RailRiders Fall to IronPigs
Setback Snaps Four-Game Winning Streak
Moosic, Pa.
– The Lehigh Valley IronPigs evened the “IronRail Series” on Tuesday
night with a 6-1 victory over the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders
(Triple-A/New York Yankees) at PNC Field. The loss
dropped the RailRiders to 6-7 overall and snapped their winning streak
at four games. The IronPigs halted a five-game slide of their own and
improved to 4-9.
Severino Gonzalez
(1-1) weaved six innings for the IronPigs and used an up-tempo style to
frustrate the RailRiders’ hitters. Gonzalez limited SWB to a run on six
hits across six innings without a walk. He struck
out three. Eric Wooten (0-2) suffered the loss after surrendering three runs on seven hits over five innings for the RailRiders.
The IronPigs
initiated the scoring by plating two in the second inning. Maikel Franco
and Russ Canzler collected consecutive hits to open the frame and Chris
Nelson mashed a double to right-center that scored
Franco. One out later, Rene Garcia brought in Canzler from third on a
grounder to second for a 2-0 lead.
Lehigh Valley made it 3-0 in the third when Canzler doubled and scored on a hit by Chase d’Arnaud.
Rob Segedin led off the sixth inning with a triple to the left-center alley and scored on a groundout by
Rob Refsnyder for the RailRiders’ only tally.
The IronPigs
earned their fourth run in the seventh when Darin Mastroianni doubled
and came home on a hit by Tyler Henson. Franco and Nelson provided the
final tallies in the ninth for the 6-1 margin.
Slade Heathcott and
Segedin finished the night with two hits apiece for SWB. Joel De La
Cruz tossed three innings in relief, surrendering a run on three hits.
The RailRiders go
for the series win against the IronPigs on Wednesday night at PNC
Field. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35 p.m. RHP Chase Whitley (1-0,
2.45) throws for SWB against Lehigh Valley’s LHP Adam
Morgan (0-1, 5.00).
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