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June 28, 2022 - International League (IL)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders News Release


Buffalo Bisons (41-30) vs Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (30-42)

Game 73 | Home Game 37 | PNC Field | Moosic, PA | Tuesday, June 28, 2022 | First Pitch 6:35 PM

RHP Casey Lawrence (8-1, 1.85) vs RHP Jhony Brito (1-1, 2.25)

LAWRENCE: ND after 7.0 IP, 6 H (tied season-high), 3 R, 2 ER, BB, 11 K (season-high) vs St. Paul 6/22 (3-2 W)

BRITO: Took loss, going 6.2 IP, 7 H, 4 ER (season-high), HR, 2 BB, 5 K @ Toledo 6/22 (4-3 L)

LAST TIME OUT

TOLEDO, OH (June 26, 2022) - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders rode five home runs to a 6-2 win over the Toledo Mud Hens on Sunday night. Oswald Peraza tallied a pair of home runs and a double. It was his first multi-homer game at the Triple-A level.

Oswald Peraza opened up the scoring in the RailRiders' first ups. The 22-year-old reclaimed the team lead with his eighth home run to left. Chris Owings would double the lead, scoring on a wild pitch in the second for a 2-0 advantage. The RailRiders got a spot start from Vinny Nittoli who surrendered just one hit and three walks in 2.2 scoreless innings. Michael Gomez followed up with three perfect innings, retiring all nine batters he faced, eight of which were retired by either Jose or Oswald Peraza.

SWB doubled the lead again thanks to Phillip Evans, who launched a two-run homer out of the ballpark to left field to extend the lead to 4-0. Oswald Peraza would follow up one inning later with his second homer of the game in the seventh on a 3-0 pitch. It was his second career multi-home run game. His only other occurred on May 14, 2021 when he also hit two while with the Hudson Valley Renegades. Toledo fought back with a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh after three-straight hits opened the inning against Jimmy Cordero, who was chased in the inning. Shane Greene came in and stranded a pair of runners to preserve a 5-2 lead. Max McDowell would pick up the fourth homer of the game for SWB, a solo shot in the eighth to make it 6-2. It was McDowell's first home run since September 17, 2021 against Lehigh Valley. José Peraza joined the homer parade with a two-run shot in the ninth. The RailRiders went on to win 8-2.

NEWS & NOTES

FIRST THINGS FIRST - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders welcome in the Buffalo Bisons, Triple-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays, for the first time this season. The RailRiders played their only series in Buffalo, NY in late April with the Bisons taking four-of-six games.

BABY BOMBERS - The RailRiders smacked five home runs on Sunday, setting a season-high as a collective unit. The most home runs in a single-game in franchise history occurred on May 31, 1998 when Scranton/Wilkes-Barre hit seven, also in Toledo the same day set a franchise record for most hits in a game (27).

OVER THE HEDGE - The RailRiders enter the series 12-12 in the month of June. They have not had a winning record in a month since the team was 4-3 at the start of the season (April). During June, SWB has been .500 now four times at 7-7, 9-9, 11-11 and now 12-12. Twelve wins in June is already a season-high for victories in one month (nine in each April and May).

THE MISSILE - Aroldis Chapman is scheduled to pitch with the RailRiders on Tuesday. It is slated to be his third rehab appearance after pitching twice with Double-A Somerset on June 24 and 26. He is nursing left achilles tendinitis. Chapman has never pitched for SWB, spending all his Triple-A time with the Louisville Bats in 2010, 2011 and 2014. He has pitched one time at PNC Field on April 28, 2010.

ROB CITY - Despite playing just two games, Rob Brantly was hot in the series in Toledo. The 32-year-old veteran went 5-for-8 in the set 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 those 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 nine-game hitting streak and a ten-game on-base streak. The nine-gamer is a season-best, surpassing a six-game streak he set from April 28 to May 5. During this stretch, he is 16-for-38 (.421) with four homers and two doubles. The last time Peraza did not tally a hit in a game was on June 10 against Syracuse. His career-best hit streak is eleven games which lasted from August 9 to August 21, 2019 while with the Charleston River Dogs (16-for-44, .364). He is coming off a two home run game on Sunday, the second multi-homer game of his career. The other came on May 14, 2021 while with the Hudson Valley Renegades.

STREAKY - Armando Alvarez is on a four-game hitting streak... José Peraza is on a four-game hitting streak...Zach Greene has made seven-straight scoreless appearances... Greg Weissert has made six-straight scoreless outings... Braden Bristo has made four-straight scoreless outings...

K'S FOR DAYS - Over the course of two games (Thursday-17 and Friday-14), RailRiders pitching struck out 31 Mud Hens. Strikeouts had accounted for 31-of-54 outs recorded in that span, or 57.41% of total outs. They ended up striking out 65 batters in the series, which accounted for 42.48% of the total number of outs recorded in six games (65/153).

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.

ON DECK - Wednesday is Waggin' Wednesday and $1 Hot Dog Night at PNC Field. Fans can bring their four-legged canine friends to the game, presented by Magic 93. $1 Dog Night is presented by Sahlen's Hot Dogs.

AROUND THE ORGANIZATION - The New York Yankees (54-20) rallied in the seventh to defeat the Oakland A's 9-5 yesterday. Both Anthony Rizzo and Giancarlo Stanton smacked solo homers. JP Sears takes the ball tonight against Frankie Montas at 7:05 PM... The Somerset Patriots (44-25) walked-off 6-5 over the Hartford Yard Goats on Sunday. Anthony Volpe's two-run shot in the tenth clinched a First-Half Division Championship and postseason spot. They're back in action tonight against the Reading Fightin' Phils at 7:00 PM... The Hudson Valley Renegades (34-35) fell to the Winston-Salem Dash 4-1. With a homer, Everson Pereira (22) is a homer shy of setting a franchise record. Blane Abeyta is on the mound tonight against Brooklyn at 7:05 PM... The Tampa Tarpons (29-40) dropped the finale to the Clearwater Threshers 3-1. Richard Fitts became the third Tarpon to be named Pitcher of the Week for the week of June 20-26. He tossed a six-inning, one-hit shutout on Saturday. They face Bradenton tonight starting at 6:30 PM...

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