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Crawford's Three-Run Double Caps of Pigs Comeback

June 22, 2017 - International League (IL1)
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J.P. Crawford delivered a three-run go-ahead double in the top of the ninth to cap off a five-run ninth inning for the IronPigs (48-24) in a 6-3 comeback victory over the Pawtucket Red Sox (34-35) Wednesday night at McCoy Stadium.

Trailing 3-1 in the top of the ninth, the Pigs offense exploded for a five-run rally to take a 6-3 lead.

The inning began with Hector Gomez reaching on a fielding error by Paw Sox right fielder Bryce Brentz . Nick Williams then followed with a walk to set up Angelo Mora with the tying run on base. Mora would pop out to third and the Pigs were down to their final two outs.

Logan Moore then stepped to the plate and laced a RBI double to right field, scoring Gomez with Williams trotting in safely to third to give the Pigs the go-ahead run in scoring position. Osmel Aguila then walked on seven pitches to load the bases for Pedro Florimon who walked to plate the tying run in Williams.

J.P. Crawford then sent a three-run base-clearing double to give the Pigs a 6-3 lead as he plated Aguila, Jorge Flores who pinch ran for Moore and Florimon.

Pedro Beato then came on to pitch the bottom of the ninth inning for the Pigs to preserve the 6-3 lead. After issuing a lead-off double to Blake Swihart, Beato settled in and got Jantzen Witte to fly out and Mike Miller to pop out to second to put the Paw Sox down to their final out. Beato then struck out Matt Dominguez to end the game and seal his International League and Minor League leading 22nd save of the year.

The Pigs opened up the scoring on the night as Crawford plated Aguila on a RBI groundout to give the Pigs an early 1-0 lead in the top of the third.

After blanking the Paw Sox in the first two games of the series, Ryan Court sent a two-run home run to left to give the Red Sox a 2-1 advantage in the bottom half of the inning. It ended the Pigs team scoreless innings pitched streak of 21 innings pitched dating back to the final inning against the Syracuse Chiefs Sunday afternoon.

The Chiefs added another run in the bottom of the fifth inning, as Heiker Menses sent a ground-ruled double to left field to score Mike Miller.

Pigs starter Cesar Ramos tossed six innings while surrendering the three runs on seven hits while walking a batter and striking out a pair before giving way to Pat Venditte .

Venditte took over the pitching duties in the seventh inning, as the switch-pitcher tossed two scoreless innings issuing just two walks. The Omaha, Neb., native picked up his International League leading seventh win of the season in the Pigs 6-3 comeback win.

With the win, the Pigs swept the Paw Sox for the first time at McCoy Stadium in franchise-history.

The Pigs now travel for the second half of their seven-game series with their four-game set with the Rochester Red Wings at Frontier Field. The Pigs will send right-hander Tom Eshelman (5-1, 1.68) and the Red Wings will send right-hander Yohan Pino (0-4, 5.75. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.

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