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The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders were walked off 3-2 at Toledo on Saturday night. The victory gave the Mud Hens a 3-2 lead in the series before the finale Sunday.
After a pair of singles against reliever Ron Marinaccio in the bottom of the ninth, Toledo got a game-winning hit from Jace Jung to end it.
The RailRiders took an early lead in the first inning. Jorbit Vivas reached on catcher’s interference and shifted to second when Oswald Peraza earned a walk. Carlos Narvaez followed with an RBI single for a 1-0 advantage.
Will Warren was sharp right out of the gate allowing just one base runner in the first three frames.
In the fifth inning, the Mud Hens got to work. Back-to-back hits from Justice Bigbie put two aboard. The RailRiders turned a big double play to get two outs. But Andrew Navigato crushed a double to tie the game up at one apiece. Warren walked a pair to load the bases and then issued another to drive in the go-ahead run. Anthony Misiewicz came in with three on and two outs and got a strikeout to end the frame.
Toledo starter Bryan Sammons settled in after the first to hold Scranton/Wilkes-Barre quiet. He tossed six innings of one unearned run ball.
The RailRiders countered against the reliever Easton Lucas in the seventh inning. Kevin Smith struck out swinging, but raced to first on a wild pitch to reach. Greg Allen doubled to move them both to scoring position. As the infield came in, Brandon Lockridge popped a ball into right center tying it up 2-2.
Matt Sauer tossed a clean inning of work in his first appearance with the RailRiders. Marinaccio (L, 0-2) stranded a runner in the eighth to keep things tied going in to the ninth.
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre had a runner aboard in the top of the ninth but a pair of caught looking stranded Smith at second.
The RailRiders will wrap up their series against the Mud Hens Sunday with a 2:05 p.m. first pitch.