Pinstriped Previews: Scranton Wilkes-Barre Looks For Seven Wins In A Row
May 12, 2021
Wednesday night in the New York Yankees organization brings some intriguing games. The Triple-A Scranton Wilkes-Barre Railriders will look to win their seventh game in a row tonight and High-A Hudson Valley sends a pitcher to the mound who dominated in his first start. Read more about these games with our daily Pinstriped Previews: Brody Koerner (Photo by Robert M Pimpsner/Pinstriped Prospects)
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PNC Field I 6:35 PM ET
Tonight, the RailRiders will go for their seventh consecutive win with Koerner on the mound. Last night, Deivi Garcia threw five scoreless innings, allowed three hits, and struck seven while walking a batter on 82 pitches (49 strikes). Koerner will look to continue the momentum.
Fans will notice some changes at PNC Field Tuesday night. Author: Stacy Lange Updated: 6:09 PM EDT May 10, 2021
MOOSIC, Pa. PNC Field in Moosic was as busy as it s been in more than a year Monday, the day before the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders return home for the first game here since September 2019.
Crews were busy preparing for the long-anticipated homestand against rivals the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs. Sunday night, that game ends, everybody can take a deep breath that we made it through the first homestand, said Adam Marco, RailRiders director of communications and play-by-play announcer.
Marco told Newswatch 16 PNC Field can operate at 50 percent capacity, but due to social distancing rules, only about 30 percent will fit in the stands.
Last year s home run king can officially defend his crown starting on Tuesday.
Luke Voit returned from his rehab assignment and was reinstated off the 10-day injured list, the Yankees announced on Tuesday morning. The slugger has been working back from
New York was targeting the beginning of their series in Tampa Bay against the Rays coming off Monday s off day for Voit s return, so this news comes as expected.
In his absence, New York has used four different players at first base, including Jay Bruce who ended up retiring after struggling mightily to start the season. Now, manager Aaron Boone is excited to hand the starting job back to one of the most reliable and dangerous bats in this high-octane lineup.
Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images
This past week, the minor leagues took the field for the first time since September 2019. It was a successful week within the Yankees organization, as three of the four affiliated teams finished the week with at least a share of first place in their respective divisions. In addition to team success, many of the Yankees top prospects put together outstanding season debuts. Since all four teams were off yesterday, let’s use the breather to take a look across the Yankees system at some of the top performers from week one of the minor league season.
Pinstriped Previews: Scranton Wilkes-Barre and Hudson Valley Open Up Home Schedule
PNC Field I 6:35 PM ET
In the first series of the season, only five teams in the Triple-A East had one loss. This series features two of those squads.
Brody Koerner gets the ball for the RailRiders in the series opener. On May 5 against the Syracuse Mets, Koener struggled with command, but he was able to keep the Mets off the scoreboard. He went four scoreless innings, allowed one hit, walked three, and struck out four on 51 pitches (28 strikes).
After walking two of the first three hitters he faced, the 27-year-old retired 9 of the final 11 hitters he faced in the no-decision. Koerner faced the IronPigs three times in 2019 and went 0-2 while allowing ten earned runs over 13.2 innings of work.