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SWB RailRiders Game Notes - July 4, 2021

July 4, 2021 - International League (IL)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders News Release


Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (34-15) vs. Worcester Red Sox (31-21)

RHP Asher Wojciechowski (0-0, 5.40 ERA) vs. RHP Tanner Houck (0-1, 4.61 ERA)

| Game 50 | Road Game 29 | Polar Park | Worcester, MA | July 4, 2021 | First Pitch 6:35 p.m. |

IN THE COURSE OF BASEBALL EVENTS: With a 34-15 (.694) start to the season, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre begins play Sunday night with the best record in Triple-A. The club set the RailRiders era (2013 - Present) record for best start through 40 games (29-11), shattering the previous best of 23-17 in 2017 and regardless of Sunday's outcome, will have set the mark for best 50-game start to a season by at least four games. The RailRiders are on pace for an 90-40 season in 2021's 130-game Triple-A schedule, which roughly projects to a 97-43 season in a normal 140-game schedule. The RailRiders finished a franchise best 91-52 (.636) in 2016, when SWB captured its first and only Triple-A National Championship. SWB's .694 winning percentage is the second-best of any team in the majors or minors, with Charleston (36-15, .706) owning the best record in baseball.

IT BECOMES NECESSARY TO REACH BASE: RailRiders outfielder Trey Amburgey made RailRiders history Thursday night, reaching base safely three times to extend his on-base streak to 33 games. In doing so, he passed Brandon Drury, who had a 32-game on-base streak in the 2018 season for the longest such streak in the RailRiders era (2013 - Present). Here is a look inside the numbers during Trey's incredible run:

- The streak began on August 26, 2019, when Amburgey went 1-for-3 with a HBP at the Pawtucket Red Sox.

- He has hit .333/.416/.596 during the now 38-game streak, with 29 R, 14 2B, 1 3B, 7 HR, 39 RBI, 17 BB, 40 K and 5 HBP.

- The streak has included 10 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI games.

- During the streak, Amburgey has only gone hitless five times, including in each of the last three games at Worcester.

- This is the first time Amburgey has been held hitless in three straight games since 6/9 (1) - 6/11/2019, when he went 0-10 across 3 contests.

- Amburgey had a 20-game hitting streak from 9/1/19 to 6/13/21 as part of the longer on-base streak, snapped on 6/15 vs Syracuse. He then hit in eight straight games, and has a hit in 28 of his last 32 games played.

THE TIES OF OUR COMMON KINDRED: In addition to Trey Amburgey's impressive stretch, the RailRiders offense features three other players with double-digit on-base streaks. Outfielder Estevan Florial carries a 14-game on-base streak into play on Sunday night, infielder Hoy Park has reached base safely in 27 consecutive games, and outfielder Ryan LaMarre is the owner on an 11-game streak. Park sports a .504 OBP during his streak, which has propelled him to the Triple-A East lead in OBP (.491) and OPS (1.102), second in the league in AVG (.349) and SLG (.611). Both Greg Allen (22 games) and Rob Brantly (10 games) saw their on-base streaks snapped in Thursday's quasi-doubleheader.

DIRECT OBJECTION TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF RUNS: Thursday night's rain-shortened 1-0 victory over Worcester in game two of the quasi-doubleheader was the first 1-0 triumph for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre since April 22, 2017 at the Indianapolis Indians, a span of 452 games. The 1-0 win at Indy was the second-consecutive 1-0 win for the team, having also defeated the Indians by the same score the previous day. In the second game, Daniel Camarena, Tyler Jones and Ernesto Frieri combined for a 3-hit shutout. Thursday's five-inning win featured Reggie McClain and Trevor Lane combining to allow two hits. It was the third time this year that the RailRiders have held opponents to two-or-fewer hits in a completed game (2 H, 6/27 at LHV; 1 H, 5/27 vs BUF [7 inn.]).

A HISTORY OF REPEATED STOLEN BASES: In Tuesday's 9-7 win over Worcester, the RailRiders tied a franchise record by stealing seven bases in the game. It tied a mark set by the SWB Yankees on June 6, 2008 against the Norfolk Tides. Andrew Velazquez accomplished the rare feat of stealing three bases in one inning, while Estevan Florial (2), Hoy Park and Ryan LaMarre (1 each) all stole bags against the Red Sox. In the 2008 contest against Norfolk, Bernie Castro, Brett Gardner and Cody Ransom all stole two bases, while Alberto Gonzalez swiped one.

THESE TRUTHS ARE SELF-EVIDENT: Since Kyle Barraclough relieved Albert Abreu in the sixth inning of the RailRiders game at Buffalo on Friday, June 11, the SWB bullpen has performed at an amazing clip. In the last 22 days, the bullpen has combined for a 1.91 ERA (20 ER/94.0 IP), while allowing just 65 hits, 26 walks and recording 114 strikeouts. The current stretch has lowered SWB's bullpen ERA to 2.84 on the season, the third-best in MiLB (1st, Harrisburg, 2.35). The bullpen's 29 wins are tied with Frisco (TEX, AA) for second in the minors behind only Tampa's 33.

ALL GAMES ARE CREATED EQUAL: This week the RailRiders start their first series of the season against the Worcester Red Sox, kicking off a season series comprised of 24 games in a span of 54 days. SWB travels to Polar Park for 18 contests, with the WooSox heading to PNC Field only once. Worcester is tied with Syracuse for the second-most frequent opponent of the RailRiders this season after the club's 36 games with Lehigh Valley.

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