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May 18, 2015 - International League (IL1)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders News Release


BROOMING OF THE BULLS: The RailRiders completed a 4-game sweep of Durham on Sunday with a 5-0 win. It was the first sweep for SWB at the DBAP since 2012, when the club was known as the SWB Yankees. The last 4-game sweep for the RailRiders came at Pawtucket, August 15-18, 2014.

GLAD YOU COULD JOIN US: LHP Miguel Sulbaran won his Triple-A debut and tossed five scoreless innings. Counting seven starts with Double-A Trenton, teams Sulbaran starts for have gone 7-1 this year.

THE MOUNTAIN: Kyle Roller clubbed his team-leading seventh homer of the year. Six of his round-trippers have come over his last 16 games. Roller has gone consecutive games with a long ball and sits tied with Syracuse's Ian Stewart for the most in the IL.

YOU DOWN WITH OBP?: Rob Refsnyder sanwiched a single with a pair of home runs as he extended the IL's best active on-base streak to 19 games. His run started in game two of the April 25 doubleheader versus Pawtucket. In that time, he has hit .385 while posting an OBP of .448 and 13 of his 16 RBIs. His 11 doubles had him second in the IL. Refsnyder has crushed in 16 road games (.353/.413/.544/.957) compared to his 17 home contests (.254/.306/.313/.619).

A FEAT NOT SEEN SINCE...: Refsnyder's two-homer game was his first since he went yard twice in a game with the Charleston RiverDogs on August 23, 2012. Entering Sunday, Refsnyder owned a 52-game homerless drought. He took the Bulls' Everett Teaford deep twice in the span of two at-bats.

GET OFF MY LAWN: Durham struggled to get on base in the series. The RailRiders limited the Bulls to a .210 team average and .276 OBP. Durham hit 2-for-28 (.071) with runners in scoring position.

THE PEN IS MIGHTIER: SWB reliever stifled the Bulls, allowing just one earned run (two total) across 18IP for a 0.50 ERA. The bullpenners combined for 23 strikeouts in the series while issuing only five walks.

GOING ON AN EGG HUNT: The RailRiders earned their second shutout victory of the season. Their last came on April 18 at Syracuse. Kyle Davies (5.0) combined with Danny Burawa (2.1) and Tyler Webb (1.2) to blank the Chiefs that day. Lehigh Valley is the only IL team without a shutout win.

GETTIN' FIGGY WITH IT: Figueroa went 2-for-4 with an RBI doubleon Saturday. He went 4-for-9 with three doubles and two RBIs against his former club. He is the IL's hardest man to strike out with a plate appearance-to-strikeout ratio of 24.8:1.

THREE FOR THE SHOW: Today, the RailRiders will try to lift their record to three games above .500 for the first time since the 2014 squad was 27-24 after a 6-5 win at Louisville on May 28.

ONE-RUN FUN: SWB improved to 9-4 in one-run games.

MAN OF THE HOUR: The International League named Rob Refsnyder the circuit's Batter of the Week for May 11-17 after the second baseman hit .400 with a league-best six extra-base hits and 22 total bases. He hit safely in all seven games played. It is his first such honor at the Triple-A level.

A TOUGH KNIGHT: Since going 7-1 against Charlotte in 2013, the RaiRiders are 4-8 against the White Sox's top satellite. The clubs split a 4-game series at BB&T Ballpark. The Knights took three-of-four in their last visit to PNC Field.

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