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Bisons Notes - Pawtucket at Buffalo (6:05 p.m.)

April 23, 2013 - International League (IL1)
Buffalo Bisons News Release


Buffalo Bisons (12-4, 1st(+1.0), North) vs. Pawtucket Red Sox (12-6, 2nd(-1.0), North)

Tuesday, April 23, 2013 (6:05 p.m.) - Coca-Cola Field

RHP Edgar Gonzalez (0-0, 11.25) vs. RHP Rubby De La Rosa (0-0, 13.50)

Radio: WWKB 1520 AM

Today's Game:

The Buffalo Bisons host the Pawtucket Red Sox for the first game of a four-game series at Coca-Cola Field (6:05 p.m.). With tonight's contest, the Herd will play 12 of its next 16 games at home. Buffalo is coming off a perfect 8-0 roadtrip with sweeps in Syracuse and Lehigh Valley.

The Perfect Vacation

For the first time in the club's modern era, the Bisons completed a perfect 8-0 roadtrip. Included in the trip was doubleheader sweeps in Syracuse on April 17 and in Lehigh Valley on April 20. Thanks in large part to their historic 27-9 win on Thursday, the Bisons outscored their opponents, 64-25, in the eight games away from Coca-Cola Field.

Bisons vs. PawSox

The Bisons were 7-9 against the Red Sox last season. The road team dominated the series with 11 of the 16 wins as Pawtucket went 6-2 at Coca-Cola Field and the Bisons were 5-3 at McCoy Stadium. Since 1998, the Bisons hold the 120-119 edge over last year's IL Champions.

What Brown does for us

MARTY BROWN (250) is second on the Bisons modern era victory list for wins. He trails only Buffalo Baseball Hall of Famer Brian Graham (253). Brown won 238 games with the Herd, 2003-2005.

On the Hill

RHP EDGAR GONZALEZ makes his second start of the season. The righty made his Bisons debut by tossing four innings in the Herd's historic 27-9 win on Thursday in Syracuse. Gonzalez began the season with two relief appearances for Toronto (3.1 IP, 5.40 ERA).

Negrych

INF JIM NEGRYCH had three more hits yesterday, his sixth multi-hit performance in 11 starts this year. Negrych leads the International League with a .488 average, a .543 on-base percentage and a .780 slugging percentage. When leading off an inning, Negrych is hitting .579 (11-19) with a .636 on-base percentage.

Bisons Bits

In the last four games, Bisons starts have allowed just four earned runs over 25.0 innings of work for a 1.44 ERA...RHP MICKEY STOREY has struck out 17 of the 44 batters he's faced. He leads the club in punchouts as a reliever...The Bisons lead the International League in average (.319), runs scored (107) and home runs (17).

Toronto (8-12) lost to the Orioles 2-1 last night. LHP J.A. HAPP was strong on the hill, allowing just one run while striking out six over six innings of work. Toronto was held to just four singles in the loss. The Blue Jays play in Baltimore again tonight at 7:05 p.m.

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