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<p>MOOSIC &#8212; Yankees legend Mariano Rivera was on the mound for many history-making events for New York.</p><p>So it seemed only fitting that on a night when Major League Baseball&#8217;s all-time saves leader was at PNC Field, the RailRiders would make a little history of their own.</p><p>Scranton/Wilkes-Barre secured the International League North Division championship on Thursday night with a 12-2 win over Buffalo for its first division title since being renamed the RailRiders at the beginning of the 2013 season. The team actually secured the division crown two innings before the game in Moosic ended when second-place Rochester was defeated by Pawtucket 5-4. The RailRiders will begin postseason play on Wednesday against either Columbus or Indianapolis. Both teams are battling for the IL West Division and the league&#8217;s wild card; SWB will face the wild card winner.</p><p>In securing the franchise&#8217;s first division crown since 2012 and celebrating a division championship on the home field for the first time since clinching in 2010, the RailRiders didn&#8217;t waste much time getting started. And, once the offense got started it couldn&#8217;t be stopped.</p><p>The offense racked up a season-high 19 hits, including two home runs, seven players had multiple hits and every player in the lineup had at least one hit. Cito Culver notched four hits, Ali Castillo had three, while Slade Heathcott hit a three-run homer and Gregorio Petit added a two-run shot as SWB won its sixth division title since the Yankees took over the affiliation in 2007.</p><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m glad it was here. We wanted to win obviously and clinch, but I&#8217;m glad we did it here,&#8221; said Heathcott referring to the celebration at PNC Field a night after losing to Rochester in New York. &#8220;That way everyone&#8217;s here, the fans are here.</p><p>&#8220;We know that this is just starting now. This is what we&#8217;re playing for. This is my first playoff in pro ball and we&#8217;re ready to go now.&#8221;</p><p>SWB grabbed a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second when Petit scored on a fielder&#8217;s choice. International League Rookie of the Year Ben Gamel started the offensive explosion in the third inning doubling home a run before scoring on a two-run double by Rob Segedin (2 for 5) in a three-run third as the RailRiders took a 4-0 lead.</p><p>Heathcott&#8217;s second homer of the season and first since April 17 came in the bottom of the fourth after Buffalo got on the board in the top of the fourth. Heathcott&#8217;s blast just cleared the wall in rightfield pushing the lead to 7-2.</p><p>&#8220;I&#8221;m not just gonna give it to our offense,&#8221; Gamel said. &#8220;Our pitchers and our bullpen have been lights out all year. It&#8217;s awesome when you can play complete ballgames.</p><p>&#8220;We have a ton of great ballplayers on this team and I&#8217;m glad to say that I&#8217;m a part of it.&#8221;</p><p>In a three-run fifth inning highlighted by Petit&#8217;s two-run blast that was way out to left field, Ali Castillo (3 for 5) singled in a run making the lead 10-2.</p><p>Two more SWB runs scored in the sixth inning on Culver&#8217;s RBI single, his fourth hit of the night, and a infield single to second base by Heathcott plating another run.</p><p>The SWB offense rescued starter Eric Wooten, who struggled in his 4 2/3 innings. The lefty gave up just two runs, but allowed nine hits. Buffalo got a hit off Wooten in every inning, but he got out of most of the trouble only giving up a run in the fourth on RBI single before the Bisons got a sac fly in the fifth inning.</p><p>A relieving core that has been a revolving door of arms heading to New York then back to SWB and other moving pieces going to Double-A Trenton has been solid throughout all the movement.</p><p>Again on Thursday night, the unit performed great tossing 4 1/3 scoreless innings with Johnny Barbato (4-0) picking up the win. Mark Montgomery, who spent a large portion of the season with Trenton, fired two innings and Nick Goody, who has been up and down between the Big Leagues and Triple-A got the final three outs to start the celebration.