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No Despair for Valley Mile winner Mike Harnish

Ben Gamel singled to start a five-run rally in the sixth inning, then ripped a two-run double in the eighth as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders rallied for a 10-4 victory over Syracuse in an International League baseball game in Syracuse.Trailing 4-2 entering the sixth, the RailRiders batted around to take the lead for good.Gamel&#8217;s sharp single started the comeback, and later, Cito Culver drilled a run-scoring double while Jake Cave, Mason Williams and Rob Refsnyder ripped run-scoring singles. Pete Kozma added a sacrifice fly in the frame as the RailRiders grabbed a 7-4 lead.Clint Frazier tripled and scored on Cave&#8217;s single in the seventh, and the RailRiders added their final three runs in the eighth when Gamel chased home Williams and Donovan Solano with a double, then scored Frazier&#8217;s single.Luis Severino moved his season pitching record to 8-1 and his Triple-A mark to 15-1 despite allowing nine hits and four runs over 5 2/3 innings. Giovanny Gallegos finished up for the RailRiders by striking out four batters in two perfect innings of relief.RailRiders 10, Syracuse 4RailRiders`AB`R`H`BIWilliams dh`6`2`3`1Solano 2b`5`1`3`0Refsnyder 3b`5`0`2`1Gamel cf`5`2`2`2Higashioka c`5`0`0`0Frazier lf`4`2`2`0Cave rf`5`2`3`2Kozma ss`4`0`1`1Culver 1b`3`1`1`2Totals`42`10`17`9Syracuse`AB`R`H`BIRamsey rf`5`2`2`1Goodwin cf`3`0`1`0Soto 1b`4`0`1`0Skole 3b`3`0`1`0Severino c`3`0`1`0Dekker dh`4`0`0`0Martinson ss`4`1`1`0Collier lf`4`1`1`1Bostick 2b`4`0`1`0Totals`34`4`9`3RailRiders`010`005`130`&#8212;`10Syracuse`100`030`000`&#8212;`42B &#8212; Cave, Culver, Solano, Gamel; Martinson, Collier,Bostick. 3B &#8212;Frazier.RailRiders`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOSeverino, W (8-1)`5.2`9`4`4`2`6Shreve, H (3)`1.1`0`0`0`0`3Gallegos`2`0`0`0`0`4Syracuse`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOHill`5.1`7`4`4`2`3DeFratus, L, (1-2), BS (1)`1.2`6`3`3`0`3Grace`1`4`3`2`0`1Burnett`1`0`0`0`0`0<style>
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<div class="neCaption">Ben Gamel, taking a swing earlier this season, sparked a Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders comeback during a 10-4 victory over Syracuse on Wednesday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_rr_pigs3_faa.jpg</photo0><caption0>Ben Gamel, taking a swing earlier this season, sparked a Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders comeback during a 10-4 victory over Syracuse on Wednesday. </caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>
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RailRiders rally for victory