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<p>The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders returned from the Triple-A All-Star break with a bang on Thursday night.</p><p>Behind a strong performance from starting pitcher Luis Cessa, the RailRiders (56-34) eased past the Buffalo Bisons 6-1 drubbing at Coca-Cola Field on Thursday night. The RailRiders (56-34) have won 23 of their last 33 while the Bisons (38-53) have lost 30 of their last 37 including nine straight to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.</p><p>Cessa (4-6) fired his fourth straight quality start at Triple-A to get the win. He tossed six scoreless innings giving up six hits, walking one and striking out six.</p><p>Sac flies by Mark Payton and Jonathan Diaz plated runs in the second inning. Donovan Solano&#8217;s RBI double and Jake Cave&#8217;s run-scoring fielder&#8217;s choice pushed the advantage to 4-0 in the third. Miguel Andujar homered, his third at Triple-A, to make it 5-0 in the fifth. Cave rounded out SWB&#8217;s scoring with a two-out RBI single in the ninth.</p><p>Brady Lail hurled the last three innings for his second career save. He gave up a solo homer to Jon Berti in the seventh, but allowed no other baserunners and retired the final seven he faced in succession.</p><p>Buffalo starter T.J. House (6-9) gave up five runs on seven hits and four walks over six innings to take the loss.</p><p style="text-align: right;">&#8212; Times Leader</p><p><strong>Bulls 2, Tides 1</strong></p><p>NORFOLK, Va. (AP) &#8212; Kean Wong doubled twice and singled as the Durham Bulls beat the Norfolk Tides.</p><p>Durham started the scoring in the second inning when Ryan Brett hit a two-run double.</p><p>Norfolk answered in the bottom of the inning when Luis Sardinas hit an RBI single, bringing home Francisco Pena to get within one.</p><p>Norfolk missed a scoring opportunity in the fifth, when Chris Johnson struck out with the bases loaded to end the inning.</p><p>Durham right-hander Yonny Chirinos (9-3) picked up the win after allowing one run on five hits over five innings.</p><p><strong>Clippers 5, Mud Hens 3</strong></p><p>TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) &#8212; Daniel Robertson hit a run-scoring single in the seventh inning, leading the Columbus Clippers past the Toledo Mud Hens.</p><p>Shawn Armstrong got Matt den Dekker to fly out with a runner on first to end the game for his sixth save of the season.</p><p>The single by Robertson, part of a two-run inning, gave the Clippers a 4-3 lead before Yandy Diaz hit an RBI double later in the inning.</p><p>Toledo went up 3-0 early behind solo home runs by Jim Adduci and Brendan Ryan. Columbus answered in the sixth inning when it crossed the plate for three runs, including a solo home run by Robertson.</p><p><strong>Red Sox 5, Chiefs 0</strong></p><p>SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) &#8212; Dan Butler had three hits and scored three runs, and Brian Johnson allowed just three hits over seven innings as the Pawtucket Red Sox defeated the Syracuse Chiefs.</p><p>Johnson (3-1) struck out two and walked two to pick up the win.</p><p>In the top of the third, Pawtucket crossed the plate for three runs, including a single by Butler that scored Heiker Meneses. The Red Sox then added single runs in the fifth and seventh innings. Butler scored on a single in both the fifth and seventh innings.</p><p>The Chiefs were held off the scoreboard for the ninth time this season, while the Red Sox&#8217;s staff recorded their 13th shutout of the year.</p><style>
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International League: SWB RailRiders’ Luis Cessa strong in win over Buffalo Bisons