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The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders bested the team that had their number most of the season, the Buffalo Bisons, by a 6-4 score on Monday night.The RailRiders, who are now, 77-60 on the season, lowered their magic number to three with second-place Rochester while taking the rubber match and series from the Bisons. The RailRiders had lost three straight series against the Bisons, going 2-7 in that time.Dustin Ackley put the RailRiders on the board in the first inning with a home run to right, his second through five games on his rehab assignment. Rob Refsnyder&#8217;s RBI double in the third made it, 2-0, but Buffalo rebounded.Danny Dorn drove in a third-inning run with a sac fly, Jonathan Diaz singled home another in the fourth and Ryan Schimpf&#8217;s ground-rule double in the sixth hammered home a pair for a 4-2 Buffalo lead.That would change in the seventh when all nine RailRiders came to the plate and four scored. Gregorio Petit doubled in a run before Ben Gamel blasted his 10th home run, a two-run shot, to give SWB the lead for good at, 5-4. Aaron Judge later salted the advantage with an RBI double inside of third base.SWB starter Brady Lail (3-2) was aided by three double plays as he worked around nine hits and two walks over six innings. He allowed four runs (three earned) and struck out four. Buffalo&#8217;s Scott Copeland, who entered the game with the IL&#8217;s second-best ERA, allowed six runs on a season-worst 11 hits over 6.1 innings to shoulder the loss. Nick Rumbelow fired a perfect ninth for his team-best eighth save.RailRiders 6, Buffalo 4Buffalo`AB`R`H`BIDalton cf`4`0`0`0Kawasaki 2b`3`1`0`0Hague 1b`3`1`1`0Dorn lf`3`0`1`1Burns 3b`4`1`2`0Schimpf dh`4`0`1`2Kottaras c`4`1`2`0Gindl rf`4`0`1`0Diaz ss`1`0`0`0Hassan ph`1`0`0`0Totals`33`4`9`4RailRiders`AB`R`H`BIGamel cf`5`2`2`2Refsnyder dh`5`0`2`1Ackley 2b`4`1`3`1Pirela lf`4`1`0`0Judge rf`5`0`2`1Roller 1b`3`0`0`0Romine c`5`0`1`0Figueroa 3b`4`1`1`0Petit ss`3`1`1`1Totals`38`6`12`6Buffalo`000`112`000`&#8212;`4Visitor`101`000`400` &#8212;`6E: Ackley DP: Buffalo 1, RailRiders 3. LOB: Buffalo 5, RailRiders 10. 2B: Dorn, Gindl, Burns, Schimpf, Refsnyder, Petit, Judge. SF: Dorn SB: PompeyBuffalo Pitching`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOCopeland`6.1`11`6`6`0`2Burke`1.2`1`0`0`2`0Hynes`0.1`0`0`0`3`0Korecky`0.2`0`0`0`0`0RailRiders Pitching`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOLail`6.0`9`4`3`2`4Martin`2.0`0`0`0`0`2Rumbelow`1.0`0`0`0`0`0WP: LailUmpires: HP: Barber. 1B: Amaral. 3B: SoucyT: 2:29. Att: 9,823<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>

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders lower magic number to 3