MOOSIC — Since the Yankees organization took over the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre franchise, the team has won and times have been good.

Erik Walkowiak drove in the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh to lift Greater Pittston to a 2-1 victory over Wilkes-Barre in a senior Legion game on Monday. Bart Chupka doubled as part of a two-hit effort.

The RailRiders split Monday's doubleheader with Rochester rallying for a 5-3 win in Game 2 after dropping the opener 10-1.

Cassidy Graham fired a no-hitter as Greater Wyoming Area defeated West Side 11-0 in four innings on Monday in District 31 Little League major softball play. Graham also led the team at the plate, going 3-for-3 with a home run and two doubles.

MOOSIC – With the torrid pace Scranton/Wilkes-Barre was on during doubleheaders this season, the success wasn't going to last forever.

DALLAS — Mountain Post A gutted out a ninth-inning victory and Back Mountain answered with a two-hitter as the senior legion squads split a doubleheader on Sunday at Misericordia.

ALLENTOWN — After tying the game in the top of the ninth to send it into extra innings, the RailRiders fell short as Cody Overbeck hit a game-winning sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 11th to lead Lehigh Valley to a 5-4 victory.

This season marks the 25th anniversary of one of the biggest accomplishments in Major League Baseball history during the course of one season when St. Louis Cardinals utility player Jose Oquendo played every position in a single campaign.

Here's a look at the next seven days of game matchups for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders:Rochester Red Wings

Our weekly look at the work of RailRiders president Rob Crain, who has given us back our baseball — with a side order of promotions and entertainment.

On May 21, RailRiders outfielder Thomas Neal announced on Twitter that he is donating $20 for every hit he compiles from then until the Triple-A All-Star Game on July 17 at Reno to the victims of the deadly tornado in Moore, Okla. The RailRiders are also matching...

The first-ever Wilkes-Barre Duathlon didn't go so well for Jerry Levandoski.“It's the only race I didn't finish,” Levandoski, a Dallas resident, said. “I had two flat tires on the second mile.”

Here's a list of the previous overall and women's winners of the past nine Wilkes-Barre Duathlons:YearOverall winnerCityTime2004Jeremy KacubaPhiladelphia1:15:402005John Troy OwensNanticoke1:15:17

Joseph P. Tereshinski, a member of the Washington Redskins for eight season died Sunday in St. Mary's Center for Alzheimer's and Dementia Care in Bogart, Ga. He was 89.

ALLENTOWN — The sound heard at Coca-Cola Park on Saturday night a few times was “Choooch” — the nickname for rehabbing Philadelphia Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz.

Pounding out 16 hits, one shy a season-high, the RailRiders put together a well-played game to knock off Lehigh Valley 7-0 on Saturday night at Coca-Cola Park.

The Dallas Area Horseshoe Club will honor the long career of Al “Peanuts” Long during its next National Horseshoe Pitchers Association-sanctioned event, a tournament scheduled for June 22 at the Luzerne County Fairgrounds.

Girls in grades 3-8 who love basketball are encouraged to participate in the Wyoming Seminary Lady Blue Knights Girls Basketball Clinic to be held June 24-28 at the Carpenter Athletic Center on the Upper School campus in Kingston.

Family Service Association of Northeastern Pennsylvania (FSA NEPA) and members of the Pauly Friedman 5K Family Walk/Run met recently to organize the fifth anniversary race slated for Sunday, Aug. 11 at Misericordia University on Lake Street, Dallas.

LACROSSE PLAYERS HONOREDFour players from Dallas were awarded all-star recognition in the Central Susquehanna Valley Girls Lacrosse League.

Back Mountain Little League players were appreciated on June 8 when the organization held a Player Appreciation Day, complete with a dunk tank, games and ice cream.

Paige Selenski has been to the world's premier event in amateur athletics.

The IronPigs took the second straight game of the four-game series versus the RailRiders on Friday, 4-1. The RailRiders' record fell under .500 on the road moving to 16-17. The teams meet again today and SWB will have to deal with Phillies rehabbing catcher Carlos...

Tucked neatly between a couple of triathlons sitting on his summer schedule, area multi-sport athlete Sean Robbins wasn't certain he'd compete in this year's Wilkes-Barre Duathlon.

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The weather wasn't kind to the RailRiders, and neither were a couple of guys who may be in the future plans of the Philadelphia Phillies. IronPigs starting pitcher Carlos Zambrano, a former big league All-Star with the Chicago Cubs, held the RailRiders to four hits...

ALLENTOWN — For the last couple weeks, Carlos Zambrano has been begging to be in the big leagues again.It took his shakiest inning to prove why.

MOOSIC – There's something about a doubleheader that brings out the best in the RailRiders.

Doubleheaders were once again good to the RailRiders as they swept their fourth twinbill this season defeating Buffalo 6-5 in the first game and 6-2 in the second.

MOOSIC — Last week, the RailRiders encountered a rainout and it not only dampened the team's game that night, it appeared to have impacted the offense as well.