RAILRIDERS BOW TO CHIEFS

SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE

RAILRIDERS

GAME REPORT

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Frazier Shines as RailRiders Bow to Chiefs, 14-4

4-for-5 day is the third by a RailRider in 2018

MOOSIC, Pa. (May 28, 2018) - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders lost to the Syracuse Chiefs 14-4 Monday afternoon at PNC Field. The RailRiders drop three-out-of-four against the Chiefs over Memorial Day Weekend.

The Chiefs jumped on the board early as Jacob Wilson smacked a single to right center bringing homeIrving Falu from third. The RailRiders answered quickly when Mike Ford was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, Ryan McBroom hit a sacrifice fly to deep center and Rey Navarro blooped a single over the shortstop to give Scranton/Wilkes-Barre a 3-1 lead after one inning of play.

In the top of the fifth inning, Oliver Pérez relieved Justus Sheffield. The Chiefs ended their scoring drought when Falu walked with two outs, stole second, then advanced to third on a throwing error by Wilkin Castillo. José Marmolejos flared an RBI single over third base to give Syracuse their second run of the game.

The Chiefs took the lead in the top of the sixth. An overthrow by Castillo allowed Jones, the tying run, to score from third. Tuffy Gosewisch then doubled to left-center to score the go-ahead run. They tacked on a few more in the top of the eighth when Móises Sierra singled, Wilson doubled and Hernandez blasted a three-run homerun. Then, in the top of the ninth, Falu, Sierra, and Hernandez each had two-run homeruns, and Decker had an RBI single extending the Chiefs' lead to 14-4. The RailRiders scored a run in the bottom of the ninth when Frazier singled then eventually came around to score on a wild pitch.

For the RailRiders, Sheffield had a solid outing throwing four innings allowing only one run on four hits with two walks and four strikeouts. Over his four Triple-A starts, the lefty has allowed three runs over 16.1 IP, good for a 1.65 ERA. Frazier had a strong performance going 4-for-5 with two stolen bases -- just the third four-hit game of the season by a RailRider (4/23 vs. Columbus; 4/8 vs. Syracuse)

The RailRiders pile on the bus and head to Louisville for a three-game series beginning Monday night. LHPJosh Rogers (4-3, 2.80) gets the ball for SWB against LHP Cody Reed (0-3, 4.45) for the Bats. The team will then make its way to Indianapolis for another three-game match-up before returning back to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre June 5^th to take on the Durham Bulls. For tickets and more information, call (570) 969-BALL or slide to www.swbrailriders.com/tickets.

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Record:

22-27