IL1 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders

SWB RailRiders Game Notes

Published on May 26, 2018 under International League (IL1)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders News Release


SYRACUSE CHIEFS (22-23) @ SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE RAILRIDERS (21-25)

RHP Austin Voth (2-2, 5.58) vs. RHP Erik Swanson (0-0, 4.76)

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| Game No. 47 | Saturday May 26, 2018 | PNC Field | Moosic, PA |

| First Pitch 4:05 PM | Pregame Show 3:35 PM |

GOOD IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: RailRiders LHP Josh Rogers tossed 6.1 innings of one-run baseball Thursday morning, good for his 5th quality start of the season. He has made 9 starts (tied with Chance Adams for most on the team) and has as many quality starts (5) and outings of 6.0+ IP (6) as the rest of his teammates in the other 37 games combined.

IMPRESSIVE ARMS: The bullpen has been a point of strength for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders this season, having posted a 14-9 record and a 2.86 ERA over 167.0 IP with 188 K (10.1 K/9). There are seven bullpen-exclusive arms on the roster for the RailRiders at the moment- minus Nestor Cortes (7G/4GS)- and they all have ERA's under 3.10 this season. In ascending order: Joe Harvey, 1.54 | J.P. Feyereisen, 2.18 | Cale Coshow, 2.21 | Brady Lail, 2.28 | Cody Carroll, 2.29 | Oliver Perez, 2.45 | Raynel Espinal, 2.82 |

POWERING UP: The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders approach the end of the month of May riding a power surge. In May SWB has played 23 games and has gone 11-12 compared with a 10-13 April. With some room still to improve, the power numbers have turned on in a big way for the lineup with 25 HR in the month compared to 15 HR in 23G in April.

MORE BIG LEAGUE HELP: INF Greg Bird, OF Billy McKinney and RHP Tommy Kahnle were on the roster for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Wednesday and Thursday in their back-to-back wins over the Pawtucket Red Sox, and it is anticipated RHP Adam Warren will pitch multiple innings Saturday for SWB. He will be the 7th big leaguer to rehab injuries with SWB this season trying to make it back to the majors. Earlier this season OF Aaron Hicks (3G), INF Brandon Drury (11G) and OF Clint Frazier (2G) have all played game for the RailRiders as MLB rehabbers.

SHEFFIEL-ING GOOD: In his Triple-A debut, the Pawtucket Red Sox scored twice off of LHP Justus Sheffield in the first few batters and had a 2-0 lead with two outs in the 1st inning. Including Wednesday night's four scorless innings the lefty is up to 11.2 consecutive innings without allowing a run: 11.2 IP, 5 H (5-for-40, .125 BAA), 0 R, 6 BB, 14 K.

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