IL1 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders

SWB Game Notes

Published on April 13, 2013 under International League (IL1)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders News Release


RAIN KINGS: The RailRiders have been rained out for three straight days including their Wednesday rubber match at home with Rochester and each of the last two nights in Buffalo. Today, the teams are set to play a pair of seven-inning games with another doubleheader scheduled for tomorrow, also at 1:05 p.m.

LAST TIME OUT: The RailRiders did not know a deficit on their series with Rochester until the latest of stages on Tuesday night. In the middle match of their three-game set, the visiting Red Wings grabbed their first lead in the ninth when reigning IL Player of the Week Chris Colabello homered off of Mark Montgomery (0-1). His third homer of the year proved the difference in a 2-1 SWB loss.

SEVENTH HEAVEN: SWB starter Vidal Nuno sizzled in his second start of the year. The lefty tossed a career-high-tying seven frames and yielded just one run on three hits while walking none and whiffing six. But the single score came on a long ball as well in the form of Brandon Boggs' second of the season. Opponents have gone just 6-for-42 (.143) against Nuno, but five of those hits have gone for extra bases including two homers. Fellow southpaws are 1-for-14 against the RailRiders' Opening Day man.

THAT'S A START: RailRiders' starters entered the Rochester series with a 6.06 ERA and seven walks over 16.1 innings. Chris Bootcheck, making his first minor league start since June 30, 2011, bucked that trend considerably on Monday. Featuring a strong breaking ball, the tall right-hander scattered five hits over five scoreless frames and did not yield a single walk while whiffing four. After Nuno's effort on Tuesday, SWB's starters allowed just one run and no walks over 12.0 innings on the Rochester series for a 0.75 ERA.

NO SUCH RELIEF: Through six games, the 1-5 RailRiders have been outhomered 7-1 with five of the round-trippers coming against relievers in 26.2 innings of work. All of the homers the relief corps has surrendered have come in the eighth inning or later. While the starting staff boasts a 3.81 ERA, the relievers have combined to post a gaudy 7.09 mark.

IT FEELS LIKE THE ROMINE: The only multi-hit effort on the SWB side of Tuesday's ledger came courtesy of catcher Austin Romine. The ranked prospect singled twice and scored the team's lone run. He has played in each of the team's six games, hitting a team-best .389 (7-for-18) with three walks for a .476 OBP. He has posted multiple hits in back-to-back games for the first time since July 26-27, 2012 while rehabbing with Advanced-A Tampa. He had never before turned the trick at the Triple-A level.

STRUGGLING SLUGGING: Extra-base hits continue to elude SWB. Addison Maruszak's seventh-inning double was the lone such hit last time out. Through six games, just seven of the RailRiders' 41 hits have gone for extra bases. That adds up to the IL's worst slugging percentage at .255. Only one team in all of full-season MiLB (120 teams) has a worse number at the start of the day - Low-A Dayton in the Midwest League (Reds, .249).

RISPY BUSINESS: The RailRiders (0-for-7) and Red Wings (0-for-4) combined to go 0-for-11 with men in scoring position on Tuesday. SWB has gone a collective 13-for-62 (.210) with runners in prime real estate, good for fourth-worst in the IL.

WALK ON: Corban Joseph drew two of the team's four walks on Tuesday. The RailRiders own the IL's third-worst team batting average (.209) on the exceedingly young year, leading only Toledo (.190) and Louisville (.205). However, no IL unit has drawn more walks per game (6.2) than SWB. In fact, the other 13 clubs entered the day with an average of 3.8 walks/game. Those free passes help elevate the team's OBP to .336, good for seventh in the 14-team loop.

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