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The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders completed a two-game sweep of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs with a 3-2 victory on Thursday night at Coca-Cola Park. The RailRiders (59-48) handed the IronPigs (47-59) their first series loss since June 26-28.Starter Chaz Hebert (1-0) earned the win in his Triple-A debut with SWB and limited Lehigh Valley to a run on four hits over five innings. The southpaw walked one and struck out four. The IronPigs went with Cesar Jimenez (2-5). The left-hander allowed three runs on five hits over three frames of work. Johnny Barbato closed out the ninth with a perfect inning for his second save.Gary Sanchez provided all the offense the RailRiders would need. The backstop opened the scoring with a long, two-run home run to left in the second inning. Aaron Judge came around on Sanchez&#8217;s second Triple-A round-tripper for a 2-0 lead. Sanchez made it 3-0 in the third by scoring Rob Refsnyder on a double off the base of the wall in left.The IronPigs got a run in the fourth when Erik Kratz scored from second on a throwing error. A double by Tyler Henson plated K.C. Serna in the seventh, cutting the lead to the final margin.The RailRiders return home to host the Columbus Clippers for Princess and Pirate Night. The first of three is set for a 7:05 p.m. first pitch at PNC Field.RailRiders 3, Lehigh Valley 2RailRiders`AB`R`H`BIHeathcott lf`4`0`0`0Refsnyder 2b`5`1`1`0Bird 1b`4`0`2`0Judge cf`2`1`0`0Sanchez c`3`1`2`3Romine dh`4`0`0`0Figueroa 3b`3`0`0`0Austin rf`4`0`2`0Petit ss`4`0`0`0Totals`33`3`7`3Lehigh Valley`AB`R`H`BIHenson rf`5`0`3`1Bogusevic lf`4`0`0`0Altherr cf`3`0`0`0Kratz dh`3`1`0`0Phelps 3b`4`0`1`0McGuiness 1b`3`0`1`0Lino c`4`0`0`0Lohman 2b`4`0`0`0Serna ss`3`1`0`0Danks ph`1`0`0`0Totals`34`2`5`1RailRiders`021`000`000`-`3Lehigh Valley`000`100`100`-2E: Refsnyder (16), Petit (5), Sanchez (1), Serna (3), Lino (2). DP: Lehigh Valley 1. LOB: RailRiders 8, Lehigh Valley 8. 2B: Sanchez (3), Henson 2 (21). HR: Sanchez (2). SB: Judge (3), Austin (7). CS: Figueroa (3).RailRiders`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOHebert (W, 1-0)`5.0 `4`1`1`1`4Rumbelw (H, 3)`1.2 `1`1`1`0`2Pazos (H, 1)`1.1 `0`0`0`2`2Barbato (S, 2)`1.0 `0`0`0`0`1Lehigh Valley`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOJimenez (L, 2-5)`3.0`5`3`3`1`1McGowan `4.0`2`0`0`3`4Loewen `2.0`0`0`0`1`4WP: Rumbelow, Pazos.Umpires: HP: David Soucy. 1B: Shane Livensparger. 3B: Joey Amaral.T: 2:47. Att: 9,479.<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>Times Leader</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><factboxMeta>NOTESScranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders right hander, Jose Ramirez and outfielder Ramon Flores were traded to Seattle Thursday afternoon.</factboxMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Times Leader sports at 570-829-7143 or on Twitter @tlsports.</shirttailMeta></div>

RailRiders complete sweep of IronPigs