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Rochester second: Cotham pitching. Farris doubled. Bernier was hit by a pitch. Fryer walked, Farris to third, Bernier to second.

Corey Brown launched a three-run home run in the eighth inning against right-hander Sam Demel, and Syracuse broke open a close game in that pivotal eighth inning before going on to win, 4-2.

Two additions helped lead the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders to victory over the Syracuse Chiefs on Wednesday night, as they blanked the Chiefs, 8-0.

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre improved its record to 26-31 on Tuesday in a 6-4 victory over Syracuse for just its sixth win in the last 22 games.

A day after not opting out of his minor league contract with the Yankees, Chien-Ming Wang showed possible interested teams he still can dominate.

For a period of time during the offseason Hazleton's Russ Canzler was a member of the Yankees organization and could have been a RailRider this season.

The losing streak extended to seven on Saturday night after the RailRiders lost 11-6 to Durham.

The relentless Bulls offense chased starter Graham Stoneburner early, and unlike Thursday night, the RailRiders' offense never made its opponents sweat during a 9-4 loss in front of 5,747 fans at frigid PNC Field.

Returning home after an eight-game road trip wasn't what the RailRiders were hoping for as they lost for the fifth straight time and the 13th time in the last 18 games in a 8-5 loss to Durham on Thursday.

Durham struggled to get the shutdown inning in their 4-3 loss to Norfolk . Vince Belnome gave them a 1-0 lead with an RBI double in the first inning, but Norfolk got to Alex Torres just as quickly.