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MOOSIC &#8212; Friday night at PNC Field was a tribute to all superheroes as hundreds of fans came dressed in the likeness of their favorite comic book icons.On the video board, the faces of Scranton/Wilkes-Barre players were donned with favorable characters. When a Pawtucket player came to the plate, the screen showed a villain from a famous movie or comic book.Like most movies and comic strips, the villains were getting the best of the heroes until a late surge pulled the good guys ahead. Ben Gamel hit a go-ahead double in the bottom of the seventh to lead the RailRiders to a 7-4 win over the Red Sox.The win for the RailRiders snapped a four-game losing streak to Pawtucket and dropped the team&#8217;s magic number to clinch a playoff spot to nine.Batting fourth for the first time this season, Gamel had just one hit, but made the most of it driving a 1-1 pitch with two outs to right field to put the RailRiders in front.&#8220;He&#8217;s been bugging me all year,&#8221; RailRiders manager Al Pedrique said jokingly about batting Gamel in the four-hole on Friday night. &#8220;I thought Gamel has been swinging the bat well for us and has been getting big hits and he did it tonight.&#8221;SWB was in a hole because starter Luis Severino ran into problems and didn&#8217;t last past the sixth inning. Making his first start for the RailRiders since July 20 &#8212; after he was recalled by New York and then optioned back to SWB &#8212; Severino struck out 10 in 5 2/3 innings, but also gave up 10 hits and four runs as Pawtucket took a 3-0 lead after three-and-a-half innings.Severino cruised through the first two innings, striking out five while throwing mostly fastballs and sliders. Then in the third, he started mixing in more change-ups because the Yankees want him to work on that pitch more.And that&#8217;s when the trouble started. He gave up nine hits after the second and all three runs.&#8220;They told me I have to throw more change-ups so I threw more change-ups,&#8221; Severino said about his last four innings of work. &#8220;I&#8217;m a guy that likes to throw fastball, slider and then change. I don&#8217;t like to throw a lot of change-ups. But now I have to throw it more and more and more.&#8221;A long two-run home run by Clint Frazier in the fifth inning tied the game at 3-3. Frazier&#8217;s second homer as a RailRider since being acquired in a trade with Cleveland, was a moonshot that landed in front of the video board in left center field.Mason Williams, who finished 2 for 4 with two runs scored, gave the RailRiders some insurance in the eighth with a two-run triple extending the margin to three runs.Notes: The RailRiders entertained a sellout crowd of 10,000, the team&#8217;s sixth sellout of the season tying last year&#8217;s mark with eight home games left on the schedule. &#8230; Lehigh Valley swept a doubleheader from Syracuse on Friday night and the RailRiders lead in the International League North Division is now three games.RailRiders 7, Pawtucket 4Pawtucket `AB`R`H`BICastillo cf`5`0`2`1Hernandez ss` 5`0`1`0Young lf`4`0`1`1Marrero 1b`4`0`0`0Boesch rf`4`1`3`0Brentz dh`4`1`1`0Butler c`3`1`2`0Dominguez 3b`4`1`1`0Vinicio 2b`3`0`0`1Totals`36`4`11`3RailRiders`AB`R`H`BIWilliams lf`4`2`2`2Frazier dh`5`1`1`2Refsnyder 3b`3`1`1`0Gamel cf`4`0`1`1Solano 2b`4`0`2`0Cave rf`4`1`3`1Kozma ss` 3`0`0`0Culver 1b`3`1`0`0Rodriguez c` 4`1`1`0Totals`34`7`11`6Pawtucket`001`201`000 &#8212; 4RailRiders`000`120`22x &#8212; 7E: Solano (14), Dominguez (5), Vinicio (6), Cuevas (1). LOB: Red Sox 8; RailRiders 7. DP: Red Sox 1, RailRiders 2. 2B: Butler (9), Boesch (6), Gamel (25). 3B: Williams (1). HR: Frazier (2). SAC: Vinicio, Williams, Kozma.Red Sox `IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOO&#8217;Sullivan ` 5.0`6`3`3`1`4Cuevas (L) `3.0`5`4`2`1`3RailRiders`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOSeverino `5.2`10`4`3`1`10Gallegos (W)`2.1`4`3`2`2`2Holder (S) `2.1`4`3`2`2`2WP: SeverinoUmpires: HP: Joey Amaral. 1B: Shane Livensparger. 2B: Toby Basner. 3B: Jeremie Rehak.T: 3:04. Att: 10,000<style>
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<div class="neCaption">The RailRiders&#8217; Rob Refsnyder hits a single down the line at third in the first inning of Friday&#8217;s back-and-forth game vs. Pawtucket. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_rr_paw2_faa.jpg</photo0><caption0>The RailRiders&#8217; Rob Refsnyder hits a single down the line at third in the first inning of Friday&#8217;s back-and-forth game vs. Pawtucket. </caption0><photoCredit0>Fred Adams | For Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_rr_paw3_faa.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">RailRiders catcher Eddy Rodriguez inspects a foul ball hit by Pawtucket on Friday night at PNC Field. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_rr_paw3_faa.jpg</photo1><caption1>RailRiders catcher Eddy Rodriguez inspects a foul ball hit by Pawtucket on Friday night at PNC Field. </caption1><photoCredit1>Fred Adams | For Times Leader </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_rr_paw1_faa.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">RailRiders starter Luis Severino surrendered four runs on 10 hits on Friday but also struck out 10 in a no decision. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_rr_paw1_faa.jpg</photo2><caption2>RailRiders starter Luis Severino surrendered four runs on 10 hits on Friday but also struck out 10 in a no decision. </caption2><photoCredit2>Fred Adams | For Times Leader </photoCredit2></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By Dave RosengrantFor Times Leader</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><factboxMeta>HOW THEY SCOREDPAWTUCKET THIRD: Chris Dominguez singled. Jose Vinicio grounded out. Rusney Castillo singled. Marco Hernandez popped out. Chris Young singled to score Dominguez. Chris Marrero grounded out. RED SOX 1-0PAWTUCKET FOURTH: Brennan Boesch singled. Bryce Brentz singled. Dan Butler singled. Dominguez struck out. Vinicio reached on a fielder&#8217;s choice scoring Boesch. Brentz scored on an error. Castillo struck out. RED SOX 3-0RAILRIDERS FOURTH: Rob Refsnyder singled. Ben Gamel popped out. Donovan Solano singled. Jake Cave singled to score Refsnyder. Pete Kozma struck out. Cito Culver struck out. RED SOX 3-1RAILRIDERS FIFTH: Eddy Rodriguez struck out. Mason Williams singled. Clint Frazier homered. Refsnyder walked. Gamel grounded into a doubleplay. TIED 3-3PAWTUCKET SIXTH: Butler doubled. Dominguez struck out. Vinicio grounded out. Castillo singled to score Butler. Hernandez flied out. RED SOX 4-3RAILRIDERS SEVENTH: Rodriguez singled and advanced to second on an error. Williams sacrificed Rodriguez to third. Rodriguez scored and Williams to third on a throwing error. Frazier struck out. Refsnyder grounded out. Gamel doubled to score Williams. Solano flied out. RAILRIDERS 5-4RAILRIDERS EIGHTH: Cave singled. Kozma sacrificed him to second. Culver walked. Rodriguez flied out. Williams tripled to score two. Frazier struck out. RAILRIDERS 7-4</factboxMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Times Leader sports at 570-829-7143 or on Twitter @TLsports</shirttailMeta></div>

Late surge helps RailRiders outlast Pawtucket