IL Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders

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Published on July 28, 2022 under International League (IL)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders News Release


Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (47-48) vs Rochester Red Wings (47-48)

Game 96 | Road Game 48 | Frontier Field | Rochester, NY | Thursday, July 28, 2022 | First Pitch 11:05 AM

RHP Hayden Wesneski (6-7, 3.39) vs RHP Daniel Ponce de Leon (No record)

WESNESKI: Fourth straight win, 5.2 IP, 5 H, ER, HR, BB, 4 K @ Lehigh Valley 7/22 (5-1 W)

PONCE DE LEON: Loss, 4.1 IP, 5 H, 8 ER (season-high), HR, 2 HBP, 3 BB, 5 K with Tacoma vs OKC 7/13 (8-1 L)

LAST TIME OUT

ROCHESTER, NY - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (47-48) took their second straight over the Rochester Red Wings with a 7-4 win on Wednesday. Both Miguel Andújar and Jake Bauers hit massive multi-run homers to lead the RailRiders' offensive charge.

JP Sears was making his first RailRiders appearance since June 21 after pitching four times in the bigs. After retiring the first eight batters consecutively to start the game, Sears allowed his only hit, a double to Jecksson Flores. The southpaw tossed 3.2 innings of shutout baseball.

The game remained scoreless until the bottom of the sixth. The Red Wings plated three in the inning, keyed by David Dahl's first homer in the Nationals' organization for a 3-0 lead. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre responded with a five spot in the top half of the seventh. After a fielder's choice brought home SWB's first run, Andújar left little doubt with a towering homer to left field. The three-run blast gave the RailRiders their first lead, 4-3. Josh Breaux followed the pace with an RBI single to make it 5-3 in the inning. After Rochester responded with a run in their half of the seventh inning, Bauers matched Andújar's no-doubter with a 424-foot homer to right-center, extending the lead to 7-4 in the eighth.

Zach Greene (7-0) took over the team lead with his seventh win, going 1.2 innings in relief. The loss was charged to Luis Avilán (0-1). Greg Weissert tossed the ninth and picked up his 11th save in 12 tries. His scoreless streak has now lasted 16 games and 15.2 innings.

NEWS & NOTES

FIRST THINGS FIRST - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders make their last trip to Frontier Field this season with a six-game set in Rochester. The last time the RailRiders were here they dropped five of six in the early part of May. The Red Wings will not return to PNC Field this season.

CLOSING IN... AGAIN - With yesterday's win, the RailRiders are one-game under .500 for the second time in the last five games (45-46 on July 22). The RailRiders have not been .500 since they were 4-4 on April 14, 105 days ago.

EASY BEING GREENE -Zach Greene tallied his seventh win on Wednesday night. He is a perfect 7-0 this season, all out of the bullpen. In two seasons prior to 2022, Greene had five total victories across four levels. He has never started in his 79 career games.

SICK SIX PISTON -With the victory last night, the RailRiders find themselves tied for sixth place with Rochester. It's the first time since April 28 that they are above seventh place since April 28, 91 days ago.

BUENOS DÍAS - Today, the RailRiders play a morning game for the first time since May 25. They are 1-1 in morning games this season. The Red Wings and RailRiders were supposed to play a morning game at Frontier Field on May 4, but were rained out.

WERE YOU AWAKE? - Late on Wednesday night, the Yankees announced that they completed the first big trade prior to the MLB Trade Deadline, acquiring Kansas City's Andrew Benintendi for Hudson Valley's TJ Sikkema and Beck Way and Tampa's Chandler Champlain.

THREW OFF HIS GROOVE - Estevan Florial was caught stealing on Wednesday night. After going 13-for-14 in June, he has gone 3-for-5 in July.

RON'S GONE RIGHT - Since July 8, Ronald Guzmán has been on a 13-for-32 push (.406) with five doubles and a home run. This stretch has lasted eight games. The seven games prior to this, Guzmán had gone 3-for-19 (.158) while striking out seven times.

BENNY THE RORT-VEDTS - Ben Rortvedt is currently on a rehab assignment with the RailRiders. In Tuesday's game in Rochester, Rortvedt went 2-for-5 with a homer and three RBIs. Prior to that game including his four games with the Hudson Valley Renegades, Rortvedt had gone 2-for-21, both hits singles, with 12 strikeouts. Overall, he is 4-for-30 (.133) in this rehab stint. The 24-year-old is still awaiting his Yankees' debut in his first season in the organization.

STREAKY - Greg Weissert has not been charged with a run in sixteen straight appearances, the longest stretch for any RailRiders pitcher this season. This scoreless streak has lasted 15.2 innings... Oswald Peraza has a seven-game hit streak... Josh Breaux has a ten-game on-base streak, every Triple-A game he has had a plate appearance in... Jake Bauers has a seven-game on-base streak... Josh Breaux, Miguel Andújar and Oswaldo Cabrera have five-game hit streaks... Rob Brantly is on a four-game hit streak...

CLOSE ENOUGH - The RailRiders came one hit shy of tying a season record in Tuesday's opener against the Red Wings. SWB tallied 18 hits, nearing the 19 hit mark they set on April 28 at home against Lehigh Valley.

BASICALLY THE SAME - Scranton/Wilkes-Barre tallied 12 runs on 18 hits on Tuesday. In the three-game series against Lehigh Valley this past weekend they had 13 runs on 26 hits.

ON DECK - The RailRiders are on the road for a nine-game road trip, their longest of the season thus far. The RailRiders return home on Tuesday, August 2 to host the Buffalo Bisons. 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 (66-33) dropped a 3-2 walkoff loss to the New York Mets. Starling Marte won it for the Mets with a single in the ninth. Jameson Taillon faces Brady Singer and the Kansas City Royals tonight at 7:05 PM...The Somerset Patriots (57-34) took down the Richmond Flying Squirrels Wednesday 3-0. Luis Medina surrendered one hit in five shutout innings. Richmond mustered just two hits total. They play a doubleheader today at 4:35 PM... The Hudson Valley Renegades (49-41) lost 6-2 to the Brooklyn Cyclones. Blas Castaño tossed five shutout innings. TJ Sikkema, who was traded on Wednesday night, was slated to start tonight's game at 7:05 PM... The Tampa Tarpons (44-46) handled the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels, sweeping a doubleheader 3-2 and 7-1. The two square off tonight at 7:00 PM...

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