McKinney Slams: SWB Comeback Falls Short to LHV
BOX SCORE | LHV 8, SWB 6 The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders dropped 8-6 to the Lehigh Valley IronPigs in a hard fought battle. Billy McKinneysmoked a grand slam in the contest for the RailRiders third of the season.
The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders dropped 8-6 to the Lehigh Valley IronPigs in a hard fought battle.
Grand McSlam! 🍔
— SWB RailRiders (@swbrailriders) June 4, 2023
Billy McKinney gets SWB within one run in the sixth inning with a 375 ft. grand slam to right! It's his ninth homer of the season. #EverythingMajor #RepBX pic.twitter.com/Jr99wtP3XX
Lehigh Valley plated three runs on three hits in the first inning. Dustin Peterson recorded an RBI single and Jordan Qsar batted in two of his own.
The IronPigs tacked on another one in the second as Jhailyn Ortiz trotted home on Weston Wilson’s groundout.
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre got on the board in the third. McKinney led off with a single and Jesus Bastidas pushed him home to cut LHV's lead down 4-1.
Wilson started the fourth with a walk. He stole second and moved to third on an error. Major League rehabber Darick Hall poked a sacrifice fly into left to bring him in.
In the next frame, the IronPigs put up another two off the bat of Jake Cave. His RBI double gave Lehigh Valley a 7-1 lead.
Oswald Peraza's got hops ⬆️#EverythingMajor #RepBX pic.twitter.com/6t7ZnmPJcB
— SWB RailRiders (@swbrailriders) June 4, 2023
The RailRiders battled back in the sixth to post a five spot as they batted through the order. Oswald Peraza led off with a walk and raced home on Ben Rortvedt’s double. Andres Chaparro walked to reach and a base hit by Carlos Narvaez loaded the bases. McKinney scorched a grand slam to right to bring everyone home. SWB got within one, down 7-6.
Lehigh Valley added an insurance run with an RBI single from Dustin Peterson in the eighth. The home team had an 8-6 advantage that stood.
Will Warren (L, 2-2) got the start, tossing just an inning and two thirds. He allowed four runs on four hits and four walks. Michael Feliz got the final out of the second. Feliz got one out in the third and James Norwood finished it off. Norwood got one out in the court and DJ Snelten finished it off. Snelten got an out in the fifth but left with the bases loaded. Matt Bowman came in and got the double play to end the frame. Bowman went on the to throw the next two frames quick and quiet including striking out four. Matt Krook let a run score on two hits in the eighth.
Jesus Cruz opened the contest with two and two thirds pitched. He gave up a run on two hits. Trey Cobb got the final out of the third. Jose Alvarado (W, 1-0) tossed a clean frame in Major League rehab. David Parkinson pitched the bulk of the work with four innings. He allowed five runs in the fifth, including a grand slam. Jacob Barnes (S, 1) threw the final clean.
The RailRiders wrap up their series at the IronPigs tomorrow afternoon at Coca Cola Park. Lefty Tanner Tully is set to start with a first pitch time of 1:35 PM.