RailRiders Come Up Short in Repeat Bid
RailRiders’ Season Ends with Loss to Durham
Moosic, Pa. –
As they did all season, the SWB RailRiders (Triple-A/ New York Yankees)
fought to the bitter end on Friday night at PNC Field, but fell short,
6-4, against the Durham Bulls in Game Four of the International League
Governors’ Cup Championship Series. The Bulls (3-1) claim their second
title in five seasons. The RailRiders (1-3) closed out another memorable
campaign.
Starter Brady Lail (0-1) hurled
three scoreless frames before running into trouble in the fourth.
Trailing 1-0, Durham’s Daniel Robertson drove in two with a bases-loaded
single to right and a third run came home on an error. The Bulls added
on another run with consecutive doubles in by Kean Wong and Willy
Adames.
The Bulls used five relievers behind
starter Burch Smith. Hunter Wood (1-0) took home the victory, retiring
the only batter he faced. Diego Castillo notched the final five outs for
the save.
Jonathan Diaz reached bases four times for SWB. He singled to left in the third and scored on a hit to right by Miguel Andujar for a 1-0 lead.
The Bulls scored six in a row, including a two-run homer by Robertson, before the RailRiders mounted one last charge. Mike Ford doubled for the second time in the game and scored on a grounder by Jake Cave in the sixth. Kyle Higashioka worked
a bases-loaded walk to force in a run in the seventh. Diaz walked and
crossed home as the game’s final run in the eighth thanks to a throwing
error by Robertson.
Durham’s Jake Bauers was named Most
Valuable Player after hitting .412 (7-for-17) with two doubles, two
RBIs, and three runs scored.
The RailRiders host the 2017 Gildan
Triple-A National Championship on Tuesday, September 19 at 7:07 p.m. The
Durham Bulls (Tampa Bay Rays) will face either the Memphis Redbirds
(St. Louis Cardinals) or El Paso Chihuahuas (San Diego Padres) out of
the Pacific Coast League. For tickets or more information, please call 570-969-BALL (2255) or visit swbrailriders.com.
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