Authorities: 2 shot near athletic field during football game

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Wyoming Area stuns Berwick

<p>MOOSIC &#8212; Nothing seems to be able to stop the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders these days.</p><p>Not even a 2-hour, 11-minute rain delay or a 3-hour, 25-minute game on Friday night following the long wait.</p><p>SWB had 13 hits at PNC Field en route to eliminating rival Lehigh Valley from the Governors&#8217; Cup playoffs with an 11-3 win to sweep the best-of-five series. Including the end of the regular season, the RailRiders have won 10 games in a row. Shortly after the clock struck midnight, the RailRiders started celebrating on the field after J.R. Graham got Osmel Aguila to strike out.</p><p>The RailRiders wrapped up their first postseason series win since receiving the new moniker before the 2013 season and grabbed the franchise&#8217;s first playoff series victory since the SWB Yankees won a semifinal playoff series against Gwinnett in 2009.</p><p>SWB advances to the Governors&#8217; Cup final and will host the winner of the other Governors&#8217; Cup semifinal on Tuesday and Wednesday in Games 1 and 2. After winning 11-1 on Friday night, Gwinnett holds a 2-1 advantage in that series against Columbus. Game times at PNC Field will be 6:35 p.m.</p><p>Every batter in the RailRiders&#8217; lineup scored at least one run with Kyle Higashioka leading the team&#8217;s offense with three hits. Mason Williams, Donovan Solano, Chris Parmelee, Jake Cave and Cito Culver had two hits apiece.</p><p>SWB blew the game open with an eight-run fourth inning when they sent 13 batters to the plate and knocked eight hits. The first run of the frame came home on a ground-rule double by Higashioka. One batter later, Culver drilled a hanging breaking ball over the wall in left field for a three-run shot as the rout was on and the champagne was iced early for the celebration that took place in the clubhouse after the victory.</p><p>The RailRiders got started early scoring three runs in the bottom of the first when a pair of runs scored on wild pitches by IronPigs starter Phil Klein, and another came home on a RBI groundout.</p><p>Lehigh Valley finally got on the scoreboard in the series after going 21 2/3 innings without scoring to start the series. The IronPigs broke an 0 for 18 streak with runners in scoring position in the series when Jesmuel Valentin singled in a run in the top of the fourth off Brady Lail to pull the &#8216;Pigs within 3-1.</p><p>Lail left the game after four innings and was relieved by Tyler Webb, who went an inning-plus allowing two runs in the sixth without getting anyone out.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Dave Rosengrant</p><p>For Times Leader</p></bylineMeta></div>

RailRiders reach Governor’s Cup final with 11-3 win over IronPigs