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<p>Mandy Alvarez drove home three runs in two innings, Brian Keller sparkled through six shutout innings Monday and the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders pounded Pawtucket, 11-1 at PNC Field.</p><p>Keller evened his season record at 1-1 by limiting the PawSox to four hits before departing after the sixth inning. He finished with eight strikeouts and walked just one.</p><p>By that time, Alvarez and the RailRiders offense had given him plenty to work with.</p><p>Erik Kratz triggered a four-run first inning with an RBI single, Alvarez later drilled a two-run single and Zach Zehner belted a run-scoring double as the RailRiders roared to a 4-0 lead after an inning.</p><p>That ballooned to 7-0 in the second, as Clint Frazier, Ryan McBroom and Alvarez ripped RBI singles.</p><p>Kratz crushed his eighth home run of the season in the eighth inning, a one-out solo shot in an eighth inning that also included a run-scoring single by Wendell Rijo and Zehner&#8217;s sacrifice fly as the RailRiders built an 11-0 advantage.</p><p>Cole Sturgeon doubled home Billy Burns to spoil the RailRiders&#8217; shutout bid in the ninth inning.</p><style>
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Alvarez and RailRiders romp past Pawtucket