IL Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders

RailRiders Top Tides, 10-2

July 15, 2023 - International League (IL)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders News Release


NORFOLK, VA - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders toppled the Norfolk Tides 10-2 on Saturday night at Harbor Park. All nine RailRiders hitters had at least one hit to even this three-game set with one game to go.

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre opened the scoring in top of the first. Oswald Peraza doubled and scored on a single from Ben Rortvedt.

The RailRiders sent eight to the plate in the second to build a 6-0 advantage. Michael Hermosillo was hit by a pitch and Wilmer Difo walked to start the inning. Estevan Florial doubled in Hermosillo before an Everson Pereira double plated both Difo and Florial for a 4-0 lead. Andres Chaparro hit a 1-0 offering from Norfolk starter Garrett Stallings 397 feet to left to extend the lead.

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre tacked on a pair in the fourth. Jamie Westbrook led off the inning with a double and scored when Hermosillo reached on an error. After a groundout moved Hermosillo to third, a Florial sac fly brought in the eighth run of the night.

In the fifth, Westbrook and Hermosillo again jump started the offense. Westbrook worked a walk and scored from first on a double to the left field corner by Hermosillo for a 9-0 lead.

Clayton Beeter got the nod for the RailRiders, one week removed from an appearance in the MLB Futures Game. The right-hander held the Tides scoreless on two hits and one walk with six strikeouts over 4.1 innings of work.

Norfolk broke up the shutout bid with a run in the fifth and added one more in the seventh inning against the RailRiders bullpen.

In the top of the ninth, Jake Lamb doubled to left-center and scored on a single by Westbrook to cap the scoring at 10-2.

Deivi Garcia (2-1) earned the win with 1.2 innings of relief in back of Beeter. Stallings (1-2) took the loss for the Tides, allowing the first six runs on six hits over two innings.

Chaparro paced SWB with three hits, falling just a triple shy of a cycle. Florial, Pereira and Chaparro drove in two runs apiece.

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and Norfolk close their season-set Sunday afternoon at 4:05 P.M. Mitch Spence gets the call for the RailRiders against the Tides and Bruce Zimmermann. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre is home again on July 18 against the Worcester Red Sox to start a six-game homestand. For more information on the upcoming series or to purchase tickets, visit www.swbrailriders.com.

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Record:

Second Half: 8-4

Overall: 42-44

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