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Scranton/Wilkes-Barre&#8217;s offense continues to jump all over opposing pitchers.For the eighth time in their last nine games, the RailRiders scored at least six runs as they ran their winning streak to six straight with a 7-3 win over Toledo on Wednesday night at Fifth Third Field.Over the nine-game stretch, the RailRiders have outscored the opposition 67-46.On Wednesday, SWB banged out 12 hits to reach double digits in the hit column for the sixth straight game. The red-hot Ben Gamel had three more hits for the RailRiders, extending his multi-hit hitting streak to five. In his last five games, he has 15 hits in just 25 at-bats. The stretch has seen his batting average rise more than 30 points to .305 as he&#8217;s surged into the top 10 in batting average in the International League.The RailRiders took a 2-0 lead in the top of the fourth on a two-run homer by Jake Cave. An RBI double by Pete Kozma in the fifth extended the advantage to 3-0, while the team added four more in the sixth highlighted by run-scoring hits from Donovan Solano (2 for 4) and Aaron Judge (2 for 5).Luis Cessa picked up his first win of the season in 10 combined games between the RailRiders and Yankees. The right-hander tossed five shutout innings, giving up just two hits.He faced just one batter over the minimum in his five frames, allowing both hits in the fourth inning. He got some help from Gamel, who nailed Dixon Machado at third trying to stretch a double into a triple to start the frame.The RailRiders&#8217; run in Ohio through Columbus and Toledo wraps up on Thursday night at 7:05 when right-hander Chad Green (4-5, 1.61) gets the ball against Mud Hens lefty Chad Bell (2-1, 3.90) as they look to finish with a perfect road trip.RailRiders 7, Toledo 3RailRiders`AB`R`H`BIGamel cf`6`1`3`0Solano 3b`4`1`2`1Judge rf`5`1`2`1Sanchez dh`5`1`1`0Austin 1b`2`1`1`1Cave lf`5`1`1`2Kozma 2b`4`0`1`1Diaz ss`2`0`0`0Rodriguez c`5`1`1`0Totals`38`7`12`6Toledo `AB`R`H`BIMachado ss`4`0`1`0Jones cf` 3`1`1`0Moya lf`4`1`2`2McGehee 3b`4`1`2`0Huffman 1b`2`0`0`0Collins rf`4`0`0`0Gonzalez c`3`0`1`1Valdespin dh`2`0`0`0Bortnick ph/dh`2`0`0`0Diaz 2b`3`0`0`0Totals`31`3`7`3RailRiders`000`214`000`&#8212;`7Toledo`000`000`201` &#8212; `3E: Machado (9). LOB: Mud Hens 5, RailRiders 12. DP: Mud Hens 1, RailRiders 1. 2B: Sanchez (14), Kozma (11), Judge (13), Machado (9), McGehee (17). 3B: Jones (1). HR: Cave (3), Moya (13). SF: Austin, Gonzalez. SB: Austin (3). Outfield assists: Gamel (Machado at third)RailRiders `IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOCessa (W)` 5.0`2`0`0`1`3Coke ` 1.2`4`2`2`0`1Barbato ` 2.1`1`1`1`1`3Toledo`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOMolleken (L)`3.0`3`2`2`5`3Britton ` 2.0`3`1`1`1`1Guilmet ` 1.0`4`4`3`0`1Spomer ` 1.0`2`0`0`0`3Parnell `1.0`0`0`0`0`2Ryan`1.0`0`0`0`1`0Molleken pitched to four batters in the fourthWP: MollekenHBP:Huffman (by Barbato)Umpires: HP: Chris Segal. 1B: Paul Clemens. 3B: Alex Tosi.T: 3:07. Att: 7,610<style>
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