiders pre-game show at 12:45 p.m.

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Record:

4-1

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