Dave Huppert's been waiting for someone other than his big three — John Mayberry Jr., Andy Tracy and Cody Ransom — to start driving in runs.

Dave Huppert's been waiting for someone other than his big three — John Mayberry Jr., Andy Tracy and Cody Ransom — to start driving in runs.

Saturday night, someone did.

Neil Sellers and John Suomi capped a two-out fifth-inning rally with RBI singles and Melvin Dorta added a first-inning sacrifice fly to back another superb outing by Nelson Figueroa in the IronPigs' 5-4 win over Scranton before another capacity crowd of 10,000 at Coca-Cola Park.

Figueroa (3-0) blanked the Yankees for the first three innings, extending his scoreless string to 15 innings since being sent down by the Phillies earlier this month, before Jesus Montero's two-run homer in the fourth. He blanked Scranton for the rest of his seven innings, allowing those two runs on three hits with eight strikeouts and no walks.

In his first three starts the 36-year-old right-hander has allowed 10 hits and two runs while striking out 19 in 19 innings with only three walks.

The Yankees (39-30) made things interesting in the eighth against Ryan Vogelsong, beginning with a leadoff homer by P.J. Pilittere off the top of the wall right at the left field foul pole.

After a groundout Greg Golson legged out an infield single up the middle, then stole second as Vogelsong struck out Reid Gorecki. After a walk, Eduardo Nunez dropped a single into right to easily score Golson, but with the tying run at second Vogelsong got Jorge Vazquez on a groundout.

Oscar Villarreal, who had just two saves in his pro career, came on in the ninth and, aided by a spinning stop at third by Cody Ransom and a scoop at first by Sellers, got two quick outs before walking Pilittere. Reegie Carona then sent Mayberry to the base of the wall in right before the IronPigs outfielder pulled down the drive to secure the win.

The IronPigs jumped on Scranton starter Tim Redding for three quick first-inning runs. Rich Thompson opened the inning by dropping a double onto the warning track near the left field foul pole, and Willy Taveras followed by beating out a bunt for a single that left runners on the corners.

After Mayberry drew a walk, Tracy knocked in two runs with a single to left center, giving him six straight games with an RBI and four games in that stretch with at least two. After Cody Ransom drew a walk to reload the bases, Dorta lofted a sacrifice fly to center.

Redding got out of the inning, and Montero continued his spectacular series in the fourth inning by following a two-out single by Jorge Vazquez with a long home run, his fourth, onto the lawn in left center. But Figueroa recovered to set down the final 10 Yankees he faced.

Meanwhile, Redding settled down himself by retiring 11 of 12 after giving up back-to-back singles to open the second. But Dorta followed a two-out walk in the fifth with a flair to center, and Sellers won an eight-pitch battle with Redding by stroking a seeing-eye single up the middle, chasing in Ransom. Suomi then jumped on the first pitch of his at-bat for a single to left, increasing the lead to 5-2.

From The Morning Call