IL1 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders

Red Wings Best RailRiders, 5-2

June 20, 2013 - International League (IL1)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders News Release


Rochester, N.Y. - Kyle Gibson allowed one unearned run over seven strong innings en route to his team-leading seventh win as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (New York Yankees) fell to the Rochester Red Wings (Minnesota Twins) at Frontier Field on Thursday night, 5-2. The RailRiders (32-40) have hit the halfway point of their 144-game season. Rochester, which began the year 2-11 for its worst start since at least 1940, sits a win away from the .500 mark (37-38). The Red Wings have not been at sea level since concluding 2012 at 72-72.

Starter David Huff (3-2), still getting stretched out after relieving most of the season with two different organizations, lasted 4.1 innings. He allowed three runs on seven hits including Chris Colabello's 15th home run. He entered the night without a walk in three outings as a RailRider. He walked three on Thursday and two of those men eventually came around to score.

The first run came in the third when Deibinson Romero worked a one-out walk and took third on a Colabello single. Jeff Clement then chopped what looked to be a double play ball to Alberto Gonzalez. But the shortstop had trouble with the ball initially and got just one out at first as Romero scored.

A four-pitch free pass to Chris Hermann started the fifth. Two batters later, Colabello had his blast to left. Another walk to Clement followed, but Chase Whitley stranded his hand-me-down man by inducing a double play from Dan Rohlfing. The Red Wings made it 5-0 the next inning on an Eric Farris sac fly and Romero's two-out RBI single.

Outside of J.R. Murphy's first-inning double, the RailRiders failed to get a man beyond first or on with less than two outs until the seventh against Gibson. Wednesday's hero Cody Grice singled with one down in the seventh and took third when Addison Maruszak reached on a Romero error. Gonzalez delivered an RBI double to get his team on the board, but Gibson (7-5) rebounded with consecutive groundouts to leave men at second and third.

Former Rochester star Randy Ruiz bombed his second homer as a RailRider to make it 5-2 in the eighth. Ranked prospect Michael Tonkin walked one in a scoreless ninth for his fourth save.

The RailRiders return home for their final June home games as the Norfolk Tides (Baltimore Orioles) come to town. The three-day, four-game series begins with a single affair on Friday night at 7:05 p.m. Ivan Nova (2-0, 2.04) gets the ball for SWB against fellow righty Jair Jurrjens (4-4, 3.82). Norfolk has lost nine in a row and 11 of 12. John Sadak and Andrew Kappes will be on the call with pregame coverage starting at 6:05 p.m. on NEPA Sports Radio - The GAME, Northeast PA's largest sports radio network: 100.7 FM, 1340 WYCK-AM, 1400 WICK-AM, 1440 WCDL-AM and 106.7 FM.

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