{"id":14974,"date":"2016-05-05T23:03:12","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T03:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=14974"},"modified":"2016-05-05T23:03:12","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T03:03:12","slug":"the-ironpigs-look-to-get-back-on-track-after-a-10-1-loss-to-the-railriders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=14974","title":{"rendered":"The IronPigs look to get back on track after a 10-1 loss to the RailRiders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?page_id=12747\">Photos and story by: Photography by Michael Hujsa \/ The Valley Ledger<\/a><\/p>\n<p>IronPigs lost the home series opener to the Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre Railriders 10-1 on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>Darnell Sweeney scored the only IronPigs run as he was batted in by Tommy Joseph.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately this 1-0 lead did not hold long as the RailRiders rallied back in the 3rd inning with 5 runs. The RailRiders also scored in the 6th &amp; 7th innings to extend their lead to 10.<\/p>\n<p>Lehigh Valley IronPigs look to derail the good fortunes\u00a0of the Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Friday Night Promotions include: Fireworks &amp; Star Wars Night, &#8220;Revenge of the Sixth\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?page_id=12747\">Photos by: Photography by Michael Hujsa<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"su_carousel_69f1bf4ac6b80\" class=\"su-carousel su-carousel-centered su-carousel-pages-yes su-carousel-responsive-yes su-lightbox-gallery\" style=\"width:100%\" data-autoplay=\"3000\" data-speed=\"600\" data-mousewheel=\"true\" data-items=\"2\" data-scroll=\"1\"><div class=\"su-carousel-slides\"><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Coca-Cola-Park-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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