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August 5, 2022 - International League (IL)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders News Release


Buffalo Bisons (54-48) vs Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (52-50)

Game 103 | Home Game 52 | PNC Field | Moosic, PA | Friday, August 5, 2022 | First Pitch 6:35 PM

RHP Shaun Anderson (2-1, 3.62) vs RHP Jhony Brito (5-2, 3.08) ANDERSON: Pitched 2.1 hitlees innings of relief, HBP, 3 BB, 3 K @ Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 8/2 (4-0 W)

BRITO: Earned win in 5.0 IP, 3 H, ER, 2 BB, 6 K (Triple-A high) @ Rochester 7/30 (7-4 W)

LAST TIME OUT

MOOSIC, PA (August 4, 2022) - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (52-50) were defeated by the Buffalo Bisons 7-4 on Thursday evening. Ronald Guzmán launched a big two-run blast in the fifth inning.

Buffalo struck immediately with a leadoff home run from Chavez Young against RailRiders' starter Matt Krook to make it 1-0 in the first. Krook allowed four runs (three earned) over five innings with five strikeouts. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre responded in the home half of the frame via Miguel Andújar's 12th homer of the season. The solo shot tied the game at one apiece. The Bisons jumped back in front with one in the third. Stevie Berman singled to center with two outs and LJ Talley scored from first after a throwing error. The pendulum swung back in the RailRiders' favor once again in the bottom of the frame after Oswaldo Cabrera tied the game at 2-2 on a sacrifice fly to left. Buffalo then retook the lead during the next half-inning following a two-run big fly from Nick Podkul made it 4-2 Bisons.

SWB had yet another answer in the bottom of the fifth. Guzmán launched a two-RBI homer of his own after entering the game defensively in the top of the frame to knot things up at four. Guzmán is batting .379 (22-for-58) with three home runs since July 1. The homer extends his hitting streak to nine straight games. The Bisons went up for good in the sixth after Podkul's second long ball of the game. Podkul finished the night 2-for-4 with two homers and three RBI. It was his first multi-homer game of his career.

NEWS & NOTES

FIRST THINGS FIRST - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders welcome in the Buffalo Bisons for a six-game series in their first set of August. The last time Buffalo came to PNC Field in late June/early July, the RailRiders swept the Bisons for the franchise's first-ever six-game series sweep.

GETTIN' BUFF - Since losing the first three matchups against Buffalo to open their season series back in April, the RailRiders have won nine of their last twelve games against the Bisons. In those games, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre is outscoring Buffalo 56-37.

ALL GOOD THINGS MUST - Thursday, Estevan Florial sailed a throw into the RailRiders' dugout from centerfield. It broke a stretch of 59 games played without committing an error. Prior to the mistake, Florial's last error occurred on April 29 against Lehigh Valley (fielding).

BOMBS USUALLY MEAN WIN - Despite hitting two home runs on Thursday, the RailRiders lost to the Bisons. When Scranton/Wilkes-Barre hits two or more home runs, they are now 22-6.

PEN PALS - The RailRiders bullpen has thrown 15.1 innings in this series, allowing five runs (2.93 ERA). Last week, they threw 30.2 innings against Rochester, allowing 19 runs (5.58 ERA).

BELTRE BACK - Today, Michael Beltre was promoted from Double-A Somerset. He is slated to play right field and bat seventh. Beltre began the season with the RailRiders, going 0-for-5 in two games in his first taste of Triple-A baseball. In 53 games with the Patriots this season, the switch hitter has launched seven homers with 30 RBI while slashing .228/.327/.404.

O(UT OF THI)S WALDO - Oswaldo Cabrera enters tonight on an eleven-game hit streak (season-best) with four homers. The longest hit streak in his career lasted 15 games while in the Dominican Summer League from June 22 to July 27, 2016. He went 27-for-61 during that stretch (.443). When Cabrera began his Triple-A career at the end of the 2021 season, he carried a hit streak over from Double-A Somerset that ended up lasting 13 games.

RON APPÉTIT - Since July 8, Ronald Guzmán has been on a 20-for-47 push (.426) with seven doubles and three home runs over his last thirteen games. The seven games prior to this, Guzmán had gone 3-for-19 (.158) while striking out seven times. He enters with a nine-game hit streak. It's his longest hit streak since 2019 (nine games). The longest hit streak of his career lasted 16 games from June 25 to July 17, 2016 (23-for-63, .365). He has four hit streaks in his career that have lasted ten games or more at any level.

STREAKY - Greg Weissert has not been charged with a run in nineteen straight appearances, the longest stretch for any RailRiders pitcher this season. This scoreless streak has lasted 19.0 innings... Josh Breaux's fifteen-game on-base streak ended on Thursday after he went 0-for-4... Tyler Wade has an eleven-game on-base streak...

ITS BEEN A WHILE - The RailRiders were shut out by the Bisons in Tuesday's opener. It was the first time that Scranton/Wilkes-Barre had been shut out since game one of a doubleheader on June 8. In the first 55 games of the season, the RailRiders were shut out nine times. Including Tuesday's, they have been shut out once in their last 47 games. For Buffalo, they have three shutout victories since the All-Star Break (twelve games).

WADE FOR 100, ALEX - On Wednesday, Tyler Wade hit a solo homer in the bottom of the fourth inning. It was his 100th career Triple-A RBI. It was his first Triple-A home run since July 23, 2019 at Columbus and his first at PNC Field since May 31, 2019 against Lehigh Valley. In 266 career Triple-A games, that was his first home run against Buffalo.

ON DECK - Saturday at PNC Field is Super Hero Night with a Thor Bobblehead giveaway, presented by Geisinger. The RailRiders will wear custom Thor jerseys with a guest appearance from Thor himself. It's also Girl Scout Night at the ballpark.

AROUND THE ORGANIZATION - The New York Yankees (70-36) had yesterday off. Tonight they begin a weekend series at Busch Stadium against the St. Louis Cardinals with Nestor Cortes facing Dakota Hudson... The Somerset Patriots (60-37 )game against the Binghamton Rumble Ponies was been suspended due to rain. The game came to a stop with Somerset trailing Binghamton 10-1 in the top of the third inning with one out. They resume today and then play a seven-inning contest after... The Hudson Valley Renegades (53-45) trailed 5-0 after the first yet defeated the Jersey Shore BlueClaws 11-7 last night. T.J. Rumfield went 3-for-5 with a home run and four RBIs. Josue Panacual takes the mound tonight at 7:05 PM... The Tampa Tarpons (47-50) had yesterday off after a doubleheader split on Wednesday. They send Richard Fitts to the mound against the Clearwater Threshers at 6:30 PM...

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