IL Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders

SWB RailRiders Game Notes

Published on June 24, 2022 under International League (IL)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders News Release


Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (28-41) vs Toledo Mud Hens (36-31)

Game 70 | Road Game 34 | Fifth Third Field | Toledo, OH | Friday, June 24, 2022 | First Pitch 7:05 PM

RHP Ryan Weber (2-2, 2.95) vs RHP Garrett Hill (1-2, 5.40)

WEBER: Pitched 3.2 innings of relief for NYY, 2 H, ER, HR, K, ND vs Tampa Bay 6/16 (2-1 W)

HILL: No decision in 3.0 scoreless innings, 3 H, 6 K @ Worcester 6/19 (5-4 L)

LAST TIME OUT

TOLEDO, OH (June 23, 2022) - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders pounded out seventeen hits en route to a 7-2 win over the Toledo Mud Hens. The RailRiders tallied six doubles while their pitching staff struck out seventeen batters.

The RailRiders jumped on starter Nivaldo Rodriguez for a pair of runs in the top half of the second. Rob Brantly stayed hot with an RBI double to plate Ronald Guzmán. Armando Alvarez would score on a Miguel Andújar knock to take a 2-0 lead. Two innings later, SWB sent ten batters to the plate in the fourth.

Brantly drove home another with a ground-rule double. He's now five-for-eight in the series with three doubles. Alvarez sent a towering home run halfway up the left field video board for two runs. Chris Owings later tallied his first RailRiders hit to bring home another. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre took a 6-0 lead out of the inning.

Ken Waldichuk didn't allow a hit until the fourth. A solo homer got the Mud Hens on the board. Waldichuk struck out eight batters in five innings of work. The two teams traded runs in the seventh and eighth for an eventual seven-run, seventeen-hit night for the RailRiders. The SWB pitching staff struck out seventeen batters as well including twelve of the last fourteen outs recorded.

NEWS & NOTES

FIRST THINGS FIRST - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders are in Toldeo, Ohio for the first time since May 19, 2019. They split a four-game series with the Toledo Mud Hens in that series. This six-game series is the only time these two teams meet this season. This is also currently the furthest Scranton/Wilkes-Barre has traveled this season. Fifth Third Field is 479 miles away from PNC Field.

WHO DAT - The Mud Hens, Triple-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, are the first International League West team the RailRiders face this season. They find themselves in fourth place in the West division entering Friday, three and a half games back of Nashville. After losing eight of nine, the Mud Hens have won eleven of their last fifteen games since June 5.

SEVENTEEN AGAIN - The RailRiders tallied 17 hits as a lineup and 17 strikeouts as a pitching staff on Thursday night. The most hits the RailRiders have tallied in a single-game this year is 19 against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs on April 28. The strikeout total did set a new single-game high. The most strikeouts in a single-game this season was 16, something they did twice on May 11 against Syracuse and April 23 in Buffalo. The most hits in a single-game in franchise history is 27, set May 31, 1998 against Toledo. The most strikeouts in a single-game in franchise history is 22, set August 19, 2016 against Pawtucket.

DOUBLE TROUBLE - The RailRiders tallied six doubles in Thursday night's game. They had seven doubles total in the prior four games combined. Thanks to seven extra-base hits on the evening, 12-of-35 (34.3 %) hits in the series for the RailRiders have gone for extra bases.

WEB HEAD - The Yankees signed Ryan Weber to a Minor League contract on Wednesday after his brief stint in the show, replacing Luis Severino after he was placed on the COVID-IL last week. He will start Friday's game which will be his ninth SWB appearance of the season and his fifth start. He has not started for the RailRiders since June 9. Weber is slated to pitch in front of Matt Krook tonight.

PITA HOT - Matt Pita was activated from the injured list Tuesday. Pita has not appeared in a game since May 12, putting him on the IL for 39 days. At the time of his injury, Pita led the team in home runs (4) in 19 games played. He played 27 games for the RailRiders in 2021. He has yet to make an appearance since being activated off the IL.

ROB CITY - Rob Brantly has been hot in this series in Toledo. The 32-year-old veteran is 5-for-8 in the series with three doubles, a walk and two RBI. To find five total hits for Brantly, you have to go back to May 7 tallying fifteen games played in with the RailRiders. Prior to these two multi-hit performances on Wednesday (three hits) and Thursday (two hits), Brantly had just one all season (two-hit game April 28 vs Lehigh Valley). 2022 is Brantly's second season with the RailRiders (68 games in 2021).

WIZARD OF OS - Oswald Peraza finds himself on a six-game hitting streak and a seven-game on-base streak. The six-gamer matches a season-high for him, something he set from April 28 to May 5. During this stretch, he is 11-for-26 (.423) with a pair of homers and a double. The last time Peraza did not tally a hit in a game was on June 10 against Syracuse.

STREAKY - Greg Bird has a five-game hitting streak... Tim Locastro and Miguel Andújar have four-game hitting streaks... Armando Alvarez is on a three-game hitting streak... Zach Greene has made six-straight scoreless appearances... Greg Weissert has made five-straight scoreless outings... Jimmy Cordero has four-straight scoreless outings (five of six games this season)...

ON DECK - The RailRiders return home on Tuesday, June 28 to face the Buffalo Bisons. It's "Twosday" at PNC Field. 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 (52-18) came back to walk off on the Houston Astros 7-6. Aaron Hicks tied the game in the ninth with a three-run homer. Aaron Judge walked it off with a single. There were four three-run homers in the game. Luis Severino takes the mound tonight against Justin Verlander at 7:05 PM... The Somerset Patriots (42-24) defeated the Hartford Yard Goats 7-4. Josh Breaux launched a three-run homer. They are two wins away from clinching a playoff birth in the Eastern League. Aroldis Chapman is set to pitch tonight in a rehab appearance. Randy Vasquez takes the ball tonight at 7:05 PM... The Hudson Valley Renegades (34-32) defeated the Winston-Salem Dash 6-1 on Thursday. Blas Castano allowed just one unearned run in 7.0 innings of work, scattering four hits and walking one while striking out four. It was the first time in his career that Castano completed seven innings. Beck Way takes the hill at 7:00 PM... The Tampa Tarpons (27-39) dropped a 4-3 game to the Clearwater Threshers. They have lost three-straight one-run games. Richard Fitts gets the start at 6:30 PM...

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