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The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (also known as SWB RailRiders) are a Minor League Baseball team of the Triple-A East and the Triple-A affiliate of the New York Yankees. They are located in Moosic, Pennsylvania, in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area, and have played their home games at PNC Field (formerly Lackawanna County Stadium) since 1989. Founded as members of the International League (IL) in 1989, the team was known as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons from 1989 to 2006 and the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees from 2007 to 2012. They became the RailRiders in 2013. During their membership in the IL, they won two Governors' Cup championships and one Triple-A National Championship. They became members of the Triple-A East in 2021. Since 2012, the team has been owned by SWB Yankees LLC. It was previously owned by the Lackawanna County Stadium Authority.