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ROCHESTER, N.Y. &#8212; Anthony Swarzak became the first RailRiders pitcher this season to pitch into the eighth inning on Sunday as he tossed a complete-game.Unfortunately for the right-hander, and for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, the effort came in a loss.A fifth-inning home run by Rochester&#8217;s Adam Brett Walker was the only run as SWB fell to the host Red Wings 1-0 on Sunday at Frontier Field. The RailRiders (12-12) have now lost 18 of their last 26 at Frontier Field, while the Red Wings (11-13) have won seven of their last 11 and lead the season-long series between the clubs, 4-3.Walker&#8217;s pull job to left was his third of the season and second against the RailRiders. It made for a tough-luck loss by Swarzak (1-3), who allowed just five hits and one walk, while striking out five.Rochester starter David Martinez (1-1) tossed 7.1 scoreless innings for the win. J.R. Graham logged the final two outs for his third save.The RailRiders&#8217; nine-game road trip shifts to Buffalo for the first of three against the Bisons at 6:05 p.m. on Monday. SWB is scheduled to toss Luis Cessa (0-0, 3.18) against southpaw Wade LeBlanc (2-1, 2.22).The RailRiders return home for a nine-game homestand on Saturday starting with a two-game renewal of the IronRail Series against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. The first 1,000 kids in attendance will receive a CHAMP bank courtesy of the Times Leader.Notes: Slade Heathcott went 2 for 4 with a double. He also notched an outfield assist when he nabbed Byron Buxton at second base in a fly-ball double play. &#8230;Each team went 0 for 5 with runners in scoring position. &#8230;Before the game, the New York Yankees announced that reliever Diego Moreno was placed on the SWB disabled list. The team also received lefty Dan Camarena from Double-A Trenton.Red Wings 1, RailRiders 0RailRiders`AB`R`H`BIGamel lf`4`0`0`0Judge rf`3`0`0`0Heathcott cf`4`0`2`0Swisher dh`4`0`0`0Sanchez c`4`0`1`0Refsnyder 3b `3`0`1`0Parmelee 1b`3`0`0`0Solano 2b`3`0`0`0Kozma ss`3`0`1`0Totals`31`0`5`0Rochester`AB`R`H`BIBuxton dh`4`0`1`0Tovar ss`4`0`1`0Beresford 2b `3`0`1`0Kepler cf`3`0`0`0Vargas 1b`3`0`0`0Walker lf`3`1`2`1Centeno c`2`0`0`0Mastroianni rf`3`0`0`0Meneses 3b`3`0`0`0Totals`28`1`5`1RailRiders`000`000`000`&#8212;`0Rochester`000`010`00x`&#8212;`1DP: RailRiders 1, Rochester 1. LOB: RailRiders 5, Rochester 4. 2B: Heathcott (4), Walker (4). HR: Walker (3). SB: Tovar (8). Outfield Assists: Heathcott (Buxton at 2nd)RailRiders`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOSwarzak (L, 1-3)`4.0 `4`3`2`1`1Rochester`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOMartinez (W, 1-1)`7.1`4`0`0`1`6Boshers (H, 1)`1.0`1`0`0`0`0Graham (S, 3)`0.2`0`0`0`0`0Boshers (S, 1)`1.0`0`0`0`0`3WP: SwarzakUmpires: HP: Jansen Visconti. 1B: Ryan Additon. 3B: Derek Mollica.T: 2:12. Att: 3,242.<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>

Swarzak goes the distance in RailRiders loss