IL1 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders

SWB Game Notes

Published on June 11, 2013 under International League (IL1)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders News Release


RAINRIDERS: Last night's contest between the RailRiders and Bisons was rained out, prompting tonight's twinbill. The RailRiders have been postponed 10 times this season due to weather, including three home dates. The RailRiders and Bisons have had as many rainouts in their season series (4) as they have had actual games. SWB is 3-0-2 in double-dips, sweeping each of its last three (at Charlotte twice, at Gwinnett) after splitting its first two (at Buffalo, vs. Syracuse). Dave Miley's squad still has twinbills looming at Buffalo (July 13 and August 8); versus Rochester (June 17); and at Syracuse (June 26).

SUNDAY NOT-SO-FUNDAY: A four-spot in the first was all the visiting Buffalo Bisons needed for a 4-1 defeat of the RailRiders on Sunday afternoon.

TICKET TIME: Sunday's announced attendance of 7,154 made for back-to-back SWB games with more tickets sold than hard seats available (7,115). The season-long total stands at five. The SWB franchise had not had consecutive fixed-seat sellouts since August of 2010.

TRUMPED ACE: SWB wins leader Chris Bootcheck had held left-handed hitters to a .188 average and three extra-base hits all season. With five southpaw swingers and a switch-hitter in their nine, the Bisons totaled four runs on five hits in the first inning against the RailRiders' season-long ace. That big inning included three extra-base hits by lefties, all of whom came around to score.

BATTLING BACK: Following the first, Bootcheck fired six scoreless innings with four of his five strikeouts. He had not endured many opening-inning difficulties before Sunday. In fact, the run total he allowed in that first frame (4) matched what he had surrendered in his prior 10 first innings on the season. He went at least seven innings for the second time in 2013. The only other RailRider to post multiple outings of seven or more frames is set to pitch tonight for Buffalo's parent club. Chien-Ming Wang starts for Toronto in Chicago against the White Sox.

ALL GOOD THINGS: Addison Maruszak lost his season-long hitting streak at 11 games with an 0-for-3 showing on Sunday. During his string of success, he hit .368 (14-for-38) with four doubles, one triple, one homer, seven RBIs and nine runs scored. He lifted his season-long contact clip from .194 on May 17 to .245. Before the streak, he had not owned an average that good since May 7. He fell one game short of Zoilo Almonte's 12-gamer from April 25-May 7 for the team's best 2013 hit streak. Maruszak entered Sunday tied for the IL's second-longest active streak. Jackie Bradley, Jr., who was optioned back to Pawtucket Saturday, returned to the IL with a hit on Sunday to stretch his streak to 13. The PawSox were rained out last night. Gwinnett's Tyler Pastornicky also lost an 11-game string on Sunday.

OFFENSE OF LATE: In losing three straight, the RailRiders have scored seven runs while hitting just .160 (15-for-94) with three extra-base hits. SWB ranks 13th in the 14-team IL in team batting average (.246) and runs/game (4.16). Toledo is last in both categories (.245/4.14). The team has not won three in a row since sweeping the Charlotte/Gwinnett road trip from April 29-May 5 when it went 8-0. The RailRiders have lost 20 of their last 27 (.259) and stand a season-worst seven games below .500. They have scored two or fewer runs in eight of those 20 losses.

FELIZ CUMPLEA=D1OS: Zoilo Almonte turned 24 yesterday. The first-year Triple-A man paces SWB with 34 RBIs. His .278 average ranks fifth-best on the Yankees' farm. His bat has proven clutch as his contact clip surges to .306 with men on and .348 with men on and two outs. He had half of SWB's four hits Sunday for his team co-leading 17th multi-hit game.

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