Clean Sweep: SWB blanks Buffalo twice
BUFFALO, NY (June 5, 2019) - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders pitching staff combined to face just three batters over the minimum Wednesday night against the Buffalo Bisons, notching a pair of wins with 14 shutout innings over their International League North Division rivals.
BUFFALO, NY (June 5, 2019) - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders pitching staff combined to face just three batters over the minimum Wednesday night against the Buffalo Bisons, notching a pair of wins with 14 shutout innings over their International League North Division rivals.
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The offense in the first game came from RBI hits from
Game Two featured Nestor Cortes allowing just a one-out single by
Overall, Buffalo hitters were 4-for-44 (.091 AVG) on the night with one walk (.111 OBP) and never had a runner reach second base the entire evening. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre entered Wednesday night with a pair of shutouts over the first 54 games of the season, and with a pair of shutout wins over the Buffalo Bisons they are now just one shutout behind the Durham Bulls (5 SHO) for the league lead in that category.
The doubleheader sweep- the team's second such sweep of the season- coupled with losses by Pawtucket and Syracuse gives SWB its largest lead in the division in 2019 at 5.0 games. They have matched their season best mark of 10 games above .500 with the win.
Scranton Wilkes-Barre and Buffalo complete their six-game, four-day series Thursday evening with a standard-issue ballgame at Sahlen Field. RHP