RailRiders offer free nurses' tickets, Scrubs Top giveaway May 14
RailRiders offer free tickets to nurses, Scrubs Top Giveaway on May 14
The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders in Moosic, Pennsylvania, say NEPA’s life-saving nurses will be honored with a free ticket on Thursday, May 14, at PNC Field, and a Scrubs Top Giveaway for the first 1,000 fans.
A complimentary ticket is available at the box office only by showing a nurse or nurse assistant ID. The box office is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and from 10 a.m. through the seventh inning on home game days.
First pitch is slated for 6:35 p.m. against the Syracuse Mets on Thirsty Thursday, with $2 Michelob Ultra 16 oz and Pepsi pours available for the first two hours after gates open at 5:30 p.m.
Gates open at 5:30 p.m. The first 1,000 fans will receive a Scrubs Top. National Nurses Week is being celebrated.
“Thank you for all that you do, nurses!”
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