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Former New York Mets first baseman Ike Davis hit a grand slam in his Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders debut Thursday to lift the team to an 8-1 victory over Buffalo.The RailRiders won their fifth straight game and lead the International League North Division by two games over Rochester. SWB ended the Bisons&#8217; nine-game winning streak.The RailRiders and Bisons played four scoreless innings before SWB&#8217;s five-run fifth inning set them apart. Donovan Solano ended the stalemate with a two-out RBI single. Two batters later, Davis cleared the bases with a homer to left-center field.Phil Coke pitched six scoreless innings to notch his fourth victory of the year. He allowed two hits and a walk with five strikeouts.Seven of the nine SWB starters recorded a hit. Solano scored two runs.Aaron Judge lengthened the lead with a two-out, bases-loaded double that plated three in the eighth.Buffalo&#8217;s Andy Burns avoided a shutout with a two-out solo homer in the eighth.RailRiders 8, Buffalo 1RailRiders`AB`R`H`BIGamel cf`4`1`1`0Solano 3b`4`2`1`1Judge rf`2`1`1`3Austin 1b`3`1`1`0Davis dh`5`1`1`4Puello lf`5`0`0`0Kozma ss`5`0`1`0JDiaz 2b`3`1`0`0FDiaz c`4`1`1`0Totals`35`8`7`8Bison`AB`R`H`BICeciliani rf`4`0`0`0Burns lf`4`1`1`1Dominguez 3b`4`0`1`0Montero dh`3`0`0`0Mesa cf`2`0`1`0Kotchman 1b`4`0`0`0Adams 2b`4`0`0`0Castillo c`4`0`1`0Mier ss`3`0`1`0Totals`32`1`5`1RailRiders`000`050`030`&#8212;`8Buffalo`000`000`010`&#8212;`12B &#8212; Austin (12), Judge (15), Castillo (1); HR &#8212; Davis (1), Burns (5)Team RISP &#8212; SWB 3-for-9, SYR 0-for-6; Team LOB &#8212; SWB 9, SYR 7SB &#8212; Puello 2; E &#8212; Austin, MierRailRiders`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOCoke (W, 4-2)`6`2`0`0`1`5Gallegos`2`2`1`1`2`4Yates`1`1`0`0`0`1Buffalo`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOHernandez (L, 4-4)`5`3`5`5`5`5Venditte`2`1`0`0`1`1Hynes`1`2`3`0`1`2Rowen`1`1`0`0`0`1Umpires &#8212; H: Joe Born, 1: Sean Ryan, 3: Roberto Ortiz. Weather&#8212;78, clear. T &#8212; 2:59. A &#8212; 7,477<style>
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Ike Davis hits grand slam in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders debut