Schreck powers Bisons past IronPigs in 11-1 rout

Buffalo never gave Lehigh Valley room to breathe, scoring in bunches from the first inning on and rolling to an 11-1 win Wednesday night at Coca-Cola Park in Allentown.

The Bisons struck first on back-to-back RBI singles from Jonatan Clase and RJ Schreck, then blew the game open in the second with four more runs. A throwing error helped the inning start, Charles McAdoo followed with a double, and Schreck capped the rally with a two-run double that pushed Buffalo in front 6-0. By the time the Bisons put together another four-run burst in the fifth, the night had long since shifted from competitive to survival mode for the IronPigs.

Schreck was the centerpiece throughout, finishing 4-for-? with five RBIs on four hits and repeatedly punishing Lehigh Valley’s pitching with runners on base. He drove in Buffalo’s first run with an RBI single, then added the big blow in the second before striking again with another two-run double in the fifth. The 25-year-old left fielder, a 2023 ninth-round pick by Seattle out of Vanderbilt, delivered the kind of middle-of-the-order night that can change a series in one swing.

Lehigh Valley’s lone run did not come until the sixth, when Paul McIntosh worked a bases-loaded walk to force in a run. By then, Buffalo had already built a double-digit cushion, and the IronPigs had spent most of the night trying to make up for the opening avalanche rather than mount one of their own. Génesis Cabrera provided one of the few clean notes for the home club, tossing 2.1 no-hit innings in relief, but the lineup never converted traffic into a meaningful rally.

Austin Voth opened for Buffalo and worked four innings before the bullpen took over after a rain delay interrupted play in the second inning. Michael Plassmeyer handled the late middle work and earned the win, allowing one run over 1.2 innings. Chuck King took the loss for Lehigh Valley after surrendering six runs over two innings, and the IronPigs were left to absorb another lopsided result in a race where every win still mattered, with Buffalo entering at 16-19 and Lehigh Valley at 18-17.

Buffalo added one more run in the ninth on Rafael Lantigua’s RBI double, a fitting final touch to a game that had been decided by the second inning. The crowd of 5,432 saw first pitch at 6:45 p.m., weather a 1:20 delay, and watched the Bisons finish the night in 3:20. The series continued Thursday with Jean Cabrera lined up for Lehigh Valley and Grant Rodgers for Buffalo.