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Luis Severino (7-0) struck out a career-high 10 batters and didn&#8217;t allow an earned run as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders topped the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, 9-4, on Wednesday night.SWB (57-48) evened the series at 6-6, while Lehigh Valley (47-58) has lost back-to-back games for just the second time since June 28.Severino became the first RailRider to reach double-digit strikeouts on the season and got it started by striking out the side in a perfect first. He grabbed the lead thanks to Ben Gamel&#8217;s leadoff home run in the top of the first. Austin Romine singled home a second-inning run while Greg Bird pulled a two-run homer in the third for a 4-0 lead.After three perfect innings, Severino allowed his lone hit to start the fourth, a single by IL All-Star Tyler Henson. An error later extended the frame while two wild pitches allowed a pair of unearned runs to score for the IronPigs.Gamel singled in a fourth-inning tally and the duo of Romine and Cole Figueroa picked up RBIs in the sixth for a 7-2 advantage.Severino started the seventh by hitting Aaron Altherr with a pitch before he was pulled. Another infield error combined with a groundball double play led to a third unearned run on the starter&#8217;s line as Branden Pinder allowed the inherited runner to score.A third infield error by SWB meant another unearned run in the eighth, this time on Pinder. He was relieved by Jose Ramirez who entered to face Erik Kratz as the tying run, but struck him out to strand inherited men at the corners.Gary Sanchez blasted a two-out, two-run double to right-center to salt the lead in the ninth.Lehigh Valley starter Sean O&#8217;Sullivan (0-1) allowed seven runs (six earned) over five-plus innings to shoulder the loss. Ramirez posted his team-best 10th save.Right-hander Bryan Mitchell (5-5, 3.12) is scheduled to face right-hander Severino Gonzalez (1-5, 4.66) in the series and road trip finale at 7:05 p.m. on Thursday night.RailRiders 9, IronPigs 4RailRiders`AB`R`H`BIBen Gamel cf `4`2`2`2Rob Refsnyder 2b `5`2`2`0Greg Bird 1b `5`1`2`2Aaron Judge rf `5`0`0`0Gary Sanchez c `5`1`2`2Ramon Flores lf `3`2`0`0Jose Pirela 3b `4`1`2`0Austin Romine dh `3`0`2`2Cole Figueroa ss `3`0`0`1Totals `37`9`12`9IronPigs`AB`R`H`BITyler Henson 2b`4`1`2`0Brian Bogusevic lf `4`0`1`1Aaron Altherr cf `3`2`0`0Erik Kratz dh `4`0`0`0Cord Phelps 3b `4`0`0`0Chris McGuiness 1b `3`0`0`0Jordan Danks rf `4`0`0`0Gabriel Lino c `3`0`0`0KC Serna ss `3`1`0`0Totals `32`4`3`1RailRiders`112`102`002`&#8212;`9 IronPigs`000`200`110`&#8212;`42B &#8212; Refsnyder, Romine, Pirela, Sanchez; HR &#8212; Gamel, Bird. SF &#8212; Figueroa; LOB &#8212; RailRiders 6, Iron Pigs 3. E &#8212; Henson.RailRiders`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOLuis Severino, W 7-0 `6.0`1`3`0`0`10Branden Pinder `1.2`2`1`0`1`2Jose Ramirez `1.1`0`0`0`0`1IronPigs`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOSean O&#8217;Sullivan, L 0-1`5.0`8`7`6`3`1Seth Rosin `3`2`0`0`0`3Juan Gutierrez `1.0`2`2`2`1`1<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>Times Leader</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Times Leader sports at 570-829-7143 or on Twitter @tlsports.</shirttailMeta></div>

Severino strikes out 10 in RailRiders win