Home Sweet Home: SWB topples PawSox 11-1
MOOSIC, PA (August 19, 2019) - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders used an explosion of offense out of the gate over the first two innings- scoring seven runs and batting around twice- en route to defeating the Pawtucket Red Sox 11-1 Monday night at PNC Field.
MOOSIC, PA (August 19, 2019) - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders used an explosion of offense out of the gate over the first two innings- scoring seven runs and batting around twice- en route to defeating the Pawtucket Red Sox 11-1 Monday night at PNC Field.
RailRiders starting pitcher
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre plated four runs on three hits and three walks against Red Sox starter
In the bottom of the eighth, Kratz smacked a solo home run to dead center off Pawtucket position player
The PawSox notched their lone tally in the top of the ninth inning as Sturgeon doubled and plated a run, spoiling a combined shutout bid by the RailRiders with one out to go.
Keller (1-1) limited Pawtucket to only four hits while striking out eight on the night. The effort earned him his first career Triple-A win. Ramirez (4-8) was charged the loss for Pawtucket after he went just 1.1 innings on 61 pitches and surrendering seven runs. His season ERA jumped from 4.25 to 4.75 following the outing.
The RailRiders continue the series against Pawtucket Tuesday evening. First pitch of game two is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.