Buffalo scored two runs in the top of the 11th inning Saturday for a 4-2 victory over the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders at PNC Field in Moosic.
With the score tied, 2-2, former RailRider Ismail Munguia started the top of the 11th on second base as the automatic runner. He advanced to third on a single by Josh Kasevich. One out later, pinch-hitter R.J. Schreck hit a sacrifice fly to left that scored Munguia and sent Kasevich to second. Willie MacIver followed with an RBI single to score Kasevich and make it 4-2.
Tanner Edwards came out of the Bisons bullpen and retired the RailRiders in order in the bottom of the 11th to close out the win.
The RailRiders (17-14) had their chances throughout, but left 12 runners on base and were 1 for 13 with runners in scoring position.
It spoiled a solid start by Brendan Beck, who went seven innings and allowed two runs on five hits with one walk and four strikeouts.
Munguia gave Buffalo a 1-0 lead in the top of the third with an RBI single. But the RailRiders tied it in the bottom of the inning on a two-out home run by Yanquiel Fernandez, his sixth of the season.
Fernandez gave the RailRiders a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the fifth, again with two outs. George Lombard Jr., Spencer Jones and Fernandez had consecutive singles, the latter scoring Lombard Jr. from second.
However, the Bisons answered in the top of the sixth. Rafael Lantigua led off with a double. Munguia sacrificed him to third, and Kasevich scored him with a single.
In the bottom of the 10th, the RailRiders had a chance to win it, loading the bases with two outs. But Brendon Little got Ali Sanchez to ground out and send the game to the 11th inning.
The series concludes Sunday at 1:35 p.m. Luis Gil is scheduled to start for the RailRiders. Jose Berrios starts for Buffalo on a rehab assignment.