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May 16, 2013 - International League (IL1)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders News Release


TRAIN WRECK: The RailRiders' most lopsided loss of the season, a 10-2 final in Tuesday's series opener at Toledo, was certainly deflating. But that was nothing compared to what happened on Wednesday morning in a 12-11 see-saw loss to the host Mud Hens. SWB blew a 5-0 lead and three advantages in total as Toledo scored the game's last four runs. The RailRiders have dropped four straight and six of eight, while the Mud Hens own their first three-game winning streak of 2013.

BIRTHDAY BOY: David Adams, the team's usual two-hole hitter, turned 26 on Wednesday. He did not play. After the game, the New York Yankees announced they had signed Adams to a Major League contract and selected him to the team's 25-man roster from SWB. He made his MLB debut as the starting third baseman for the Bombers, batting sixth in the order. In the sixth inning, he singled off right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma for his first big league hit.

MARSHALL LAW: In addition to Adams, right-hander Brett Marshall made his big league debut with 5.2 innings of relief against the Mariners. Marshall and Adams joined Preston Claiborne, Corban Joseph, Vidal Nuno and Austin Romine as non-rehabbers that advanced from SWB to the Bronx this season. Technically, Alberto Gonzalez was on the RailRiders' roster before he received his promotion to the Yankees, but he did not play for SWB this season. Adams, Claiborne, Joseph, Marshall and Nuno had no big league time before 2013.

NEAL DEAL: Thomas Neal batted second with Adams absent and reached base five times in six plate appearances. He finished the game 3-for-4 with a walk, a bruise and two runs scored. His season-long batting average now stands at .329. It marks his first three-hit game of the campaign.

ZOI-OUS RETURN: Zoilo Almonte returned to his usual third position in the order after a single-day aberration in the sixth slot. He posted a pair of hits including his team-best 10th double. His three RBIs lifted his team-leading total to 23.

SWING AND A MISS: The RailRiders struck out a season-worst 16 times in 41 team at-bats. Both Melky Mesa and Luke Murton wore golden sombreros with four apiece. Mesa became the third man in the minors to reach 60 whiffs on the season. Murton was down 0-2 in the count during his fifth plate appearance, but worked a walk against Jess Todd (1-2) to avoid the platinum sombrero.

MOVING ON UP: Dan Johnson hit his fourth home run and lifted his average over the Mendoza line for the first time since he was 1-for-4 on Opening Night. He went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, his (at the time) league-leading 30th walk and scored twice. He became the 10th man in the minors to reach 30 free passes on the season.

GOING TO EXTREMES: For the second straight day, the RailRiders allowed a season-high run total. The Mud Hens entered the series hitting a league-worst .220 while averaging 3.26 runs/game. They have plated 22 runs through two games on the series while hitting .389 (28-for-72) including 10 extra-base hits. The five-run lead lost makes for the biggest bulge blown by the RailRiders on the season. The game also included a season-worst 16 hits allowed.

DAS BOOT: Former Toledo All-Star closer Chris Bootcheck had allowed five runs in 36 innings on the season before he was charged with eight over his three-plus innings yesterday. The league's then-ERA leader saw his 1.25 mark rise to 3.00. The RailRiders lost for the first time in his seven starts. Each of the seven runs scored against Bootcheck in the second inning crossed with two outs.

OFF THE RAILS: At 3:37, Wednesday morning was the longest nine-inning game for the RailRiders since a 13-8 win at Gwinnett on July 21, 2012 took 3:38...The paid crowd of 9,054 for the school-kid special marks the largest crowd to see the RailRiders play all season...It just surpassed the previous high of 8,875 that attended the RailRiders' May 8 home game against Indianapolis...SWB fell to 2-8 against IL West squads (1-3 vs. IND; 1-3 vs. COL)...Danny Dorn has seven RBIs in two games on the series...He leads the Mud Hens in homers (8) and RBIs (26).

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