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Published on April 23, 2022 under International League (IL)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders News Release

BUFFALO, NY - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders won their second straight game against the Buffalo Bisons on Friday night by a 7-4 final at Sahlen Field. José Peraza and Greg Bird homered in the RailRiders' victory.

Peraza got the RailRiders on the board in the second inning. His first home run of the season sailed over the left center field wall. after an error plated a run in the third, Bird launched a no-doubt home run to the parking lot in right field for his second long ball of the season. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre jumped out to a 6-0 lead before surrendering a lone run in the third on a single.

Matt Krook made his first start at Sahlen Field in his career. The left hander allowed just one run in his first four innings. However, Krook could not get out of the fifth after walking four. Two runs scored in the inning to make a 7-3 game. Zach Greene relieved Krook. He struck out four in a clean 1.2 innings while earning a win (2-0).

After SWB added one more, Buffalo made the game close with three runs across the final five innings but couldn't finish their comeback bid. Greg Weissert recorded the final five outs for his second save of the season. Bisons' starter Nick Allgeyer (1-1) was charged with all seven runs (six earned) in four innings and took the loss.

The RailRiders and Bisons will wrap up the series on Sunday afternoon at 1:05 PM. Manny Bañuelos will make his second start of the season for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. All the action can be heard on swbrailriders.com.

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Record:

7-9

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