SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE RAILRIDERS GAME REPORT

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre  4  -  Pawtucket 0

King, Loaisiga and Feyereisen combine for sixth RailRiders shutout of the season

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PAWTUCKET, RI (August 27, 2019) – The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders were able to neutralize the Pawtucket Red Sox Tuesday night, dazzling for a combined shutout in a 4-0 victory at McCoy Stadium.
Pitching before his hometown crowd, RailRiders starting pitcher Michael King turned in a second consecutive stellar start. The Warwick, R.I.-native spun the first four innings were without incident for King in which he took a no-hitter into the fifth inning before allowing a slap double into the left field corner by Jantzen Witte after the first two men were retired. 
He finished 6.0 innings with three hits before turning the ball over to the bullpen starting in the seventh inning. Making his first true bullpen appearance of the season with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, Jonathan Loaisiga retired all six men he faced while striking out three batters over the antepenultimate and penultimate innings. J.P. Feyereisen took over for a scoreless ninth inning as he slammed the door on a potential PawSox rally late.
The RailRiders used a pair of doubles by MLB Rehabber Luke Voit- one in the first inning and one in the third inning- to plate a pair of runs and take a 2-0 lead after three innings. It was Voit’s two-run blast that scored Gosuke Katoh to double the lead for the RailRiders in the ninth, making it 4-0. Voit is now 8-for-his-last-14 (.571 AVG) after going 0-for-3 in his first rehab game Friday night against Lehigh Valley.
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre entered the night in a tie for first place with the Syracuse Mets, but following the Mets falling 5-3 to the Lehigh Valley IronPigs up at NBT Bank Stadium in Syracuse, the RailRiders own a 1.0-game lead in the I.L. North Division with six games remaining in the season.
The RailRiders and Pawtucket Red Sox go toe-to-toe at McCoy Stadium for game three of the series Wednesday night. SWB sends RHP Adonis Rosa (6-0, 3.51) against PawSox RHP Teddy Stankiewicz (6-7, 3.94) who square off with first pitch scheduled for 7:05 p.m. Pregame coverage is set for 6:35 p.m. with Adam Marco and Adam Giardino on the RailRiders Radio Network.

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Record:

72-62

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