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May 19, 2018 - International League (IL1)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders News Release


SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE RAILRIDERS (19-20) @ BUFFALO BISONS (14-16)

RHP Brody Koerner (2-2, 4.72) vs. RHP Justin Dillon (0-1, 0,00)

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| Game No. 40 | Saturday May 19, 2018 | Coca-Cola Field | Buffalo, NY |

| First Pitch 1:05 p.m. | Pregame Show 12:35 p.m. |

LAST TIME OUT: The game was moving right along for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders starting pitcher Daniel Camarena into the fourth inning, but the first three men reached base and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. connected on a grand slam for the deciding blow in the Buffalo Bisons 5-1 win.

Buffalo's starting pitcher, Ryan Borucki, was dominant against the RailRiders lineup in a winning effort. Over seven innings he scattered three hits and struck out six.

In back of Camarena, the bullpen was excellent for the RailRiders. Joe Harvey came in and struck out a pair over 1.1 innings and Giovanny Gallegos struck out five in 2.0 innings of work.

SWB scored a run in the 9th inning after getting a lead-off triple by Shane Robinson who scored one batter later when Kyle Higashioka reached on an error by third baseman Tim Lopes, but Higashioka was credited with an RBI regardless. The lone hits in the game for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre came from Robinson (2-for-4, 3B, R), Erik Kratz (1-for-3) and Rey Navarro (1-for-3). The win snapped a three-game winning streak for the RailRiders and pushed them back to a game under .500 at 19-20 on the season.

ADDING A BAT: INF Brandon Drury is expected to join the RailRiders lineup at some point during the series in Buffalo. In 8G this season with the New York Yankees, the right-hander was hitting .217 AVG (5-for-23), 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 4 BB (.333 OBP) before going down with blurry vision symptoms. In his first rehab stint with the RailRiders from April 25 - May 4 he appeared in 8G going 10-for-26 (.385 AVG), 2 2B, RBI, 3 BB, 2 HBP (.484 OBP). He was transferred to the Trenton Thunder from May 4 - May 10 for 6G before being transferred back to Triple-A SWB 5/10 to continue rehab assignment. Drury was returned from his Rehab Assignment May 14 and reinstated from New York 10-Day Disabled List. At that point he was optioned to Triple-A SWB and has 72 hours to report to the RailRiders, which would have culminated Thursday night.

A RARE SWEEP: After a quick turnaround from Wednesday's 3-1 victory over the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders woke up bright and early and completed their first sweep of the season Thursday against the 'Pigs. The last sweep by the RailRiders was completed 8/7 - 8/9 @ Gwinnett over the G-Braves, 61 games ago. It had also been a long time since the RailRiders swept a 3- or 4-game series against Lehigh Valley, dating back to the first four games of the 2009 season, 4/9 - 4/12.

RIDING THE ARMS...: Over the last week's worth of games, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders have gotten strong pitching from their entire staff. With a 4-2 homestand in the rearview mirror, the pitching helped anchor those wins with a 2.55 ERA allowing 37 hits (6.2 per game) over 53.0 IP while striking out 60 (10.2 K/9) and walking 22 (2.7 K/BB). Entering Friday's series opener with the Buffalo Bisons rank 7th in the International League with a 3.56 ERA this season and 4th ing the International League with a 8.9 K/9 IP rate (322 K in 324.0 IP).

...BUT NOT READY TO PITCH: In Game 1 of last Friday's doubleheader, the Rochester Red Wings plated 4-of-5 inherited runners off the RailRiders bullpen. Entering that game the bullpen had allowed 13-of-35 (37.1%) inherited runners to score, but that number went up when LHP Oliver Perez allowed both runners he inherited to score and RHP Cody Carroll entered with the bases loaded in the 8th inning and 2-of-3 runners scored. Entering that game first batters were 16-for-66 (.242 BAA) against RailRiders relievers with a .297 OBP (22-for-74) 4 2B, 5 RBI, 15 K. Seven games later those numbers now sit at 21-for-80 (.263 BAA) with a .352 OBP (32-for-91) after nine of the last 17 first batters have reached safely against SWB bullpen arms.

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