Entire Offense Contributes to 7-4 Win in Buffalo
May 21, 2016 - International League (IL1)
Pawtucket Red Sox News Release
Chris Marrero of the Pawtucket Red Sox
(Pawtucket Red Sox)
(Buffalo, NY) - Every player in the Pawtucket Red Sox lineup delivered a hit and six contributed an RBI in a 7-4 win over the Buffalo Bisons on Saturday afternoon at Coca-Cola Field.
Pawtucket's 14-hit attack supported Sean O'Sullivan in his first start since a three-game stint with Boston. Robby Scott (3-0) continued to shine in a long-relief role, tossing 3.1 innings for the win, and Pat Light dominated the final four Buffalo batters of the game to earn his second save of the season.
Ryan LaMarre led off the game with a single that got by the left fielder Dalton Pompey for a two-base error. LaMarre remained at third base after Bisons starer Scott Diamond (3-4) induced a pop out and walked a pair of hitters. Justin Maxwell then lifted a sacrifice fly to right center field that got the PawSox (21-22) on the scoreboard.
Buffalo (21-22) answered with a run in the bottom of the first against O'Sullivan. Devon Travis continued his rehabilitation assignment by hitting a leadoff double to left. After a sacrifice bunt, Darrell Ceciliani blooped a single into left field, bringing Travis home with the tying run.
O'Sullivan used a double play to get through the second inning and then tossed a 1-2-3 third.
Pawtucket retook the lead on Deven Marrero's sacrifice fly in the fourth. The PawSox tried to push across another run on Mike Miller's two-out, line-drive single to center field, but Ceciliani threw a bullet to the plate on the fly to gun down Sandy Leon.
The Bisons responded by mounting a rally of their own in the bottom half of the frame, aided by a pair of PawSox errors.
After a single and a walk placed runners on first and second, Tony Sanchez bunted towards the third baseman Chris Dominguez. Dominguez's throw went off of Sam Travis' glove at first base, allowing a run to score. The next batter, Devon Travis, hit a groundball to third that Dominguez could not handle, allowing another run to score, giving Buffalo a 3-2 advantage.
The damage could have been worse, but Leon fired a bullet from behind the plate to pick off Sanchez at second base to end the inning.
O'Sullivan, who had not pitched in a game for Pawtucket since May 1, was done after tossing 59 pitches in 4.0 innings of work.
The PawSox then struck for their three runs in the sixth to take the lead for the third time in the contest.
All the damage was done with two outs. Diamond allowed singles to Leon and Deven Marrero. After walking Mike Miller to load the bases, David Aardsma was called out of the bullpen.
Aardsma promptly walked LaMarre to force home the tying run. The next batter, Travis, hammered a two-run double to left field that gave the PawSox a 5-3 lead. All three runs were charge to Diamond, who allowed five on the afternoon.
Leon's seventh-inning sacrifice fly and Chris Marrero's eighth-inning RBI double added the final two runs to Pawtucket's tally.
Scott retired nine of the first 11 batters he faced out of the bullpen before allowing an opposite-field home run to Jesus Montero (4) with one out in the eighth inning. Eleven of Montero's 23 RBI this year have come against the PawSox.
Scott was helped by his defense in the sixth inning. After back-to-back singles led off the frame, Casey Kotchman hit a hard ground ball towards first base. Sam Travis made a terrific play to snag it and started a 3-6-1 twin killing.
Light struck out the final batter of the game, David Adams, with a fastball that clocked in at 101 miles per hour on the stadium's radar gun.
Pawtucket has scored at least five runs in all five of its games at Coca-Cola Field this season, including 29 in total.
The PawSox conclude their four-game series in Buffalo tomorrow at 1:05 p.m. Pawtucket righthander William Curvas (4-1, 3.35) is scheduled to make the start against Buffalo lefty Wade LeBlanc (4-1, 1.64). Radio coverage begins on WHJJ (920 AM) and throughout the Pawtucket Red Sox radio network at 12:35 p.m.
The PawSox return to McCoy Stadium on Tuesday to open up a six-game home stand against Lehigh Valley and Indianapolis. Good seats for the entire homestand are still available at the McCoy Stadium box office, by calling (401) 724-7300 or by visiting pawsox.com.
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