It appears Gio Gonzalez’s time with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders — and in the New York Yankees organization — is most likely over. Sources indicated Gonzalez, 33, informed the Yankees he’s opting out of his minor-league […]
Down to their final strike in both games, the RailRiders were doing everything to pick up another win at home. Mandy Alvarez managed to drive in two runs with a two-out double, bringing the tying […]
An early four-run deficit and a blown save with two outs in the ninth weren’t enough to spoil Scranton/Wilkes-Barre’s perfect home record. Ryan Lavarnway’s bases-loaded single in the bottom of the 10th delivered the RailRiders […]
Four games and 32 runs later, and the RailRiders had themselves a sweep. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre’s bats came to life right at the start of the season’s first homestand and haven’t slowed down, capped off with Sunday’s […]
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre won back-to-back games for the first time in 2019, beating Buffalo 4-1 on Friday after the game was called after five innings because of rain at PNC Field. David Hale was given the task […]
MOOSIC — In the history of Scranton/Wilkes-Barre baseball, there has been plenty of glitz and glamour over the past 30 years during the home openers. There wasn’t much of that on Thursday for the 2019 […]
Given one more chance to make some franchise history, Mike Ford didn’t disappoint. The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre slugger had already homered in his first two at-bats on Sunday. With two outs in the ninth inning, he stepped […]
Injuries in New York have already played havoc with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre’s lineup in the early going. But its the RailRiders’ rotation that has had issues rather than the bats. On Saturday, it was Chance Adams who […]
After a disappointing result against the Buffalo Bisons on opening day, Nestor Cortes Jr. and the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders were determined to change the result. Cortes shined on the mound, striking out nine in 5.2 scoreless […]
Opening day hasn’t very kind to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in the past. Celebrating the start of 30 years in the area on Thursday didn’t change things, either. Even with former Major League all-star Gio Gonzalez on the […]
MOOSIC — With hopes of bolstering their rotation depth, the New York Yankees signed Gio Gonzalez to a minor league deal in late March. Leading up to his contract signing, the veteran lefty was forced […]
MOOSIC — The Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre RailRiders and first-year manager Jay Bell have a lot of excitement brewing to start the 2019 season, and it starts with a potent one-two punch at the top of the […]
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