Jonesing for a Win: Prospect's two-homer game paces 6-1 win

BUFFALO, NY (September 17, 2025) – The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders beat the Buffalo Bisons 6-1 at Sahlen Field on Wednesday night. Spencer Jones backed Brendan Beck with a pair of home runs and five runs batted in.

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The RailRiders opened the scoring two batters in. Jorbit Vivas led off the night with a triple and scored on a sac fly from Brennen Davis for a 1-0 advantage.

The Bisons leveled the score at 1-1 in the bottom of the second on a Yohendrick Pinango double, a groundout, and a run-scoring single from Michael Stefanic.

Spencer to space for his 34th long ball this season! 🚀 108.1mph | 427 ft. #WhereLegendsRise #RepBX pic.twitter.com/2Hs41J7ewR

— SWB RailRiders (@swbrailriders) September 17, 2025

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre regained the advantage in the top of the fourth. Jones hit a two-run homer to left for a 3-1 lead. Two innings later, Jones hit his second of the night, building the lead to five runs at 6-1.

A 3️⃣5️⃣-homer season for Spencer Jones! ⭐️

The #Yankees No. 3 prospect has his fifth multi-homer game in 2025.#WhereLegendsRise #RepBX pic.twitter.com/KZudn9pySp

— SWB RailRiders (@swbrailriders) September 17, 2025

Brendan Beck (8-3) earned the win, striking out five over 5.2 innings of work. Brent Headrick, Kervin Castro, Wilking Rodriguez and Scott Effross combined to shut down the Bisons over the final 3.2 innings. Elieser Hernandez (0-3) allowed five of the six runs and took the loss.

Jones’ multi-homer game gives him 19 with the RailRiders and 35 total between two levels in 2025, the most of any player in Minor League Baseball this season.

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre’s magic number is two with four games left to play.

Game three of this final set of the regular season is scheduled for 1:05 P.M. on Thursday.