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Jack Cust led off the 10th inning with a walk-off home run as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees defeated the Buffalo Bisons, 8-7, at Coca-Cola Field in Buffalo, N.Y. It was another rough outing for Yankees starter Dellin Betances, who lasted just two innings and allowed four runs, three earned, and walked four.

In the top of the 5th, with two outs and runner on first, Dustin Martin ripped a hard line drive off the glove of Scranton first baseman Steve Pearce.

Starter Ramon Ortiz gave up just a pair of solo home runs and the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees scored five in the first inning en route to a 6-2 victory over Columbus on Tuesday at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio.

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And in the ninth inning, clinging depsperately to a one-run lead, the Toledo Mud Hens loaded the bases with nobody out against their ace closer.

As Gustavo Molina strode to the plate in the sixth inning Wednesday, he did so with little to improve upon.

Brett Gardner said on Tuesday night that he "felt good" after his first rehab game with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, and his second appearance on Wednesday showed that he may in fact be ready to return to the Major Leagues.

The gritty performance of the Yankees' pitching staff in the second game of their doubleheader against Columbus, however, was just good enough to get the job done.

Runner on second, two out in the sixth inning. The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees were leading by two, but that lead seemed tenuous.

For the second straight night in Rochester, strong pitching couldn't survive another power outage for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees.

Darin Mastroianni paced the Red Wings offense in a 4-3 win over the Empire State Yankees Thursday night at Frontier Field.

They lost their starting pitcher just hours before the game, and for the third straight game, they fell behind early.

The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees had been the victims of big innings more often than they'd like to think about during their first 20 games.