IL1 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders

SWB Game Notes

Published on April 27, 2017 under International League (IL1)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders News Release


ABOUT LAST NIGHT: Right-hander Luis Cessa weaved together 6.2 innings of one-run baseball and the RailRiders rallied past the Louisville Bats, 4-1, on Wednesday night at PNC Field. The RailRiders own a 3-2 season-series edge against the Bats.

PITCHING LINES: The Bats' only run against Cessa came in the fifth on a run-producing triple by Juan Perez. Cessa scattered nine hits over his outing and struck out one without allowing a walk. Tyler Webb (2-0) took home the win after retiring the only batter he faced. Ernesto Frieri fired a perfect ninth for his third save.

CALL IT A COMEBACK: SWB took control against reliever Alejandro Chacin (0-2) in the seventh. Ruben Tejada blooped a single to right that scored Ji-Man Choi from third and Tyler Wade followed with what proved to be the game-winning hit. The shortstop lined a single to center that plated Mason Williams. Williams would score a second time in the eighth, crossing with Rob Refsnyder on a double to left-center by Mark Payton that capped the scoring.

YOUNG GUNS: Wade Clint Frazier and Dustin Fowler, the RailRiders' usual 1-2-3 hitters early this season, are all 22 years old. The IL's mean-average age for position players early this season stands a shade under 27.

LOOK OUT BELOW: Double-A Trenton (12-7, 1st) notched a doubleheader sweep and a series sweep of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Toronto Blue Jays)...Game 1 was a 3-0 victory that turned in the fifth...With a man at first and one out, Billy Fleming bounced a grounder to third...Tim Lopes fielded it and threw wildly to second base for two on with one out...After Francisco Diaz struck out, Rashad Crawford drilled a home run to right field for a 3-0 lead...It was the first of the season and the first of his Double-A career, one year after hitting five homers in Advanced-A...Yefry Ramirez got the start and ran into his pitch limit one out away from the complete-game shutout, and he turned the ball over to Matt Wotherspoon to polish off the combined 3-0 shutout...Game two was a back-and-forth affair decided when Fleming homered with one out in the top of the seventh inning for a 4-3 win...Cale Coshow entered and finished off a scoreless bottom of the seventh in for his sixth save of the season, inducing a groundball to shortstop with the bases loaded...Advanced-A Tampa (8-12, 6th, -6.0) fell to Clearwater (Philadelphia Phillies), 7-5...Starter Domingo Acevedo (0-3) allowed three earned runs on 10 hits in five innings, striking out six without surrendering a walk and throwing 62 of 83 pitches for strikes...The rehabbing Didi Gregorius (2-for-4, BB, RBI, SB) reached base three times in his fifth game of his rehab assignment with the T-Yanks, including his first stolen base...The 27-year-old played all nine innings at shortstop and is now batting .444 (8-for-18, HR, 2B, BB, 2RBI, R)...Jorge Mateo (3-for-5, 2R) recorded his second three-hit game of the season...Low-A Charleston (11-10, 4th, -3.5) dropped a day-game series finale to West Virginia (Pittsburgh Pirates), 3-2...Hoy Jun Park tripled and later came around to score to tie the ballgame at two apiece in the top of the seventh inning...Park's triple, his first of the season, was part of a 3-for-4 day at the plate for the 21-year-old who carried the RiverDogs offense...Charleston collected just five total hits in the ballgame, and was unable to complete its first series sweep of the season. CATCH IT HERE: PNC Field will host the 2017 Gildan Triple-A National Championship Game on Sept. 19 at 7:07 p.m. For tickets or more information, please call 570-969-BALL (2255) or visit swbrailriders.com. The RailRiders claimed the franchise's second-ever Governors' Cup as IL champs and the team's first-ever Triple-A national title with a win over El Paso in 2016.

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