When the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders host their intrastate rival, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, in their final homestand of the regular season this week at PNC Field in northeastern Pennsylvania, they will be looking to do three things.

First and foremost is their continued pursuit of the International League second-half title. Entering Tuesday, the RailRiders are 43-20 and in first place in the second-half standings. They lead the second-place Syracuse Mets (39-24) by four games. The Toledo Mud Hens (37-26) are in third place, six games back. The Indianapolis Indians (36-27) are in fourth place, seven games behind, and Lehigh Valley (35-27) is fifth, 7.5 games out.

After winning four of six games last week in Worcester, the RailRiders will be in the strange position of rooting for th

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