IL Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders

SWB Game Notes - July 23

Published on July 23, 2023 under International League (IL)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders News Release


Worcester Red Sox (52-42, 13-6) vs Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (44-48, 10-8)

Game 93 | Home Game 48 | PNC Field | Moosic, PA | Sunday, July 23, 2023 | First Pitch 1:05 PM

RHP Brian Van Belle (1-1, 6.30) vs RHP Mitch Spence (7-5, 4.56)

FIELDING FAUX PAS - The two teams combined for eight total errors throughout the course of the last two contests. RailRiders have committed a total of 84 errors on the season, while. Worcester leads the International League at 91. They had three errors in Friday's game which ties the most against the home team this summer. Andres Chaparro has the most with 13 and Bobby Dalbec for Worcester with 10. Visalia leads all of Minor League Baseball with 132 errors.

HOMER HEAVEN The RailRiders are the first team in Minor League Baseball to hit 150 home runs on the season and have 155 this season. Worcester has totaled 139 as a team. The New York Yankees have amassed 139, and the Atlanta Braves have the most with 185. 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-one, while six players are in double digits.

BAUERS BOMB: Last night on a Major League rehab assignment, Jake Bauers hit a home run for his 11th with the RailRiders. This was his second in his rehab appearance where he has recorded seven hits in three contests. Before being placed on the Injured List, Bauers played 49 games with New York with 30 hits including seven homers.

AUSTIN ARRIVES: Yankees #2 prospect Austin Wells received the call up to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre yesterday and got his first Triple-A hit. After beginning the season on the injured list with a rib fracture, he played five games of rehab in Tampa before reporting to Somerset. In Double-A, he played in 58 games for a .237 average with 54 hits. The lefty has 14 doubles and 11 homers with a team-high 50 runs batted in.

SEVENTH MONTH STRONG: Andres Chaparro is off to a stellar start in the month of July. He has played a team-high fifteen games with a .333 batting average. The righty has totaled 19 hits, including five doubles and four home runs. He has batted in 19 runs and scored ten of his own. Chaparro is looking to build back up after a tough month of June where he batted .193 in 24 games.

PEREIRA'S POWER: Everson Pereira has really impressed as the Yankees #4 prospect in Triple-A snapped his hitting streak at 11-games yesterday. He had also had four of multi-hit and five multi-RBI. Pereira has batted in 13 runs and scored 11 on 17 hits. 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 making his debut last night. 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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