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Pita Hot: Matt Pita homers on birthday in loss

Matt Pita hit his second three-run homer of the series for the RailRiders, but SWB fell 7-3 at Buffalo on Thursday. (Todd Hiller)
April 21, 2022

BUFFALO, NY (April 21, 2022) - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders dropped Thursday’s game to the Buffalo Bisons by a 7-3 final at Sahlen Field. Matt Pita launched his second three-run homer in as many days as SWB drops the third game of a six-game set. Luis Gil made his third start

BUFFALO, NY (April 21, 2022) - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders dropped Thursday’s game to the Buffalo Bisons by a 7-3 final at Sahlen Field. Matt Pita launched his second three-run homer in as many days as SWB drops the third game of a six-game set.

Luis Gil made his third start of the season. He stopped the Buffalo offense in the first inning, stranding the bases loaded. The right hander went 1-2-3 in the second with two strikeouts on secondary pitches but faltered in the third inning. Four straight Bisons’ hitters would tally a hit with one out against Gil. Logan Wormoth capped the lopsided frame with a two-run double as Buffalo jumped out to a 5-0 lead.

The RailRiders mounted a comeback in the top of the seventh. With two outs, David Freitas singled and Ryan LaMarre followed with a walk. Pita, who was celebrating his 25th birthday, launched a three-run home run to left field to cut the lead to two. Pita has now homered in back-to-back ball games, both of which the three-run variety.

Buffalo tallied two insurance runs in the eighth. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre’s offense was stifled the rest of the way, garnering a baserunner in their half of the eighth but failed to score with their remaining six outs for a 7-3 final. Luis Gil (0-2) suffered his second straight loss. Bowden Francis (1-0) tossed 6.2 innings as the first opposing starting pitcher to throw into the seventh inning this season while taking the win. Matt Gage garnered his second save of the year.

Buffalo’s win has guaranteed at least a series split with the RailRiders. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre dropped their tenth straight game to the Bisons dating back to the 2021 season. They have not defeated Buffalo since June 13, 2021.

The two match up on Friday night at 6:05 PM. Starter JP Sears is slated to make his first RailRiders appearance of the season All the action can be heard on swbrailriders.com.