IL1 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders

Severino Tosses Career Outing in RailRiders Win

Published on June 21, 2015 under International League (IL1)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders News Release


Allentown, Pa. - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (Triple-A/New York Yankees) jumped out to an early seven-run lead and cruised to an 8-2 victory behind a dominant Luis Severino on Sunday afternoon. The Railriders (41-30) claimed two-of-three from the Lehigh Valley IronPigs (27-45) at Coca-Cola Park to earn their fourth consecutive series triumph.

Severino (3-0) hurled a career-best 7.2 innings while striking out seven against no walks. He yielded two unearned runs on four hits. Chad Billingsley (2-2) was hit hard in his second rehab start for the IronPigs. The right-hander surrendered seven runs, five earned, on seven hits before he was lifted with two out in the third.

The RailRiders started on time for the second straight game. Kyle Roller crushed a moonshot to the right of the batter's eye beyond center that scored Ben Gamel and Jose Pirela for a 3-0 advantage.

Gamel followed with a two-run blast down the right field line in the second inning for a 5-0 advantage. A pair of fielding errors by Lehigh Valley sandwiched two outs. Nick Noonan and Rob Segedin delivered consecutive run-scoring hits to pad the score at 7-0.

Lehigh Valley scratched across two runs in the sixth on a force play and sacrifice fly before Noonan scored on a wild pitch in the seventh to end the scoring.

OFF THE RAILS:

- The RailRiders finished the road trip 4-2 and have won 17 of their 20 away from PNC Field

- SWB leads the "IronRail Series" with Lehigh Valley 4-2

- In winning their last four series, the RailRiders have gone 10-3

- Ben Gamel and Rob Segedin finished with three hits apiece

- Gamel owns a team-best 24 multi-hit games

- Tyler Webb finished the game by retiring all four batters he faced

- Roller's home run was his team-leading 10th and ties him for the third most in the IL

The boys of SWB return home for a seven-game homestand on Monday night at 7:05 p.m. The Louisville Bats (Cincinnati Reds) make their only trip to PNC Field this summer for a four-game series. Right-hander Kyle Davies (5-4, 4.50) is scheduled to face right-hander Dylan Axelrod (3-5, 4.44). The first 2,500 fans in attendance for the RaiRiders game on Saturday, June 27, against the Buffalo Bisons will receive a Rob Refsnyder bobblehead, presented by Keystone Sanitary Landfill. For more information please call (570) 969-BALL (2255) or visit swbrailriders.com.

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