SCRANTON 3 LEHIGH VALLEY 2

SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE

RAILRIDERS

GAME REPORT

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre   3     Lehigh Valley  2

ALLENTOWN, PA (June 26, 2018) – Rey Navarro delivered a home run in Monday’s loss for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. Tuesday night he just missed a homer in the 8^th inning, but as the ball hit the top of the wall and fell on the warning track next to Alexi Amarista, Tyler Austin stomped on home plate to break a 2-2 tie in a 3-2 win.

 

The inning began off Brandon Leibrandt with a single and a walk before Zack Zehner advanced both runners with a sacrifice bunt to set up Bruce Caldwell’s game-tying RBI groundout. With two outs, that set up the heroics for Navarro.

 

David Hale earned the no-decision after allowing a pair of runs in his outing. In the bottom of the 4^th inning, the IronPigs began the inning with three straight hits after having only collected one hit over the first three innings against Hale. The veteran responded by minimizing the damage in the inning and tossing a scoreless 5^th inning to keep the game within reach for his offense.

The offense rallied for its first run of the night in the top of the 5^th inning with a pair of singles from Navarro and L.J. Mazzilli, culminating in a Tyler Wade RBI groundout two batters later.

The RailRiders bullpen was outstanding down the stretch in back of Hale. Cale Coshow tossed a scoreless 6^th inning before turning the baseball over to Tommy Kahnle in the 7^th inning. The righty needed 20 pitches, but he earned the win when SWB jumped ahead in the 8^th inning.

Joe Harvey hadn’t pitched since June 21^st, but he entered with the opportunity to notch a six-out save. He retired all six batters he faced including blowing away Amarista with a strikeout to end the game.

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre gears up for the Game Three of the four-game series against the IronPigs Tuesday at Coca-Cola Park. The RailRiders send LHP Justus Sheffield (1-3, 3.26) to the mound against RHP Drew Anderson (4-2, 3.48) for Lehigh Valley. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. with pregame coverage set for 6:35 p.m. with Adam Marco and Adam Giardino.

 

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Record:

37-38