Sunday, June 18, 2017

Railriders complete sweep in rain-shortened game

The SWB Railriders and the Buffalo Bisons finished up their series on Sunday afternoon. The Railriders looked to complete the sweep in Buffalo before they would return to PNC Field on Monday. Caleb Smith got the start for the Railriders. The Bisons went to Glenn Sparkman. Tyler Wade started it off on a single to center. After a forceout that got Wade out at second on a Dustin Fowler grounder, Donovan Solano would hit a double to right to score Fowler to make it 1-0 Railriders. Solano would move to third on a passed ball. Tyler Austin would bring home Solano on a sacrifice fly to center for a 2-0 advantage. A groundout would end the inning. Ian Parmley hit a leadoff bunt single but Smith would retire the side to keep 2-0 Railriders after one. Mark Payton would draw a two out walk but a strikeout would end the Top half of the second. Christian Lopes drew a two out walk but a lineout would end the second. Sparkman threw a 1-2-3 third for the Bisons. Smith answered with a 1-2-3 inning of his own. Jake Cave hit a double to right with two outs but a flyout ended the inning. The game ended up in a rain delay. Smith stayed in the game and threw a 1-2-3 inning for the Railriders. Chris Smith came in to pitch for the Bisons. Mark Payton hit a leadoff single but Smith would retire the side in the fifth to keep it 2-0 going to the bottom of the fifth. Smith threw another 1-2-3 inning for the Railriders in the fifth. Smith threw a 1-2-3 inning in the sixth. Jake Elmore reached on an error then Gregorio Petit drew a walk but Elmore got caught stealing third for the third out of the inning. Jake Cave would hit a single to center to lead off the seventh. After a popout, Mark Payton hit a double to left, moving Cave to third. A strikeout and a popout would end the Top of the seventh. Smith threw a 1-2-3 seventh for the Railriders. The second rain delay happened in the eighth and they would call the game and the Railriders would complete the sweep with a 2-0 victory over Buffalo. 

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