</p><p>&#8220;I think it goes to show that no matter who you plug in, the Yankees organization as a whole minor leaguers, it all blends as one,&#8221; Goody said. &#8220;Everybody wants everybody else to do good. And obviously that&#8217;s what you need to be successful.&#8221;</p><p>Even earlier in the week, the roster was somewhat depleted when the Yankees called up several players as reinforcements for their playoff push. But that didn&#8217;t dampen the RailRiders spirits.</p><p>&#8220;Cito comes in that&#8217;s awesome. Jake Cave comes in, that&#8217;s awesome. Mark Montgomery comes in and pitches two scoreless innings,&#8221; Goody said. &#8220;That&#8217;s what you want to see. It&#8217;s good.&#8221;</p><p>The former Yankee great had a short meet-and-greet with fans on the field when he arrived around 5:30 p.m. After giving the team a pre-game pep talk to hype them up a bit, he addressed the sellout crowd of 10,000 stating he was gracious for the donations made to his charity. Donning a white, pinstripped RailRiders jersey with 42 on the back, Rivera then threw out the first pitch.</p><p>Rivera was in town promoting his Mariano Rivera Foundation, a community-oriented organization with emphasis on youth oriented programs.</p><p><strong>RailRiders 12, Bisons 2</strong></p><p><strong>Buffalo`AB`R`H`BI</strong></p><p>Mesa cf`5`0`0`0</p><p>Kelly lf`5`1`5`0</p><p>Hague dh`5`0`2`0</p><p>Hassan rf`4`0`0`1</p><p>Dorn 1b`4`0`1`0</p><p>Burns 2b`4`1`2`0</p><p>Ochinko c`4`0`0`0</p><p>Berti 3b`3`0`1`1</p><p>Diaz ss`4`0`0`0</p><p><strong>Totals`38`2`11`2</strong></p><p><strong>RailRiders`AB`R`H`BI</strong></p><p>Heathcott cf`5`1`2`4</p><p>Castillo 2b`5`1`2`1</p><p>Gamel dh`5`1`1`1</p><p>Judge rf`4`2`2`0</p><p>Segedin 1b`5`1`2`2</p><p>Petit ss`4`3`2`2</p><p>Cave lf`4`1`1`0</p><p>Culver 3b`5`1`4`1</p><p>Higashioka c`5`1`2`1</p><p><strong>Totals`42`12`19`12</strong></p><p><strong>Buffalo`000`110`o00`&#8212;`2</strong></p><p><strong>RailRiders`013`332`00x` &#8212;`12</strong></p><p>E: Segedin (3). DP: Bisons 0, RailRiders 0. LOB: Bisons 11, RailRiders 9. 2B: Burns (25), Gamel (26), Segedin (8), Higashioka (1), Judge (10). HR: Heathcott (2), Petit (2). SF: Hassan. SB: Castillo (2). Outfield assists: Kelly (Segedin at 3rd).</p><p><strong>Buffalo`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SO</strong></p><p>Albers (L, 2-11)`4.0`10`7`7`1`1</p><p>Anderson`1.0`4`3`3`0`2</p><p>Hynes `2.o`4`2`2`1`2</p><p>Burke`1.0`1`0`0`0`1</p><p><strong>RailRiders`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SO</strong></p><p>Wooten `4.2`9`2`2`0`3</p><p>Barbato (W, 4-0) `1.1`1`0`0`1`2</p><p>Montgomery `2.0`0`0`0`0`2</p><p>Goody`1.0`1`0`0`0`2</p><p>Umpires: HP: Dave Soucy. 1B: Joey Amaral. 2B: Sean Barber. 3B: Shave Livensparger</p><p>WP: Goody</p><p>HBP: (Cave by Anderson)</p><p>T: 2:50. Att: 10,000</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Former New York Yankees relief pitcher Mariano Rivera, center, looks at the fans at PNC Field in Moosic before the start of the RailRiders home game against Buffalo on Thursday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/web1_rivera013.jpg</photo0><caption0>Former New York Yankees relief pitcher Mariano Rivera, center, looks at the fans at PNC Field in Moosic before the start of the RailRiders home game against Buffalo on Thursday. </caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/web1_rivera023.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Former New York Yankees relief pitcher Mariano Rivera takes the pitchers mound to throw out the first pitch before the start of Thursday&#8217;s RailRiders baseball game at PNC Field in Moosic. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/web1_rivera023.jpg</photo1><caption1>Former New York Yankees relief pitcher Mariano Rivera takes the pitchers mound to throw out the first pitch before the start of Thursday&#8217;s RailRiders baseball game at PNC Field in Moosic. </caption1><photoCredit1></photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/web1_rivera033.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Former New York Yankees relief pitcher Mariano Rivera throws out the first pitch before the start of Thursday&#8217;s RailRiders baseball game at PNC Field in Moosic. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/web1_rivera033.jpg</photo2><caption2>Former New York Yankees relief pitcher Mariano Rivera throws out the first pitch before the start of Thursday&#8217;s RailRiders baseball game at PNC Field in Moosic. </caption2><photoCredit2></photoCredit2></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/web1_railridersbison013.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Jake Cave of the RailRiders grounds out along the first base line in the second inning in Thursday&#8217;s baseball game against the Bison at PNC Field. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo3>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/web1_railridersbison013.jpg</photo3><caption3>Jake Cave of the RailRiders grounds out along the first base line in the second inning in Thursday&#8217;s baseball game against the Bison at PNC Field. </caption3><photoCredit3></photoCredit3></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/web1_railridersbison023.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">RailRiders infielder Gregorio Petit gathers up a grounder on a doubleplay in the third inning at PNC Field in Moosic. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo4>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/web1_railridersbison023.jpg</photo4><caption4>RailRiders infielder Gregorio Petit gathers up a grounder on a doubleplay in the third inning at PNC Field in Moosic. </caption4><photoCredit4></photoCredit4></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/web1_railridersbison033.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Aaron Judge, left, and Ben Gamel of the RailRiders score on a double by Rob Segedin in the third inning of Thursday&#8217;s baseball game against the Bisons. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo5>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/web1_railridersbison033.jpg</photo5><caption5>Aaron Judge, left, and Ben Gamel of the RailRiders score on a double by Rob Segedin in the third inning of Thursday&#8217;s baseball game against the Bisons. </caption5><photoCredit5></photoCredit5></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/web1_railridersbison043.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Railriders pitcher Eric Wooten throws in the fourth inning of Thursday&#8217;s game at PNC Field. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo6>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/web1_railridersbison043.jpg</photo6><caption6>Railriders pitcher Eric Wooten throws in the fourth inning of Thursday&#8217;s game at PNC Field. </caption6><photoCredit6></photoCredit6></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>RailRiders clinch division title on Mariano Rivera night</subheadMeta></div><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><strong>Game Highlights</strong>: Piling up a season-high 19 hits, the RailRiders had seven batters in the lineup have multiple hits led by Cito Culver&#8217;s four, while every starter in the lineup had at least one hit and reached base at least twice. &#8230;Slade Heathcott hit a three-run homer and drove in four, Gregorio Petit hit a two-run shot, and Rob Segedin had a pair of RBI.</p><p><strong>Attendance</strong>: 10,000 (the sixth sellout of the season)</p><p><strong>Time of Game</strong>: 2:50</p><p><strong>Race for the IL North:</strong> With Friday&#8217;s win over Buffalo, the RailRiders&#8217; record this season improves to 79-61 and clinched the International League North Division for the first time since 2012 and first since being renamed RailRiders. SWB actually secured the title before the game ended when Rochester was beaten by Pawtucket 5-4.</p><p><strong>Today&#8217;s Game: </strong>The RailRiders wrap up their regular-season home schedule tonight at 7:05 when they face Buffalo at PNC Field.</p><p><strong>Today at PNC Field: </strong>It&#8217;s Friday night so that means there&#8217;s postgame fireworks to go along with fan appreciation day.</p><p><strong>Today&#8217;s Probables:</strong> RailRiders lefty Chris Capuano (1-1, 1.61) vs. Buffalo right-hander Chad Jenkins (8-5, 2.98)</p><p><strong>On Deck: </strong>SWB closes out its regular season with a three-game series at Syracuse starting on Saturday. The team then begins the postseason on Wednesday when it travels to either Columbus or Indianapolis, and will return to PNC Field on Friday, Sept. 11.</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>HOW THEY SCORED</strong></p><p><strong>RAILRIDERS SECOND:</strong> Gregorio Petit singled. Jake Cave grounded out, Petit to second. Cito Culver singled, Petit to third. Kyle Higashioka grounded into a force out, Culver out at second, Petit scored. Slade Heathcott flied out. <strong>RAILRIDERS 1-0</strong></p><p><strong>RAILRIDERS THIRD</strong>: Ali Castillo singled. Ben Gamel doubled to score Castillo. Aaron Judge walked. Rob Segedin doubled to score Gamel and Judge, but was thrown out trying to advance to third. Petit flied out. Cave grounded out. <strong>RAILRIDERS 4-0</strong></p><p><strong>BUFFALO FOURTH</strong>: Danny Dorn flied out. Andy Burns doubled. Sean Ochinko reached on an error, Burns to third. Jon Berti singled to score Burns. Jonathan Diaz flied out. Melky Mesa struck out. <strong>RAILRIDERS 4-1</strong></p><p><strong>RAILRIDERS FOURTH</strong>: Culver singled. Higashioka singled. Heathcott hit a three-run homer. Castillo grounded out. Gamel grounded out. Judge flied out. <strong>RAILRIDERS 7-1 </strong></p><p><strong>BUFFALO FIFTH:</strong> Ty Kelly singled. Matt Hague singled, Kelly to third. Alex Hassan hit a sac fly scoring Kelly. Dorn struck out. Burns singled. Ochinko struck out. <strong>RAILRIDERS 7-2</strong></p><p><strong>RAILRIDERS FIFTH</strong>: Segedin singled. Petit homered. Cave singled. Culver singled. Higashioka grounded out, but the runners advanced. Heathcott struck out. Castillo singled to score Cave and advanced to second on the throw home. Gamel struck out. <strong>RAILRIDERS 10-2 </strong></p><p><strong>RAILRIDERS SIXTH</strong>: Judge doubled. Segedin flied out. Petit walked. Cave struck out. Culver singled to score Judge. Higashioka singled to load the bases. Heathcott reached on an infield single driving in Petit. Castillo grounded into a force out.<strong> RAILRIDERS 12-2</strong></p></factboxMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Dave Rosengrant at 570-991-6398 or on Twitter @tldrosengrant</p></shirttailMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><videoMeta><p><table class="mceItemTable" style="border:none;width:98%;"><tbody><tr><td style="font-weight:bold;font-size:100%;vertical-align:top;text-align:right;border:none;">VideoID:</td><td id="videoid" style="width:50em;font-size:90%;">BHUAKGy5JNU </td></tr><tr><td style="font-weight:bold;font-size:100%;vertical-align:top;text-align:right;border:none;">VideoType:</td><td id="videotype" style="font-size:90%;">YOUTUBE</p><p></td></tr><tr><td style="font-weight:bold;font-size:100%;vertical-align:top;text-align:right;border:none;">URL:</td><td id="url" style="font-size:90%;"></p><p></td></tr><tr><td style="font-weight:bold;font-size:100%;vertical-align:top;text-align:right;border:none;">Video Embed String:</td><td id="videoembedstring" style="font-size:90%;"></p><p></td></tr><tr><td style="font-weight:bold;font-size:100%;vertical-align:top;text-align:right;border:none;">Video Caption:</td><td id="videocaption" style="font-size:90%;"> </td></tr><tr><td style="font-weight:bold;font-size:100%;vertical-align:top;text-align:right;border:none;">Video Credit:</td><td id="videocredit" style="font-size:90%;"> </td></tr><tr><td style="font-weight:bold;font-size:100%;vertical-align:top;text-align:right;border:none;">Video Position:</td><td id="videoposition" style="font-size:90%;"> </td></tr></tbody></table></p><p style="margin-top:10px;font-size:70%;color:#555;">(use the &#8220;for files&#8230;&#8221; link above to associate attached files with this source)</p></videoMeta></div>

History-making night at PNC Field