SWB RailRiders Game Notes- April 12, 2025
IL Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders

SWB RailRiders Game Notes- April 12, 2025

Published on April 12, 2025 under International League (IL)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders News Release


Rochester Red Wings (3-8) vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (7-5)

April 12, 2025 | Game 13 | Home Game 4 | PNC Field | First Pitch 4:05 P.M.

LH Shinnosuke Ogasawara (1-1, 6.30) vs. RH Sean Boyle (0-2, 8.10)

Ogasawara: Surrendered 7 R on 9 H over 4.0 IP with 2 K & 0 BB in 4/06 Loss (12-8 LHV)

Boyle: Allowed 6 R on 5 H over 5.0 IP in 4/05 Loss @ SYR w/ 6 K & 3 BB (7-4 Mets)

LAST TIME OUT- MOOSIC, PA (April 11, 2025) - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders walked-off the Rochester Red Wings 8-7 on Friday night at PNC Field. Down 7-6 in the bottom of the eleventh, pinch hitter Ronaldo Hernández launched a two-run homer to left-center to send the RailRiders to their second consecutive walk-off victory against the Red Wings.

Each team plated a run in the first. The RailRiders broke the tie in the bottom of the fifth. After Rumfield doubled to open the inning and Cooper Hummel walked to put two aboard, Alex Jackson roped a single to right for a 2-1 lead. Hummel would score on an infield ground out from Jose Rojas, putting SWB up two. Andrew Pinckney pulled Rochester within one in the top of the sixth with a solo home run to left center off reliever Leonardo Pestana. The Red Wings tied the game in the seventh when Drew Millas scored off a Juan Yepez double.

In the bottom of the seventh, Jackson put the RailRiders ahead with a two-run blast. After Dominic Smith worked a walk, Jackson smashed a 418-foot bomb to left field for a 5-3 lead. SWB added a run in the eighth, but the Red Wings scored three in the top of the ninth to knot the game at six.

Neither team capitalized in the tenth. After the Red Wings took the lead in the top of the eleventh on a bases loaded walk when Hummel was called upon to pitch, Hernández smashed a 387-foot walk-off homer into left-center off Patrick Weigel to secure the win. Hummel earned the win and Weigel took the loss.

DOUBLING UP- Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and Rochester will play a doubleheader on Sunday, April 13, to make up Thursday's postponed game. Gates will open at 11:30 with two seven-inning games on the docket. Game one will begin at 12:05 P.M. Game two starts approximately 40 minutes after the final out of game one.

ROCK CITY SET- Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and Rochester meet in three series this season. The first two sets are in Moosic during the first half of 2025. The lone series in the Flower City is slated for July 22 through 27. SWB leads the all-time series 341-276.

FOR THE WIN- Cooper Hummel earned the win on Friday as SWB was forced to use a position player to pitch in the top of the eleventh. After hitting a batter to load the bases and walking Franchy Cordero to give the Red Wings the lead, Hummel induced Robert Hassel, III to fly out to left field to end the inning. He, however, earned his first pitching win in five appearances when Ronaldo Hernández walked it off. Hummel has made five appearances on the mound in his career, including two last season with Sugar Land.

BACKEND BOOST- Colten Brewer, Yerry De Los Santos, and Wilking Rodriguez have combined for 12.2 innings of scoreless relief at the outset of the 2025 season.

EXTRA EFFORT- Friday marked the first extra inning game of the season as well as the longest game of the year, clocking in at three hours and 53 minutes. The RailRiders have gone 15-11 in extras under Manager Shelley Duncan.

SURGE PROTECTOR- Alex Jackson has homered in each of his last two games and driven in six during this series. The backstop was acquired in a trade with Cincinnati during the off-season. Jackson has also walked more than he has struck out over his first eight games played. His seventh inning home run Friday traveled 418 feet; the longest home run by any RailRiders player this season by 16 feet.

CHART TOPPERS- Scranton/Wilkes-Barre leads the International League with 74 runs scored and has the third-highest run differential at +21. Only Durham (+27) and Lehigh Valley (+22) hold a higher differential a dozen games in. The RailRiders are second in OBP, fourth in slugging and third in OPS.

HOME GO- Sean Boyle makes his 2025 home debut this afternoon. Over parts of three seasons pitching at PNC Field, the right-hander has gone 4-3 with a 4.66 ERA in 11 games. Boyle has struck out 48 and walked just six over 48.1 innings pitched here.

PLAYING TWO- The RailRiders split its first doubleheader of the year. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre played 11 doubleheaders last season, going 8-14 on doubleheader days. The team did not sweep any twinbill, got swept twice and split eight. Since 1989, the team has played 592 doubleheader games, going 326-268. In 1992, the Red Barons played a franchise-record 19 doubleheaders.

SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY- Scranton/Wilkes-Barre travels to Durham on Monday, marking the second straight season the RailRiders have played at the DBAP. The Bulls have not visited PNC Field since 2019. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre took four-of-six at Durham last season.

AROUND THE ORGANIZATION- New York dropped its series opener against San Francisco 9-1. The Giants tagged Marcus Stroman for five first inning runs. Austin Wells drove in the lone Yankees tally with a run-scoring double in the second... Somerset and Reading were postponed due to rain and play two today... Hudson Valley's game at Brooklyn was also postponed and the Renegades and Cyclones have a twinbill on the docket today as well... Tampa dropped a 6-3 decision at Fort Myers. Roderick Arias, Parks Harber and Josue Gonzalez drove in runs for the Tarpons.

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