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Kirby Park will be the site of Overdose Awareness Day celebrating the lives of those lost to addiction

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Ryan Keyes leads Coughlin golf past Pittston Area

<p>MOOSIC &#8212; With the biggest series of the season looming, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre got a night of rest on Thursday as its game against Lehigh Valley was postponed due to rain.</p><p>The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Aug. 27 when the IronPigs return to PNC Field for a brief stint. Both games will be seven innings with the first starting at 5:35 p.m.</p><p>Today, the first-place RailRiders start a three-game series with second-place Rochester with the teams going in the opposite direction of late.</p><p>SWB enters tonight&#8217;s game at 7:05 at PNC Field with a 4.5-game lead over the Red Wings in the International League North Division with a magic number of 15, but the team has lost three of its last four games with two of them coming last weekend to the Red Wings. The Red Wings enter on a five-game winning streak and have cut the RailRiders&#8217; division lead to three games in that span.</p><p>In their last four games, the RailRiders have scored just seven runs. During the six-game winning streak that preceded the current four-game stretch, they totaled 29 runs. In the Red Wings&#8217; current stretch they have outscored opponents 22-12.</p><p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t really think anybody is thinking about the lead or anything like that right now,&#8221; SWB infielder Cole Figueroa said earlier in the week. &#8220;I think obviously we want to hit a little bit better. We&#8217;ve been getting some guys on and struggling a little with guys in scoring position. But for the most part I think everyone&#8217;s in pretty good spirits and no panic or anything.&#8221;</p><p>Pitching tonight for the RailRiders will be rehabbing Yankee Michael Pineda, who is returning from a right forearm strain and last pitched on Sunday for Double-A Trenton. The right-hander is 9-7 with a 3.97 ERA in 19 starts for New York this season.</p><p>The big series runs through the weekend with the teams squaring off two more times this season, Sept. 1-2 in Rochester.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Dave Rosengrant</p><p>drosengrant@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><factboxMeta><p><strong>The T.L. Express</strong></p><p>Thursday night&#8217;s game between the RailRiders and IronPigs was postponed and will be made up on Thursday, Aug. 27 at PNC Field with a doubleheader starting at 5:35 p.m.</p><p><strong>Race for the IL North:</strong> With Thursday&#8217;s rain out, both SWB and Rochester were off. The RailRiders&#8217; record this season is 70-55 and they have a 4.5 game lead in the division over Rochester (66-60) with 19 games remaining in the regular season. SWB&#8217;s magic number to clinch its first division title since 2012, and first since being renamed RailRiders is 15.</p><p><strong>Today&#8217;s Game: </strong>The RailRiders host Rochester tonight at 7 at PNC Field to start a key three-game series in the International League North Division.</p><p><strong>Today at PNC Field: </strong>If you happen to see Batman or Superman at tonight&#8217;s game don&#8217;t be alarmed, there&#8217;s no mischievous acts occurring, it&#8217;s just Superhero Night. The first 1,000 kids in attendance will receive a Mr. IncrediBall mask. After the game stay for the postgame Friday Fireworks show.</p><p><strong>Today&#8217;s Probables:</strong> SWB righty rehabbing Michael Pineda (9-7, 3.97) vs. Rochester RHP Jose Berrios (3-2, 3.38)</p><p><strong>On Deck: </strong>The Rochester series wraps up on Sunday afternoon. After that, the RailRiders head on the road for three games in Pawtucket before coming back to PNC Field on Thursday, Aug. 27 to face Lehigh Valley in a doubleheader.</p><p><strong>On the Radio:</strong> All games can be heard on NEPA Sports Radio WYCK 1340-AM, 1400-AM, 1440-AM, 100.7-FM, 106.7-FM</p><p><strong>On TV:</strong> Tonight&#8217;s game will be shown live on MyTV (WQMY).</p></factboxMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Dave Rosengrant at 570-991-6398 or on Twitter @tldrosengrant</p></shirttailMeta></div>

RailRiders, IronPigs rained out