MOOSIC, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE\/WYOU) \u2014 The Scranton\/Wilkes Barre Railriders secured their second consecutive win for the first time since the start of the month with a 6-5 victory over the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n
The Iron Pigs got the early lead with a run on a sacrifice fly in the top of the first, followed by a solo homer from Otto Kemp in the second inning to give them the 2-0 head start.<\/p>\n
The Railriders got on the board in the bottom of the third inning when Marco Luciano singled on a ground ball to left field to run home Yankees No. 1 prospect George Lombard Jr.<\/p>\n
Lehigh Valley added another run in the top of the fourth, but the Railriders had an answer. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Ernesto Martinez crushed a three-run homer to give Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre their first lead of the day.<\/p>\n
The Railriders would tacked on two more consecutive runs. Tyler Hardman hit a solo homer in the bottom of the sixth, before Jonathan Ornelas drove home Miguel Palma on a hit to left field in the seventh to double the Railriders lead to 6-3.<\/p>\n
Lehigh Valley added one more run on the board in the bottom of the eighth, but Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre stayed strong as they went on to the 6-5 win.<\/p>\n
The Railriders are back in action on Tuesday as they head to Columbus to play the Clippers at 7:05 p.m.<\/p>\n
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