The Lehigh Valley IronPigs (48-37) dropped the series opener to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (53-32) by a score of 5-2 on Monday night at PNC Field in Moosic.

The Pigs jumped out to an early 1-0 lead with a run in the first when Nick Williams reached with a two-out double and scored on Darin Ruf's RBI single.

A three-run third gave the RailRiders a 3-1 lead as Aaron Judge's two-run single proved to be the key blow in the inning while Eddy Rodriguez plated a run via an RBI single.

In the top of the fifth, David Lough (3-3, 2B, R) got on base with a one-out single, advanced to second on a wild pitch and scored on Taylor Featherston's (2-4, 2B, RBI) RBI ground-rule double to bring the Pigs within 3-2.

The RailRiders opened up a 4-2 lead with a run in the home half of the frame after Rodriguez reached with a leadoff single, went to second on a walk, to third on a double play and scored on Judge's two-out RBI single.

Ben Gamel's two-out RBI single in the bottom of the sixth extended the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre lead to 5-2.

Pigs starter James Russell (2-5) allowed five runs on nine hits to go along with a walk and three strikeouts in 7.0 IP.

Trailing 5-2, Lehigh Valley brought the tying run to the plate with two outs in the top of the seventh, but RailRiders starter Luis Severino fanned Featherston to end the inning.

Severino (5-0) gave up the two runs on eight hits while fanning four over seven innings of work. LHP Tyler Webb (1.0 IP) and RHP Nick Goody (1.0 IP) combined to get the final six outs for Scranton. Goody picked up his third save of the year.

RHP Luis Garcia (1.0 IP, BB) had a scoreless outing in relief for the Pigs.

A seventh-inning single from Emmanuel Burriss extended his hitting streak to seven games.

The series wraps up on Tuesday at 7:05 p.m. as RHP David Buchanan (4-5, 4.77) gets the ball for the Pigs against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre LHP Phil Coke (4-2, 1.17).