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August 9, 2019 - International League (IL1)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders News Release


GWINNETT STRIPERS (67-48) @ SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE RAILRIDERS (64-52)

RHP Bryse Wilson (7-7, 3.83) vs. RHP Jonathan Loaisiga (0-2, 9.28)

| Game No. 117 | PNC Field | Moosic, PA | August 9, 2019 | First Pitch 7:05 p.m. |

MOOSIC, PA (August 8, 2019) -- Brian Keller was fantastic in his Triple-A debut on Thursday night at PNC Field, but the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders fell to the Charlotte Knights 7-4. The win for the Knights marks the first time this season the RailRiders have been swept in a series at home this season.

Charlotte starter Justin Nicolino walked Clint Frazier and Gary Sanchez to begin the bottom of the first, and Thairo Estrada brought them home with a three-run home run down the left field line to put the Baby Bombers on top 3-0.

The RailRiders tacked on another run in the bottom of the second when Wendell Rijo launched a leadoff home run into the Knights' bullpen in left-center. The blast was the second baseman's second round-tripper of the series, and his fourth of the season.

Ramon Torres got Charlotte on the board in the top of the third with a two-run home run against Brian Keller, who was making his Triple-A debut in the game. The right-hander turned in a superb outing, allowing just two runs on three hits in 7.0 innings, walking four and striking out three. Coming off throwing a no-hitter in his final start in Double-A Trenton, Keller (1-0) finished strong by retiring the final seven batters he faced in order. His 7.0 innings pitched tied his personal season high, and he has reached that mark in four of his last five starts. He was the first RailRiders starting pitcher to complete seven innings since Brody Koerner on July 19.

The Knights got even in the top of the eight against RailRiders reliever Will Carter. Ramon Torres singled to lead off the frame and two batters later Luis Robert tied the game with a two-run home run. In the top of the ninth, Ramon Torres brought in a run with a double, and a two-run single from Nick Madrigal gave Charlotte a 7-4 advantage.

MLB rehabber Gary Sanchez caught seven innings for the RailRiders as part of his second rehab game and finished 0-for-2 with a walk at the plate. The backstop threw out would-be basestealer Nick Madrigal in the only time he was tested on the base paths.

NOT SO GLOVELY: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre enters Friday's series opener against the Gwinnett Stripers having committed just 77 errors on the season, which is the third fewest in the 14-team International League. Entering Wednesday however, the RailRiders were atop the league, but a seven-error performance over the last 48 hours has knocked them back a few pegs. The game matches the four-error performance from May 20th vs. the Pawtucket Red Sox for the most errors in a game by the RailRiders defense all season -- but the second time in the last 11 games the team has committed 3+ errors.

RAILREHABBERS: Yankees All-Star C Gary Sanchez is expected to rehab for the RailRiders and catch both Wednesday and Thursday against the Charlotte Knights, then join the Yankees on the road in Toronto. A season ago, Sanchez had a pair of rehab appearances for SWB in which he went 4-for-28 (.179 AVG) with his four hits being four solo HR. Jonathan Loaisiga started Sunday's game against the Lehigh Valley IronPIgs and was tagged for 3R/3ER on a home run by Deivy Grullon, ultimately lasting just 0.2 IP on 32 pitches. He joins OF Cameron Maybin, RHP Ben Heller, RHP Domingo German, OF Giancarlo Stanton, OF Aaron Judge, INF Didi Gregorius and OF Aaron Hicks on the list of 8 Yankees rehabbers for the RailRiders this season, with Sanchez expected to be No. 9. A year ago, SWB had 10 different Yankees play games with them: Greg Bird (INF), A.J. Cole (P), Brandon Drury (INF), Clint Frazier (OF), Aaron Hicks (OF), Tommy Kahnle (P), Billy McKinney (OF), Gary Sanchez (C), Masahiro Tanaka (P), Adam Warren (P).

LOTS OF FACES: When RHP Janson Junk and RHP Daniel Bies both appeared in Friday's series-opener against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, they became the 65th and 66th players to play in a game for the RailRiders this season. With his start Wednesday, Gary Sanchez became No. 67 and Thursday's starting pitcher, RHP Brian Keller was No. 68 for SWB. That brings the total to 33 position players and 35 pitchers, which is still shy of the record of 75 players used in games by the 2015 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders. By comparison, last year's team featured 69 players and 2017 featured 65.

A QUICK PROJECTION: Thursday featured a loss by the RailRiders (64-52, .552) and a win by the team closest to them in the IL North standings, the Buffalo Bisons (59-57, .509). Scranton/Wilkes-Barre has 24 games to go in the regular season and holds a 5.0-game lead on the Bisons for first place (the largest lead this season was +8.0 GB June 20 following Game No. 70). That means if the RailRiders were to go 12-12 (.500) the rest of the way, the Bisons would need to go 17-7 (.708) to catch them in the division. However, these two teams play four games over four days at PNC Field to wrap-up the regular season leading into Labor Day.

MAKING MOVES: With 24 games remaining in the regular season, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders are keeping up their torrid pace... of roster moves. As the calendar turns to August, SWB had made 232 total moves (April, 44 | May, 64 | June, 59 | July, 66) which is far ahead of last season's pace in which the RailRiders had made 207 total moves through July (April, 36 | May, 53 | June, 43 | July, 76) in a year in which they made 275 roster moves (1.99 moves/game) during the regular season. SWB has now made 257 and is averaging 2.20 moves/game this season and is on pace for 308 roster moves through the end of the year.

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