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Dustin Fowler was 4 for 5 with a double, a stolen base and two runs scored as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders defeated the host Toledo Mud Hens 5-1 on Saturday night.
The RailRiders (27-18) have won 11 of their last 13 and stand a season-best nine games above .500. The Mud Hens (21-26) have lost nine of 10.
Toledo struck first with a solo homer to left-center by Argenis Diaz off starter Caleb Smith (3-0). The southpaw starter contained the Mud Hens thereafter, striking out nine over six innings en route to the win.
Fowler and Gleyber Torres combined for back-to-back, first-pitch doubles to tie the game at the start of the fourth. Two innings later, Tyler Austin singled Fowler home for a 2-1 lead.
In the seventh, Tyler Wade drove a sac fly to deep left that plated Mason Williams. Consecutive two-out RBI doubles from Donovan Solano and Cito Culver rounded out the scoring in the eighth.
The Mud Hens put two on with two out in the ninth before closer Ernesto Frieri got a game-ending groundout from Omar Infante and secure his team-best sixth save.
Toledo starter Matt Crouse (0-1) took the loss in his first Triple-A outing of the year.
The four-game series continues at 6:05 p.m. Sunday. SWB’s Brady Lail (1-2, 5.88) is expected to face fellow right-hander Anibal Sanchez (0-1, 9.00).
RailRiders 5, Toledo 1
RailRiders`AB`R`H`BI
Wade 2b`3`0`0`1
Fowler lf`5`2`4`0
Torres ss`5`0`1`1
Austin 1b`3`0`1`1
Choi 1b`0`1`0`0
Frazier rf`5`0`1`0
Williams cf`3`1`0`0
Solano dh`3`1`1`1
Culver 3b`4`0`1`1
Rodriguez c`3`0`1`0
Totals`34`5`10`5
Toledo`AB`R`H`BI
Infante 2b`5`0`1`0
Diaz 3b`4`1`2`1
Navarro 1b`3`0`0`0
Holaday c`4`0`0`0
Krizan lf`4`0`1`0
Gonzalez dh`3`0`0`0
Moya rf`4`0`1`0
Ryan ss`2`0`0`0
Watkins 3b`2`0`2`0
den Dekker cf`4`0`1`0
Totals`35`1`8`1
RailRiders`000`101`120`—`5
Toledo`100`000`000`—`1
DP: Toledo 1. LOB: RailRiders 9, Toledo 9. 2B: Fowler (11), Torres (1), Solano (4), Culver (7), Infante (10). HR: Diaz (1). SF: Wade. SB: Fowler (6), Williams (10), Choi (2), Watkins (1).
RailRiders`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SO
Smith (W, 3-0)`6.0 `5`1`1`2`9
Jones (H, 2)`1.0 `1`0`0`0`2
Mantiply `1.2 `2`0`0`0`0
Frieri (S, 6)`0.1 `0`0`0`0`0
Toledo `IP`H`R`ER`BB`SO
Crouse (L, 0-1)`6.0`6`3`3`2`4
Knsing `1.0`1`0`0`1`1
Rondon `1.0`2`2`2`1`2
Ryan `1.0`1`0`0`1`0
HBP: Wade (by Ryan).
T: 2:47. Att: 10,800.