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Remembering a marvel of a man

Frank Michaels will remain on council for the time being

BUFFALO, N.Y. &#8212; The RailRiders offense continues to be inconsistent.One night after piling up 17 hits, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre was held to just two on Saturday night at Coca-Cola Field as the RailRiders lost 3-1 for their sixth straight road loss and their fifth loss in the last seven games.The setback coupled with Rochester&#8217;s 5-1 win over Pawtucket drops SWB&#8217;s lead in the International League North Division to five games with nine remaining in the regular season. The team&#8217;s magic number to clinch it&#8217;s first division title since 2012 remains at five.After Buffalo scored the first run of the game on a solo home run by Dalton Pompey in the third inning to take a 1-0 lead, the RailRiders answered right back in the top of the fourth when rehabbing Yankee Dustin Ackley (1 for 2) went deep for a solo shot of his own to tie the game at 1-1.Optioned from Toronto earlier in the week, the Bisons MVP candidate Matt Hague continued his torrid season giving Buffalo a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the sixth with a two-run shot, his 11th of the season. Hague&#8217;s longball came against Caleb Cotham (2-2), who tossed a pair of innings in relief of starter Eric Wooten.Wooten pitched the first five innings allowing five hits and one run; he didn&#8217;t walk any and struck out four.The RailRiders other hit was a single by Kyle Roller, who has been red-hit lately. With his 1 for 3 performance, Roller is now 14 for 37 (.378) over his last 11 games. The hot stretch came after a period after the All-Star Game when he had just five hits in 56 at-bats.Buffalo starter Jeff Francis (6-3) kept the SWB bats silent with 13 groundouts and six strikeouts in eight innings pitched.The RailRiders and Bisons play the second game of their three-game series this afternoon at 1:05 when lefty Chris Capuano (1-1, 1.93) takes the hill for SWB and will be opposed by RHP Chad Jenkins (8-4, 2.93).Bisons 3, RailRiders 1RailRiders`AB`R`H`BIGamel lf`4`0`0`0Refsnyder 2b`4`0`0`0Ackley rf`2`1`1`1Dugas ph/rf`1`0`0`0Pirela 3b`3`0`0`0Judge cf`3`0`0`0Romine 1b`3`0`0`0Roller dh`3`0`1`0Petit ss`3`0`0`0Graterol c`3`0`0`0Noel pr`0`0`0`0Totals`29`1`2`1Buffalo`AB`R`H`BIPompey lf`4`1`1`1Berti dh`3`1`1`0Hague 1b`4`1`1`2Hassan rf`4`0`1`0Burns 3b`3`0`2`0Ochinko c`3`0`1`0Heisey cf`3`0`0`0Diaz ss`3`0`1`0Kawasaki 2b`3`0`0`0Totals`30`3`8`3RailRiders`000`1o0`o00`&#8212;`1Buffalo`001`020`00x` &#8212;`3E: Burns (15). DP: Bisons 1, RailRiders 2. LOB: Bisons 4, RailRiders 1. HR: Ackley (1), Pompey (1), Hague (11). SB: Noel (8).RailRiders`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOWooten `5.0`5`1`1`0`4Cotham (L, 2-2)`2.0`3`2`2`1`1Bailey`1.o`0`0`0`0`1Buffalo`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOFrancis (W, 6-3) `8.0`2`1`1`0`6Tepera (S,3) `1.0`0`0`0`0`0Umpires: HP: Robert Moreno. 1B: Jeremy Riggs. 2B: Sean Barber. 3B: Ian FazioT: 1:49. Att: 8,810<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>

RailRiders road woes continue in Buffalo