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<p>MOOSIC &#8212; A rainout Friday night against the Norfolk Tides wasn&#8217;t the worst thing that could have happened to the banged-up Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Friday night.</p><p>With three meaningful games left against the Tides this weekend, one of their best hitters in Ryan McBroom hitting the disabled list and a &#8220;TBA&#8221; listed as Saturday&#8217;s starter, Friday&#8217;s postponement gave the RailRiders a chance to recuperate.</p><p>While it will still be tough to replace McBroom, who&#8217;s out until at least Wednesday, the RailRiders do have a starter in place to split the doubleheader with Mike King and they&#8217;ll have some fresher legs when they take the field at 5:05 p.m. Saturday.</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s four less innings that we have to worry about,&#8221; RailRiders manager Bobby Mitchell said. &#8220;We understand what they&#8217;re going through too. (RailRiders general manager Josh Olerud) and those guys because it&#8217;s a Friday night and everyone&#8217;s here to watch the game. And we planned on &#8212; we went through a schedule of like three times we were going to start, but weather didn&#8217;t cooperate obviously.&#8221;</p><p>In the span of a week, the RailRiders have lost McBroom and infielder L.J. Mazzilli to the disabled list, Mark Payton&#8217;s been out with a bruise on his hip from a slide and successive wear-and-tear and Abiatal Avelino just jammed his shoulder Friday night and had to exit the game early.</p><p>At this point, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre is just trying to get to Monday&#8217;s off day, which will provide the team an opportunity to reset.</p><p>Despite the injuries to the lineup and a short bullpen, Mike King, spot starter Adonis Rosa and Erik Swanson still provide the RailRiders with an opportunity to take the four-game series even after Thursday&#8217;s extra-inning loss.</p><p>It&#8217;ll all start with King, who will take the mound first on Saturday. The 23-year-old right-hander has been impressive in each of his two Triple-A starts this season, posted a 1-0 record and 1.98 ERA.</p><p>King has pitched into the seventh inning in both of his starts up to this point.</p><p>&#8220;I really like him,&#8221; Mitchell said of King. &#8220;I don&#8217;t think hitters see the ball very well off him. We talked about it before, but he&#8217;s really prepared all the time. Does a lot of preparation on his own. Big-time pro and it&#8217;s impressive. You don&#8217;t see that very often.&#8221;</p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p>&#8226; McBroom was placed on the 7-day disabled list with a back injury. The move was retroactive to Aug. 15, which means the earliest he can return is Wednesday in Buffalo.</p><p>&#8226; Mitchell expects Payton to be ready to return to action after Monday&#8217;s off day. With the extra rest, Mitchell believes Payton will be able to play through his bruised hip at that point.</p><p>&#8226; Avelino&#8217;s strength wasn&#8217;t as strong in his jammed shoulder on Friday as it was after Thursday&#8217;s game. Mitchell said that the infielder is day-to-day moving forward but is &#8220;pretty sore&#8221; right now.</p><p>&#8226; Starting pitcher Jonathan Loaisiga was activated off of the RailRiders&#8217; 7-day disabled list on Friday and was transferred to Double-A Trenton, where he made a start. Loaisiga pitched 1.1 innings, allowed a run on a hit and two walks and struck out a pair. He threw 41 pitches.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Fans leave PNC Field in Moosic after the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders game against Norfolk was postponed Friday after a 90-minute rain delay. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Saturday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/web1_TTL081818RailRiders_1-1-1-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Fans leave PNC Field in Moosic after the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders game against Norfolk was postponed Friday after a 90-minute rain delay. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Saturday. </caption0><photoCredit0>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>RailRiders-Tides rained out, doubleheader today</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By DJ Eberle</p><p>djeberle@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><factboxMeta><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>T.L. EXPRESS</strong></p><p><strong>Today&#8217;s Game:</strong> The RailRiders continue their four-game series against the Norfolk Tides at PNC Field, with a doubleheader starting at 5:05 p.m.</p><p><strong>Probable Pitchers:</strong> SWB RHP Mike King (1-0, 98 ERA) vs. NOR RHP Jimmy Yacabonis (3-4, 4.23); SWB RHP Adonis Rosa (No record) vs. NOR LHP Luis Ysla (0-1, 1.80)</p><p><strong>Today at PNC Field: </strong>LEGO &#8220;Lets Play Tour;&#8221; Post-game fireworks; Legends Series &#8212; The RailRiders welcome Hall of Famer Andre Dawson to PNC Field as the final Legends Series appearance for 2018.</p><p><strong>Riding the Rails:</strong> RHP Jonathan Loaisiga activated from RailRiders&#8217; 7-day DL and transferred to Double-A Trenton; INF Ryan McBroom placed on the 7-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 15; RHP George Kontos outrighted to RailRiders by N.Y. Yankee.</p><p><strong>On Radio:</strong> All RailRiders games can be heard live on NEPA Sports Radio - The Game.</p></factboxMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach DJ Eberle at 570-991-6398 or on Twitter @ByDJEberle</p></shirttailMeta></div>

RailRiders-Norfolk rained out, doubleheader Saturday