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Published on June 7, 2022 under International League (IL)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders News Release


Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (19-34) vs Syracuse Mets (18-34)

Game 54 | Road Game 24 | NBT Bank Stadium | Syracuse, NY | Tuesday, June 7, 2022 | First Pitch 6:35 PM

RHP Hayden Wesneski (1-5, 3.52) vs LHP Thomas Szapucki (0-4, 3.12)

WESNESKI: Took loss over 1.2 IP (shortest career start), allowing 7 ER on 4 H, 2 HR, 2 BB vs LHV 5/31 (7-3 L)

SZAPUCKI: Took loss over 4.0 IP with 3 H, 2 ER, HR, 2 BB and 6 K on 6/1 @ Worcester (6-5 L)

LAST TIME OUT

MOOSIC, PA - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders were defeated by the Lehigh Valley IronPigs 12-4 on Sunday afternoon. The RailRiders are now a season-worst 15 games below .500.

Darick Hall plated a run on a sacrifice fly to give Lehigh Valley a 1-0 lead in the first against RailRiders opener Vinny Nittoli. The 31-year-old right-hander Nittoli allowed that one run over two innings of work with four strikeouts in his second start this year. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre tied the score in the third on a double steal of second and home. Estevan Florial swiped second for his team-high 15thstolen base of the season while Ryan LaMarre came home. LaMarre went 1-for-4 with a run scored in his first home start since May 1.

Lehigh Valley exploded for seven runs in the fourth on three home runs to break the game open at 8-1. Matt Vierling hit a three-run big fly in the frame and finished the game 4-for-5 with three extra-base hits. After the IronPigs plated another tally in the fifth, SWB scored twice in the bottom of the inning. Greg Bird smacked a run-scoring single to right and José Peraza hit a sacrifice fly for his team-leading 20thRBI of the season to make it 9-3 Lehigh Valley. Peraza went 2-for-3 today and finished the series 7-for-13.

The IronPigs scored three more runs in the seventh and the RailRiders got one back in the eighth for a 12-4 final. Jeff Singer (2-1) earned the victory out of Lehigh Valley's bullpen. Matt Krook (1-5) suffered the loss for SWB.

NEWS & NOTES

FIRST THINGS FIRST - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders return to NBT Bank Stadium for the second and final time this season. The Mets and RailRiders play at total of 24 times this year. When Syracuse made their first trip of the season to PNC Field, the two teams split the series three games apiece in mid-May.

REMEMBER LAST TIME? - The RailRiders won four of five games at NBT Bank Stadium to open the season back in April. During that set, the RailRiders hit nine home runs, went seven for seven in stolen bases, outscored Syracuse 30 to 14 and outhit them 45 to 26. That five-game set remains the only series this year that Scranton/Wilkes-Barre has won.

THE BAD STUFF - Scranton/Wilkes-Barre enters Tuesday with their lowest win-loss ratio of the season, 15 games under .500. They have been held to three runs or less in seven of their last nine games including nine of twelve games during their last homestand. They also enter today 15.5 games back of first-place Rochester, the furthest they've been behind this season.

HAY THERE - Hayden Wesneski looks to bounce back tonight against the Syracuse Mets. The righthander has faced the Mets twice this season, allowing just one earned run and four hits in eleven innings of work. He surrendered seven earned runs his last time out against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, which matched a career high set on July 17, 2021 against the Richmond Flying Squirrels while pitching for the Somerset Patriots. He had allowed seven runs (one unearned) against them one additional time on June 19, 2021.

HEY I KNOW YOU - Thomas Szapucki will be making his fourth appearance of the season against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre tonight. In three starts this season, he has thrown 12.0 IP, surrendering just three runs (2.25 ERA). He struck out a season-high ten batters on May 10 against the RailRiders at PNC Field.

JOSÉ CAN YOU SEE - José Peraza caught fire last week during the series with Lehigh Valley. Peraza went 7-13 with a pair of doubles, three RBI and a walk. He enters the series with Syracuse on his longest hitting streak of the season, five games. The 28-year-old played 64 games with the New York Mets in 2021. He played ten games for Syracuse last year. He is currently in his first year in the Yankees organization.

REAL QUICK - RailRiders batters have struck out the second fewest times in the International League. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre pitchers have the fourth most strikeouts.

OH, C'MON - The forecast for this week in Syracuse is less than favorable. There are rain showers slated for Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. The RailRiders have been postponed seven times this season and have played six doubleheaders. They were most recently rained out last Wednesday against the IronPigs. SWB does not return to Syracuse after this week.

STREAKY - Phillip Evans has a five-game hit streak... José Peraza has a five-game hit streak... Oswald Peraza has a three-game hit streak... Derek Dietrich is hitless in his last four games... Vinny Nittoli has not been charged with a run in five-straight relief appearances... Greg Weissert has not been charged with a run in five-straight appearances...Trevor Lane has not been charged with a run in four straight games...

ON DECK - Scranton/Wilkes-Barre is on the road this week in Syracuse. They return home on Tuesday, June 14. It's 'Twosday' as the RailRiders host the Rochester Red Wings for the first time this year. Get 2-for-1 lawn or bleacher seats online only and enjoy $2 Landshark Lager tallboys for two hours after gates open, presented by PrimoHoagies and The River.

AROUND THE ORGANIZATION - The New York Yankees (39-15) walked off on the Detroit Tigers 5-4 in ten innings on Sunday. Joey Gallo hit a two-run homer while Josh Donaldson brought in the winning run with a sacrifice fly. After a day off on Monday, the Yankees are in Minnesota with Jameson Taillon on the mound against the Twins at 7:40 PM... The Somerset Patriots (32-18) defeated the Binghamton Rumble Ponies Sunday 5-4 in the finale of a six-game series. Josh Breaux hit his team leading tenth home run of the season in the first. Brandon Lockridge gave the Patriots the lead for good with a two-run homer in the sixth. Somerset is at home this week hosting the Akron RubberDucks starting tonight at 6:35 PM... The Hudson Valley Renegades (24-26) took down the Aberdeen IronBirds 11-5. Anthony Seigler drove in two and hit his second home run of the season while reaching base five times. They host the Jersey Shore BlueClaws tonight at 7:05 PM... The Tampa Tarpons (22-29) took a doubleheader split on Sunday against the Fort Myers Flying Mussels. They won game 6-5 in eight innings and lost game two 7-1. The Tarpons are back at home to host the Palm Beach Cardinals beginning at 6:30 PM...

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