IL Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders

SWB Game Notes - August 2

August 2, 2023 - International League (IL)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders News Release


Rochester Red Wings (49-52, 15-13) vs Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (47-53, 13-13)

Game 101 | Home Game 51 | PNC Field | Moosic, PA | Wednesday, August 2, 2023 | First Pitch 6:35 PM

RHP Jose Urena (1-2, 6.03) vs RHP Randy Vasquez (2-8, 5.04)

BIG K DAY- Yesterday the pitching staff combined to strikeout a season-high 15 batters. It was the fourth time in a nine-inning contest they did this, and fifth with extras. The team took the win each time arms accumulated this many punchies. In his Triple-A debut, Edgar Barclay recorded three as the starter. Zac Houston struck out all six batters that he faced. Michael Gomez had one of his best outings of the season with five K's in three innings. Matt Bowman added one more in the ninth.

LONG BALL LONELY - Scranton/Wilkes-Barre has hit home runs in all but 20 games this season, including yesterday night. It was just their fifth win of the summer without hitting a ball over the fence.

RUNNING AWAY - Last night, the RailRiders stole five total bases including two from Brandon Lockridge. It was the 4th time this season that they have snagged a full handful. They have combined for 112 total steals, with 19 as a high for Estevan Florial. Last season the team set a record with 172 snags led by 39 from Flo.

WESTBROOK'S WORKING - Jamie Westbrook is well on his way to producing career numbers with the RailRilders. The righty has upped his batting average to .305 on the season with 79 hits in 73 games. On Sunday, he had his 15th home run of the season. The most he has ever had in a summer was 19 back in 2018. Since June, Westbrook is batting .384 witth more walks (22) than strikeouts (15). With SWB he mainly plays second and third, but has also appeared in left field.

HITTING HOMERS- The RailRiders are now second in Triple-A with 164 to the Las Vegas Aviators. Rochester has the third least in Triple-A with just 102 as a team. The New York Yankees have amassed 146, and the Atlanta Braves are the first team to 206. The RailRiders have launched a half a dozen homers in two contests in this season. The team homered 20 times in a week against Charlotte, topping the 16 they hit last season against Omaha. Estevan Florial leads the team with twenty-three, while six players are in double digits.

PEREIRA'S POWER: Everson Pereira has really impressed as the Yankees #4 prospect in Triple-A, batting .329 in 19 games played. He has had eight of multi-hit and seven multi-RBI contests. Pereira has batted in 22 runs on 27 hits, including 5 doubles and 5 homers. The righty has played all three outfield positions. In Somerset, Pereira was batting .291 in 46 total games. There Pereira had 10 doubles and 10 homers.

LEADING THE CHARGE - The RailRiders have had nine different first basemen this season, with Jake Lamb being the latest. Andres Chaparro leads the way with Billy McKinney following shortly thereafter. Catchers Rodolfo Duran and Carlos Narvaez have turned into regulars in the corner. Mickey Gasper, Jake Bauers, Franchy Cordero and Max Burt have defended there as well.

ATOP THE YANKS FARM - The RailRiders will showcase top prospects, catcher, Austin Wells (#2 per MLB prospect rankings in the Yankees system) and outfielder Everson Periera (#4) in his first Triple-A season. Will Warren (#7) , Randy Vasquez (#12), and Clayton Beeter (#13) are set to be essential parts of the starting rotation after also making their debuts with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre this summer.

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