Former Gull Pat Light Gets Call-Up to Red Sox
Published on April 25, 2016 under New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) News Release
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Pawtucket Red Sox pitcher Pat Light became the 10th former Newport Gull and the second NECBL alumni in as many days to get the call to Major League Baseball on Sunday, and the first ever promoted to the 25-man roster of the Boston Red Sox.
Light, a starting pitcher with the 2010 Gulls, has steadily risen through the Red Sox farm system. In five appearances with Pawtucket this season, opponents are hitting just .190 against Light, who has gained a reputation as a right-handed flamethrower with a high-90s fastball. With the PawSox, he's already racked up 10 strikeouts in 6-2/3 innings of work, all of them in relief - a role he's expected to fill when he makes his debut appearance with Boston.
Light was a key part of the 2010 Gulls pitching staff, helping the team win 27 regular-season games en route to an appearance in the NECBL All-Star Game. Light, a First Round pick by the Red Sox in 2012 out of Monmouth University, appeared in 10 games, making six starts, with a 2.36 ERA and 5-0 record for the Gulls that summer.
Light joins eight former Newport Gulls and one Rhode Island Gull who have appeared on Major League rosters. The first, Jason Szuminski, played for the Rhode Island Gulls in 1999, during the franchise's two-year stint in Cranston before the team's move to Newport in 2001. The remainder - Chris Iannetta, Mitchell Boggs,Adam Wilk, Danny Otero, Jeff Beliveau, Greg Garcia, Chris Taylor, and Dominguez - each played summer baseball at Cardines Field before realizing their big-league dreams.
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