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June 24, 2019 - International League (IL1)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders News Release


SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE RAILRIDERS (44-29) @ ROCHESTER RED WINGS (34-39)

RHP Randall Delgado (1-2, 5.19) vs. RHP Sean Poppen (4-0, 1.55)

| Game No. 74 | Frontier Field | Rochester, NY | June 24, 2019 | First Pitch 7:05 p.m. |

MOOSIC, PA (June 23, 2019) -- Behind a Logan Morrison home run, a franchise record fourth-straight game with a homer, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders defeated the Durham Bulls 11-4 Sunday afternoon at PNC Field.

The RailRiders trailed early, entering the bottom of the fourth inning down 4-1. Kyle Higashioka singled to begin the inning and then stood at second base with two outs following a groundout. Ryan McBroom walked on five pitches from Aaron Slegers who entered out of the bullpen to begin the frame. Morrison came to bat as the tying run, and not only tied the game 4-4, but tied a franchise record as well with a homer. It was the fourth straight game in which he homered, becoming just the third player in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre history to homer in four consecutive games. He joins Tomas Perez (May 24-27, 2000) and Tom Marsh (May 2-5, 1993) in the SWB record books.

The three-run fourth inning began a stretch of seven unanswered runs by the RailRiders between the fourth and sixth innings that saw them go from trailing 4-1 to taking an 8-4 lead. That scoring was capped by Billy Burns' RBI double with two outs in the sixth inning to score Morrison and put the game well in-hand for the RailRiders pitching staff. The scoring for the day wrapped up in the bottom of the eighth inning when Burns connected for his second homer of the year, a three-run poke into the RailRiders bullpen in left field to make it 11-4.

MATCHING HISTORY: INF Logan Morrison enters Monday's series-opener against the Rochester Red Wings with a home run in four consecutive games, including a pivotal game-tying, three-run homer Sunday in the bottom of the 4th inning to erase a 4-1 deficit. It was the fourth straight game in which he homered, becoming just the third player in the 30-year history of Scranton/Wilkes-Barre baseball to homer in four consecutive games. He joins Tomas Perez (May 24-27, 2000) and Tom Marsh (May 2-5, 1993) in the SWB record books.

HIGH-WATER MARK: The RailRiders knocked off the Norfolk Tides 7-6 last Wednesday night in Norfolk to improve to 38-25 (.603) and stay percentage points ahead of the Durham Bulls (39-26, .600) for the best record in the league. Since then, the RailRiders have gone 6-4 to improve to 15 games over .500, and after taking 2-of-3 games from the Durham Bulls they enter the new week one game behind Durham for the best record in the International League.

MAKING THEIR MOVE: From the desk of the Syracuse Mets' Donny Baseball -- Early in the season, the International League North Division was controlled by the red-hot Lehigh Valley IronPigs who raced out to a 18-9 start. However, entering May 19th, the Syracuse Mets (24-17) were in first place in the I.L. North Division by 1.5 games over the RailRiders (21-17). Since that date, the standings have looked like this in the division to push the RailRiders into first place by 6.5 games:

SWB 24-12 (.667)

Buffalo 23-14 (.622)

Rochester 20-16 (.556)

Pawtucket 17-19 (.472)

Lehigh Valley 14-20 (.412) *16-29 (.356) since their 18-9 start

Syracuse 12-22 (.353)

ON PACE: The RailRiders have a number of players at the midway point of the season who are locked-in on setting a new career-high in home runs in a season

Mike Ford: 16 HR (Career-High: 20 HR, 2017)

Ryan McBroom: 16 HR (Career-High: 22 HR, 2016)

Trey Amburgey: 11 HR (Career-High: 16 HR, 2018)

Breyvic Valera: 9 HR (Career-High: 9 HR, 2018)

Gosuke Katoh: 7 HR (Career-High)

MORE POWER: Logan Morrison homered in the 7th inning Thursday night and became the sixth member of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders to record double-digit homers this season. He added his 11th and 12th of the season in the first two games of the series against Durham and has joined Mike Ford (16), Ryan McBroom (16), Kyle Higshioka (11), Trey Amburgey (10) and Brad Miller (10). Last year's team had only six players with 10+ homers. Up next for the 2019 RailRiders: Breyvic Valera (8) and Gosuke Katoh (7).

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