Pinstriped Performances: Volpe, RailRiders Hanging Around

In keeping with the rest of their season, the RailRiders, and their new superstar, simply will not quit. The Renegades can’t catch a break against the team they’re chasing down.

Mitch Spence. Photo by Matt Kardos

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (71-60): Scranton rode four home runs and 15 hits overall to an easy 7-2 win over Durham, whittling the Bulls’ division lead back down to two games in the loss column with three left to play in this series.

• Star of the Game: Anthony Volpe – 2-for-5, 2 home runs (2), 2 RBI, 2 runs scored, 1 strikeout. Volpe’s first and second career long balls at Triple-A were both solo shots. His OPS at this level sits at a ridiculous 1.260
• Chris Owings: 4-for-5, 2 runs scored, 1 stolen base
• Ben Rortvedt: 2-for-5, 2 doubles, 1 RBI, 2 strikeouts
• Ryan LaMarre: 2-for-4, 1 home run (3), 2 RBI, 2 runs scored, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts. LaMarre added some insurance runs with a two-run homer in the ninth
• Armando Alvarez: 2-for-3, 1 home run (15), 2 RBI, 1 run scored. Alvarez is second on the team, and first among current players, in home runs
• Mitch Spence: 6 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 78 pitches (52 strikes). Spence moved to 2-2 with the win and has gone at least five innings in four straight starts
• Anthony Banda: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K, 28 pitches (18 strikes)
• Jimmy Cordero: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 15 pitches (8 strikes)

Trey Sweeney (Photo by John Brophy / Pinstriped Prospects)

Somerset Patriots (79-48): Somerset beat Hartford 7-5 for a third consecutive win.

• Star of the Game: Trey Sweeney – 2-for-4, 1 home run (1), 3 RBI, 2 runs scored, 1 walk, 1 strikeout. Sweeney’s three-run shot was the first of his Double-A career and turned a 2-2 tie into a 5-2 Patriots lead
• Andres Chaparro: 2-for-5, 2 RBI, 2 strikeouts. Chaparro drove in the winning runs with a single in the ninth inning
• Mickey Gasper: 1-for-2, 1 double, 1 RBI, 2 runs scored, 2 walks, 1 strikeout
• Barrett Loseke: 3.2 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 58 pitches (43 strikes). Loseke made his first start in 36 appearances this season
• Shawn Semple: 3.1 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 49 pitches (34 strikes)
• Matt Minnick: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 29 pitches (19 strikes). Minnick earned the win for a clean eighth and ninth

Edgar Barclay. Photo by Kylie Richelle

Hudson Valley Renegades (71-57): The Renegades dispatched the Blue Rocks 8-0, but Brooklyn won its fifth straight game, protecting a 1.5 game lead in the standings with just three left to play.

• Star of the Game: Edgar Barclay – 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K, 64 pitches (43 strikes). Barclay, who is now 7-4, has made four starts this year, two in April and two in September. He has allowed just a single earned run and struck out 24 over those appearances
• Anthony Seigler: 2-for-4, 2 runs scored, 2 walks, 1 strikeout
• Jasson Dominguez: 1-for-5, 1 triple, 1 RBI, 1 run scored, 1 walk, 1 stolen base
• Tyler Hardman: 1-for-4, 1 home run (22), 1 RBI, 2 runs scored, 1 walk, 1 strikeout. Hardman hit a sixth-inning solo shot for the final run of the game and maintained his team lead in homers
• TJ Rumfield: 3-for-5, 1 RBI, 2 runs scored
• Benjamin Cowles: 3-for-5, 1 RBI, 1 strikeout
• Bailey Dees: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K, 28 pitches (19 strikes)
• Enrique Santana: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 22 pitches (13 strikes)
• Carlos Gomez: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 16 pitches (8 strikes)

Tampa Tarpons (61-65): Tampa ran into more weather issues in Daytona, with tonight’s game postponed by rain. The two teams will play a doubleheader tomorrow. Dunedin defeated Palm Beach, meaning the Tarpons can’t make up any ground in the rescheduled game.