RailRiders Combine for Six-Hit Shutout of Pawtucket

June 21, 2014 - International League (IL) Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Moosic, Pa. -A slew of sparkling new additions to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders' (Triple-A/New York Yankees) roster helped anchor a combined six-hit 4-0 shutout win over the Pawtucket Red Sox (Boston Red Sox) Saturday night at PNC Field. 40-man member Bryan Mitchell received his first Triple-A start, dancing around four scoreless frames while fellow newby Taylor Dugas notched his first hit as a RailRider en route to a two RBI night at the plate.

Matt Barns tossed a 1-2-3 first before running into a bugaboo of trouble in the second. Three hits by Scott Sizemore, Zelous Wheeler and Rob Refsnyder loaded the bases before Barns issued a walk to Corban Joseph to bring about the game's first run. The crooked number was hung after Dugas' first RBI, a groundball to second, that made the affair 2-0 in favor of the local nine.

A four-hit fourth marked the final offensive charge for SWB as Dugas and Jose Pirela collected back-to-back run-scoring hits that thrust the advantage to the contest's final ledger of 4-0. Mitchell yielded three hits before handing the baton to Francisco Rondon (1-0) who twirled a sparkling 2.2 innings of scoreless baseball in the win. Matt Daley and Robert Coello piggybacked off Rondon to secure the final score of 4-0 and snap the RailRiders' three-game losing streak.

The RailRiders will look to build off Saturday night's win as they continue the series with the Pawtucket Red Sox Sunday, June 22 with day baseball at 1:05 p.m. The RailRiders will toss the right-hander Shane Greene (4-2, 5.77) while the Red Sox call upon the right-hander Allen Webster (3-4, 2.94). John Sadak and Aaron Berlin will have the call on radio with the pregame show beginning at 12:35 p.m. on NEPA Sports Radio -The GAME, Northeast PA's largest radio network: 100.7 FM, 1340 WYCK-AM, 1400 WICK-AM, 1440 WCDL-AM and 106.7 FM. For season ticket information, single-game tickets or to book a ballpark group outing, call (570) 969-BALL (2255) or visit swbrailirders.com. OFF THE RAILS:

Saturday's night win snapped a three-game losing for the RailRiders while aslo avoiding dropping SWB to a season-worst six-games under .500.

Mookie Betts swiped second base in the second frame off SWB catcher John Ryan Murphy. The RailRiders have allowed their opponents to successfully swipe a bag in each of their last 15 attempts. The RailRiders have nabbed just 21 of 100 (.210) would-be base stealers this season. No other IL team has had more stolen base attempts or successes against it than SWB.

Rob Refsnyder collected three more base hits Saturday night to raise his season-long contact clip with SWB to .293. Refsnyder has now collected a hit six of his last seven games, including three multi-hit affairs. During the run of success the RailRiders' usual second baseman is 10-for-25 (.400).

Saturday night's combined shutout of Pawtucket marked the RailRiders' fifth shutout victory of the season, with the last such win a 2-0 triumph over the Rochester Red Wings May 24. SWB is now 5-5 in shutouts this campaign.

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