SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE RAILRIDERS GAME REPORT

Toledo  12  -  Scranton/Wilkes-Barre  8

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMOOSIC, PA (May 10, 2019) – On a night where MLB rehabber OF Aaron Hicks was in the lineup and leading off, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders fell to the Toledo Mud Hens 12-8 in the first game of the series Friday night at PNC Field. 
Toledo established a lead in the top of the first with a sac fly and later getting a Mikie Mahtook homer to center field, making it 3-0 Mud Hens. 
The RailRiders scored seven times in the lengthy bottom of the second inning to take a 7-3 lead. After a run-scoring wild pitch, Mandy Alvarez doubled on a line drive to left field to plate a run, and then Zack Zehner produced an RBI ground out, evening the score 3-3. Scranton-Wilkes/Barre loaded the bases for the second time in the inning and took the lead with Tyler Wade reaching on a fielding error by first baseman Dustin Peterson for a 4-3 advantage. Another wild pitch added a run and then Ryan McBroom doubled home a pair to give SWB a 7-3 lead. 
The Mud Hens answered with a triple from Castro, a sac fly from Josh Lester and another score by Castro to make it a two-run game again, but in the bottom of the third, Trey Amburgey homered to give the RailRiders more breathing room, 8-5.
In the top of the fourth inning, Daz Cameron homered on a thundering line drive to center field (Estimated: 439 feet) for the Mud Hens, cutting into the RailRiders advantage and making it 8-6. The game became tied for the second time in the game with Castro singling on a soft line drive and two runs for Toledo – later adding a run, with Toledo reclaiming the lead 9-8.
In the ninth inning, the Mud Hens scored three more times, all unearned runs, and with SWB going down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the inning, the final the score was 12-8. 
Hicks played seven innings in centerfield and notched four plate appearances, walking once. His 0-for-3 makes him 0-for-14 on rehab between High-A Tampa and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre spanning four games.
The RailRiders will continue the three-game series with the Mud Hens Saturday evening. First pitch of game two of the three-game series is scheduled for 4:05 p.m. For tickets and more information, call (570) 969-BALL or slide to www.swbrailriders.com/tickets.

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRi