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In his first plate appearance of the game, Emmanuel Burriss hit the game-winning RBI single through the right-side hole to give the Syracuse Chiefs a 5-4 win in 11 innings over the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders in the regular season finale on Monday.The IL North champion RailRiders finish the regular season at 81-63 while the Chiefs finished at 66-78.Ali Castillo tied the game in the top of the ninth, 3-3, with an RBI to score pinch runner Ben Gamel.In the 11th, Castillo singled to left-center to push Cave across the plate as the RailRiders claimed a 4-3 lead. Castillo went 5 for 6 with 4 RBI and three doubles.With one out, Syracuse&#8217;s Steve Lerud reached on an infield hit, Jose Lozada walked and Issac Ballou flied out to right. A pitching change brought Andury Acevedo into the game. The hard-throwing right-hander would not record an out. He walked Sizemore to load the bases, walked Jason Martinson to tie the game and allowed Burriss contact to end it.The RailRiders tied the IL&#8217;s record for players used in a season with 75. Reliever Jonathan Holder (0-1) became the 75th player when he entered the game in the seventh inning. Norfolk set the mark in 2012.In Louisville, the Indianapolis Indians blew a 2-0 lead in the ninth for a 3-2 loss that cemented the playoff picture. The Columbus Clippers won the IL West while Indy claimed the wild-card spot and will face SWB in the opening round. The IL South champion Norfolk Tides will oppose the Clippers.The RailRiders will open their first-round playoff series at Indianapolis on Wednesday night at 7:05 p.m. SWB right-hander Kyle Haynes (3-2, 4.54) will face a to-be-announced starter for the Indians. The RailRiders will host Game 3 of the series at PNC Field on Friday at 6:35 p.m.Chiefs 5, RailRiders 4RailRiders`AB`R`H`BICave cf `5`2`3`1Castillo 2b `6`0`5`4Figueroa dh `5`0`1`0Judge rf `6`0`0`0Segedin 1b `5`0`0`0Dugas lf `4`0`3`0Heathcott pr, lf `1`0`0`0Petit ss `5`0`0`0Culver 3b `3`1`0`0Higashioka c `3`0`0`0Roller ph `1`0`1`0Gamel pr `0`1`0`0Graterol c `1`0`0`0Totals `45`4`13`4Chiefs `AB`R`H`BIBallou lf `6`1`2`0Sizemore 2b `5`1`2`2Martinson ss, 3b `5`0`0`1Skole 3b `4`1`1`1Burriss pr, ss `1`0`1`1Keyes 1b `4`0`1`0Ramsay rf `4`0`0`0Hague dh `4`0`2`0Lerud c `5`1`2`0Lozada cf `4`1`1`0Totals `42`5`12`5RailRiders`000`010`101`01`&#8212;`4 Chiefs`010`000`200`02`&#8212;`52B &#8212; Castillo, Cave; Keyes, Ballou; 3B &#8212; Cave ; HR &#8212; Skole, Sizemore. LOB: RailRiders 13, Chiefs 12. E: Keyes (5), Ramsey (4), Skole (1), Burriss (14). DP: RailRiders (Petit-G Castillo, Al-Segedin); Chiefs 3 (Sizemore-Martinson-Keyes, Martinson-Keyes, Sizemore-Keyes). CS: Castillo. SB: Gamel.RailRiders`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOHerbert `5.0`7`1`1`1`4Holder (L, 0-1) `5.2`4`4`4`4Acevedo `0.0`1`0`0`2`0Chiefs`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOEspino`5.0`7`1`1`0`6Bacus `2.0`1`1`1`2`1Walters `0.2`1`0`0`0`0Guiterrez `1.1`2`1`1`2`3Overton (W, 1-0) `2.0`2`1`1`1`2<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 lose regular season finale