IL1 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders

SWB Game Notes

Published on July 1, 2019 under International League (IL1)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders News Release


SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE RAILRIDERS (46-35) @ PAWTUCKET RED SOX (33-47)

LHP Daniel Camarena (2-3, 6.71) vs. RHP Erasmo Ramirez (2-4, 4.85)

| Game No. 82 | McCoy Stadium | Pawtucket, RI | July 1, 2019 | First Pitch 6:05 p.m. |

ALLENTOWN, PA (June 30, 2019) -- Logan Morrison delivered another big swing for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Sunday afternoon, but it was a decisive four-run bottom of the seventh inning for the Lehigh Valley IronPigs that was the difference in a 10-7 win for the 'Pigs.

The RailRiders plated a run in the first inning but saw Lehigh Valley tie it with a solo home run by Nick Williams in the second inning, and the game was 1-1 entering the fourth inning.

The fourth featured an RBI infield single from a speedy version of Mike Ford who beat the throw from second baseman Ali Castillo in shallow right-centerfield. The hustle allowed Erik Kratz to blaze his way home from second base before the defense could react to throw out the blur at the plate. Following a hit by pitch to Breyvic Valera, Tyler Wade singled home both Ford and Valera for a 4-1 lead.

Lehigh Valley immediately jumped ahead by plating four runs in the bottom of the inning, and with a run in the fifth it was a 6-4 IronPigs lead. The score remained the same entering the seventh to set up Morrison's heroics, but that swing was quickly overshadowed by the resilient 'Pigs offense in the bottom of the inning to open up a 10-6 lead en route to a 10-7 victory.

MAKING MOVES: With under 60 games remaining in the regular season, the five teams looking up at the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders are looking to make moves in the standings. The RailRiders simply keep looking to make (roster) moves. As the calendar turns to July, SWB has made 167 total moves (April, 44 | May, 64 | June, 59) which is far ahead of last season's pace in which the RailRiders had made 131 total moves through June (April, 36 | May, 53 | June, 43) in a year in which they made 275 roster moves during the regular season.

SLIDING INTO JULY: The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders wake up Monday morning with a 4.0-game lead in the IL North Division after dropping a fourth straight game Saturday night to the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. The last time they were only 4.0 games up in the division was following a loss 28 days ago June 7th against the Syracuse Mets. This marks the third losing streak of at least three games this season for SWB, and they'll look to avoid eclipsing their four-game streak from April 17-April 23 as the outright longest of the season.

THIS FELT DIFFERENT: The RailRiders dropped a second straight game Friday night to the Lehigh Valley IronPigs via a one-run loss, dropping them to 11-13 in one-run games this season. However, the RailRiders held a 3-2 lead entering the 7th inning before giving up the tying run in the bottom of the 7th and surrendering the winning run in the 8th. Before Friday, the 2019 RailRiders had been 38-0 when leading after six innings.

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: 19 HR (Career-High: 20 HR, 2017)

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

Trey Amburgey: 13 HR (Career-High: 16 HR, 2018)

Breyvic Valera: 10 HR (Career-High)

Gosuke Katoh: 7 HR (Career-High)

MORE POWER: Logan Morrison homered just over a week ago to became the sixth member of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders to record double-digit homers this season. He three more over the next three games and is now up to 14 longballs on the season. He has joined Mike Ford (16), Ryan McBroom (16), Kyle Higshioka (11), Trey Amburgey (10) and Brad Miller (10) among the team leaders. Last year's team had only six players with 10+ homers. Up next for the 2019 RailRiders: Breyvic Valera (9).

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