The Railriders and the IronPigs played their rubber series on Thursday morning at Coca-Cola Park in Allentown. Brady Lail for the start for the Railriders. The IronPigs sent Ben Lively to the mound. Gary Sanchez hit a one out single to center but a lineout and a popout ended the top of the first. Roman Quinn led off with an infield single then stole second and moved to third on a balk. JP Crawford brought home Quinn with an RBI single to center for a 1-0 lead. A double play and a popout ended the first. Wilkin Castillo drew a two out walk but a forceout kept it 1-0 IronPigs. Rhys Hoskins led off with a walk for the IronPigs but a double play and a groundout ended the second. Tyler Wade hit a one out single, then Gary Sanchez brought home Wade on an RBI double to left to tie the game at 1. Sanchez would move to third on a groundout. Clint Frazier would bring home Sanchez on double to left and give the Railriders a 2-1 lead. A flyout would end the inning. Lail threw a 1-2-3 third to hold the one run lead. Castillo would hit a one out single and on the next batter, steal second and move to third on a throwing error, but back-to-back strikeouts would end the Railriders threat. JP Crawford led off with a walk. After a lineout, Crawford moved to second on a wild pitch. Dylan Cozens would walk. The runners would move to second and third on a wild pitch. Rhys Hoskins would bring home Crawford on a sacrifice fly to center to tie the game at 2. A strikeout would end the fourth. Wade would lead off with a double to right. After a popout, Dustin Fowler would bring home Wade on a single to right to give the Railriders a 3-2 lead. Frazier would get hit by a pitch, but a lineout and a strikeout ended the top of the fifth. Logan Moore tied the game at 3 with a leadoff homer to right. Jesmuel Valentin would drew a walk but a double play and a strikeout would end the inning. Pat Venditte came in to pitch the sixth for the IronPigs. Castillo and Fleming each drew walks to start the sixth but back-to-back strikeouts and a fly out would keep the game tied. JP Crawford led off the bottom of the sixth with a walk, got to second on a fielder's choice and Alfaro would also reach. Dylan Cozens singled home Crawford for a 4-3 IronPigs lead. After a flyout, Joe Mantiply came in to pitch for the Railriders. Nick Williams brought home Alfaro on a single to right for a 5-3 IronPigs. A pickoff and a strikeout got the Railriders out of the inning. Venditte threw a 1-2-3 seventh for the IronPigs. Giovanny Gallegos came in to pitch for the Railriders in the bottom of the seventh. Hector Gomez hit a one out single to right, then Crawford would strike out but reached because the pitch was a wild pitch. The runners would move to second and third on another wild pitch but a strikeout prevented anymore damage. Michael Mariot came in to pitch the eighth for the IronPigs and threw a 1-2-3 frame to keep the two run cushion. Hoskins hit a one out double to center and went to third on an error. Back-to-back strikeouts kept the IronPigs off the board in the eighth. Pedro Beato came in to pitch the ninth in a save situation for the IronPigs. Beato threw a 1-2-3 ninth to get the save as the IronPigs took two of three from the Railriders 5-3.
Thoughts on the game: JP Crawford had a great game for the IronPigs, almost nothing could stop him from getting on, not even a strikeout. The Lehigh Valley bullpen had a great game, not giving up a run after Lively left the game. Despite not getting a decision, Lively did pitch a good game, striking out 5 in five innings. For the Railriders, it looks like Gary Sanchez is going back up to New York. He ends his rehab stint with 2 hits, a double and an RBI.
Railriders 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
IronPigs 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 x 5
Railriders
SS Wade 5 2 2 0
DH Sanchez 5 1 2 1
CF Fowler 4 0 1 1
LF Frazier 3 0 1 1
RF Williams 4 0 0 0
3B Culver 4 0 0 0
1B Castillo 2 0 1 0
2B Fleming 3 0 0 0
C Rodriguez 3 0 0 0
PH Payton 1 0 0 0
2B: Sanchez, Frazier, Wade
IronPigs
CF Quinn 4 1 1 0
SS Crawford 2 2 1 1
DH Alfaro 4 1 0 0
LF Cozens 3 0 1 1
1B Hoskins 2 0 1 1
RF Williams 4 0 1 1
C Moore 4 1 1 1
2B Valentin 2 0 0 0
3B Gomez 3 0 1 0
2B: Hoskins
HR: Moore
Railriders
Lail (L) 5.1 IP 4 H 5 R 5 ER 5 BB 4 K
Mantiply 0.2 IP 1 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 1 K
Gallegos 2 IP 2 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 6 K
IronPigs
Lively 5 IP 7 H 3 R 3 ER 1 BB 5 K
Venditte (W) 2 IP 0 H 0 R 0 ER 2 BB 3 K
Mariot 1 IP 0 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 2 K
Beato (S) 1 IP 0 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 0 K
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