IronPigs Shutout by Bisons to Open Road Swing

Allentown, Pennsylvania (September 3, 2024) –The Lehigh Valley IronPigs (62-67, 28-28) were shutout for a second consecutive ballgame, this time by the Buffalo Bisons (60-72, 23-35) 12-0, on Tuesday night at Sahlen Field.

Buffalo was off and running immediately, scoring four two-out runs in the first. Josh Kasevich singled home the first run before Damiano Palmegiani swatted a three-run homer.

Alan Roden mashed a solo homer to begin the third, his seventh of the year, to extend the lead to 5-0 for Buffalo.

Roden added a bases loaded RBI single in the fifth to make it 6-0 before Kasevich cleared the bases with a double, garnering two RBI while the third run scored on an error on the play. Kasevich wound up at third and scored on a Will Robertson sacrifice fly

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Palmegiani drove in the final two runs of the game, one on a sacrifice fly in the sixth and another on his second homer of the day in the eighth, a solo shot that was his 17th of the season.

Paxton Schultz (4-3) worked two perfect innings in relief for Buffalo, striking out two, to earn the win.

Kyle Tyler (1-2) suffered the loss for the ‘Pigs, allowing nine runs in three-plus innings on eight hits and four walks, striking out five.

The IronPigs and Bisons square off again on Wednesday, September 4th with first pitch slated for 6:05 p.m. at Sahlen Field. Mick Abel (3-10, 6.06) goes for the ‘Pigs while Easton Lucas (0-1, 2.35) opens for Buffalo.

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