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SYRACUSE &#8212; The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders picked up their 13th shutout of the season in a 5-0 blanking of the Syracuse Chiefs Monday night. The RailRiders won for the 15th time in the past 20 games.Named the IL Batter of the Week earlier in the day, Aaron Judge blasted his Internationa League-leading 16th home run of the season.Ben Gamel had three hits. Nick Swisher doubled as part of a 3 for 5 day at the plate.Starter Chad Green yielded three hits over six innings for the win. He struck out six and walked one. Chasen Shreve and Nick Goody blanked the Chiefs over the final three frames.The RailRiders earned the only run they would need in the second. Jake Cave led off with single, followed by a Donovan Solano RBI double. In the fourth, the first three batters reached and scored. Solano drove in another run on his second double of the day. Gamel knocked in a run with a single.Judge Named Batter of the WeekScranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders&#8217; outfielder Aaron Judge was named International League Batter of the Week by the league office on Monday for June 20-26.He&#8217;s the second RailRider to take a weekly honor in 2016. Sean O&#8217;Sullivan of the Pawtucket Red Sox was named IL Pitcher of the Week.Judge recorded seven extra&#8208;base hits, 29 total bases, a 1.208 slugging percentage and five home runs to go along with a .458 batting average and nine RBIs. He led the RailRiders to a 9&#8208;2 win over Toledo on Tuesday with his first career two&#8208;homer game, part of a four&#8208;hit effort that included three RBIs.On Thursday, he began a string of three consecutive games with a long ball, ending the week tied for the IL lead with 15 home runs for the season. Judge is also in the top five in the IL in RBIs, runs scored, slugging, total bases and extra&#8208;base hits.RailRiders 5, Syracuse 0RailRiders`AB`R`H`BIGamel cf`5`0`3`1Swisher 1b`5`0`3`0Judge dh`4`1`1`1Sanchez c`5`0`1`0Austin rf`5`1`1`0Cave lf`3`2`1`0Solano 3b`4`1`2`2Kozma 2b`4`0`0`0Diaz ss`3`0`1`1Totals`38`5`13`5Syracuse`AB`R`H`BITurner cf`3`0`0`0Lombrdzzi 3b`4`0`1`0Goodwin lf`4`0`1`0Skole 1b`4`0`0`0Bostick 2b`4`0`0`0den Dekker dh`3`0`0`0Severino c`3`0`1`0Collier rf`3`0`1`0Martinson ss`3`0`0`0Totals`31`0`4`0RailRiders`010`310`000`&#8212;`5Syracuse`000`000`000`&#8212;`0E: Goody (1). DP: RailRiders 1, Syracuse 1. LOB: RailRiders 9, Syracuse 5. 2B: Swisher (6), Solano 2 (13). Lombardozzi. HR: Judge (16). SF: Diaz.RailRiders`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOGreen (W, 6-6)`6.0 `3`0`0`1`6Shreve `1.0 `0`0`0`0`1Goody `2.0 `1`0`0`0`6Syracuse`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOHill (L, 3-7)`3.2`7`4`4`2`3Laffey `3.1`3`1`1`0`2Harper `1.0`0`0`0`0`1Davis `1.0`3`0`0`0`3Umpires: HP: Max Guyll. 1B: Robert Moreno. 3B: Eric Gillam.T: 2:50. Att: 3,510.<style>
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Scranton/Wilkes-Barrer RailRiders blank Syracuse, 5-0