IL Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders

SWB Game Notes - August 6

Published on August 6, 2023 under International League (IL)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders News Release


Rochester Red Wings (51-54, 17-15) vs Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (49-55, 15-15)

Game 106 | Home Game 55 | PNC Field | Moosic, PA | Sunday, August 6, 2023 | First Pitch 1:05 PM

RHP Jackson Rutledge (1-0, 5.19) vs RHP Zach Greene (1-0, 4.50)

DOUBLE DIGIT K's- The RailRiders pitching staff has combined for 63 strikeouts in five games with 15 K's in the first two contests and 14 total last night. Yesterday, Mitch Spence tied a career high strikeout count with nine in his start. Spencer Howard and Zach Houston each added two and Michael Gomez had one of his own. Impressively, the team has only issued 16 free passes via 14 walks and two hit by pitches.

FARM SYSTEM FEATS- The Yankees farm system spans across seven different teams with two in the Dominican. Matt Bowman leads all arms with 36 appearances on the season. Andres Chaparro has the most games played with 97 and the most runs batted in with 69 under his belt. Mitch Spence is second in innings pitched with 113.1 IP to Richard Fitts with 113.2 tossed.

BOWMAN'S BEST- Matt Bowman has had two saves this series to total four saves this season. He pitched two innings of clean work racking up three strikeouts. The righty has faced just three batters each inning with 19 pitches on Tuesday and 15 offerings on Thursday.

ZAC ATTACK- Zac Houston had another scoreless outing last night to total four consecutive clean innings of work. On Tuesday, Houston struck out all six batters that he faced. Last night, he added two more in his count for a total of 17 in Triple-A compared to just four walks.

THE MCALLISTER RETURN- Zach McAllister returns to the RailRiders staff after pitching for the team in part of 2010. He compiled eight wins for a 5.09 ERA in 24 starts. The righty had 132.2 innings of work with 38 walks and 88 strikeouts. The last game McAllister pitched in for SWB was August 17 before being traded to Cleveland's system for Austin Kearns as the player to be named later.

WEISSERT WAYS- Greg Weissert pitched an inning of clean work last night to up his season-high scoreless streak to five innings of work dating back to July 27. In the month of July, the righty made seven appearances for a 3.52 earned run average.

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 .306 on the season with 83 hits in 77 games. He has hit 15 homers. The most he has ever had in a summer was 19 back in 2018. Since June 1st, Westbrook is batting .379 with more walks (26) than strikeouts (18). With SWB he mainly plays second and third base, but has also appeared in left field twice.

CORDERO CLICKS -Franchy Cordero has been a bright spot in the RailRiders lineup splitting time with the team and in New York. In 44 games with SWB, Cordero is hitting .333 with eight home runs and 39 runs batted in. He has played 24 games with the Yankees batt .188 after a blistering start in April.

ANOTHER YEAR DOWN - The RailRiders two August birthdays on the calendar. On August 15th, reliever Michael Gomez celebrates his 27th birthday. His teammate Zach Greene will as well on August 25th.

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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