Guide to Luzerne County 2016

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<p>MOOSIC &#8212; The atmosphere was set on Saturday for a historic night at PNC Field.</p><p>Pittston&#8217;s great football player Jimmy Cefalo, who starred for Penn State and played in two Super Bowls for the Miami Dolphins, was on hand and lauded before the game with a special ceremony.</p><p>And a sellout crowd of 10,000 on hand for the club&#8217;s seventh sellout of the season looking to be a part of history as the RailRiders tried to secure a playoff berth for the second consecutive year.</p><p>History was put on hold when Rochester scored on a bases-loaded walk in the top of the 11th inning off Nick Goody to defeat Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 5-4 and put the celebration on hold.</p><p>The RailRiders, who will try to clinch Sunday when they play at Rochester at 4 p.m., got two runners on on the bottom of the 11th but the runners were stranded when Jake Cave and Cito Culver both struck out.</p><p>The Red Wings broke a 4-4 tie in the inning when Nick Goody walked in a run with the bases loaded.</p><p>Being no-hit until two outs in the seventh inning by lefty Nick Greenwood, the RailRiders started a rally when Chris Parmelee doubled off Nick Greenwood for the team&#8217;s first hit. The next batter, Kyle Higashioka, boomed a long, towering homer to left field to pull SWB within two runs at 4-2.</p><p>In the next inning, the RailRiders got to Alan Busenitz for two runs to equal the score at 4-4. Mason Williams doubled in the third run and Parmelee hit a sac fly with the bases loaded to bring in the fourth run of the game.</p><p>Clint Frazier led off the bottom of the ninth with a single. After being sacrificed to second and advancing to third on a groundout, he was stranded there to force extra innings.</p><p>Rochester&#8217;s Byron Buxton homered to lead off the fourth inning giving the team a 1-0 lead. It was the fourth straight game that the Twins top prospect has homered. An error by third baseman Rob Refsnyder led to a sacrifice fly in the same inning giving the Red Wings a 2-0 advantage.</p><p>Catcher Mitch Garver clubbed his first Triple-A homer in the sixth inning off Dietrich Enns padding the Red Wings lead to 4-0.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Jimmy Cefalo reacts after throwing out a pitch at the RailRiders-Rochester game  ----------------Fred Adams|for Times Leader 8-27-16</div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_cefalo1_faa.jpg</photo0><caption0>Jimmy Cefalo reacts after throwing out a pitch at the RailRiders-Rochester game  ----------------Fred Adams|for Times Leader 8-27-16</caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_cefalo2_faa.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Jimmy Cafalo sits on  home plate at PNC Fields as he is honored by local dignitaries  ----------------Fred Adams|for Times Leader 8-27-16</div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_cefalo2_faa.jpg</photo1><caption1>Jimmy Cafalo sits on  home plate at PNC Fields as he is honored by local dignitaries  ----------------Fred Adams|for Times Leader 8-27-16</caption1><photoCredit1></photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_cefalo3_faa.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Jimmy Cafalo says a few words at PNC Fields after he was honored by local dignataries  ----------------Fred Adams|for Times Leader 8-27-16</div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_cefalo3_faa.jpg</photo2><caption2>Jimmy Cafalo says a few words at PNC Fields after he was honored by local dignataries  ----------------Fred Adams|for Times Leader 8-27-16</caption2><photoCredit2></photoCredit2></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_rr_roch1_faaCMYK.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Chris Parmelee waits for a pitch from Rochester pitcher Nick Greenwood. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo3>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_rr_roch1_faaCMYK.jpg</photo3><caption3>Chris Parmelee waits for a pitch from Rochester pitcher Nick Greenwood. </caption3><photoCredit3>Fred Adams | For Times Leader </photoCredit3></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_rr_roch3_faaCMYK.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">RailRiders starting pitcher Phil Coke </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo4>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_rr_roch3_faaCMYK.jpg</photo4><caption4>RailRiders starting pitcher Phil Coke </caption4><photoCredit4>Fred Adams | For Times Leader </photoCredit4></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_rr_roch2_faaCMYK.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders shortstop Jonathan Diaz readies to catch a bouncing ground ball durinig Saturday&#8217;s game against Rochester at PNC Field. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo5>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_rr_roch2_faaCMYK.jpg</photo5><caption5>Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders shortstop Jonathan Diaz readies to catch a bouncing ground ball durinig Saturday&#8217;s game against Rochester at PNC Field. </caption5><photoCredit5>Fred Adams | For Times Leader </photoCredit5></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>Pittston football great Jimmy Cefalo honored at PNC Field</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Dave Rosengrant</p><p>For Times Leader</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Times Leader sports at 570-829-7143 or on Twitter @tlsports.</p></shirttailMeta></div>

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