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<p>LOUISVILLE, Ky. &#8211; In the opener, it was a big-moment hit. In the nightcap, gutsy pitching. On the night, it meant a doubleheader sweep as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders defeated the Louisville Bats at Louisville Slugger Field on Wednesday night 4-2 and 2-0.</p><p>The RailRiders (23-18) have won six of seven to surge to a season-best five games above .500. The Bats (21-18) have lost six of eight, dropping to 8-10 at home.</p><p>In game one, SWB starter Brady Lail faced one over the minimum through four before running into trouble in the fifth. Scott Schebler reached on a lead-off double and later crossed on Ray Chang&#8217;s single.</p><p>Lail wiggled out of a bases-loaded jam by inducing an inning-ending 3-2-4 double play from Hernan Iribarren. A lead-off walk in the sixth drawn by Juan Perez later led to a second score on Steve Selsky&#8217;s sac fly. An error by Ben Gamel during the frame made it unearned.</p><p>Gamel would make up for the miscue and then some when the RailRiders sent all nine to the plate in a four-run seventh.</p><p>Deibinson Romero singled in the first run before Gamel laced a bases-loaded double to left for a 3-2 lead. It marked the RailRiders&#8217; first extra-base hit with the bases loaded this season. The team entered the game 5-for-37 (.135) with the bases full on the year, all singles. Aaron Judge followed with a sac fly for the 4-2 margin.</p><p>That lead stood up as Anthony Swarzak recorded his third save in as many appearances. Lail (2-0) got the win and J.J. Hoover (0-1) suffered the loss and a blown save.</p><p>In game two, impromptu starter Tyler Olson fired four scoreless innings, a season-long outing. He struck out a season-best five and gave up just one hit, a two-out single by Jermaine Curtis in the fourth.</p><p>He left with the lead thanks to Pete Kozma&#8217;s RBI single with two outs in the second. In the fifth, Eddy Rodriguez doubled and later scored on a Gamel single against prospect starter Cody Reed for a 2-0 margin.</p><p>Giovanny Gallegos fired a perfect fifth and retired the first two in the sixth before a pair of full-count walks and a full-count hit batter loaded the bases. Tyler Webb entered to face former big leaguer Scott Schebler, who worked a full count of his own. Webb got him looking with a fastball away to leave the bases loaded.</p><p>An inning later, singles by Chris Berset and Perez with two outs coupled with a poor throw from right fielder Cesar Puello placed the tying runs in scoring position.Webb again responded, striking out Iribarren looking to bolt down his first save of the year.</p><p>Gallegos (1-0) got the win in his first Triple-A outing of the season while Reed (2-2) took the loss.</p><p>The series concludes at 7:05 p.m. Thursday. Eric Ruth (1-0, 3.00) is scheduled to start for SWB against fellow right-hander Josh Smith (3-3, 2.70).</p><p>The RailRiders return home for a short three-game series and homestand against Louisville on Tuesday.</p><style>
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