Lin With Late Lightning-Pawsox Beat Braves
Published on August 12, 2011 under International League (IL1)
Pawtucket Red Sox News Release
The PawSox were down to their final out on Friday night in Gwinnett, trailing 3-2 when Che Hsuan Lin singled in two runs in the top of the ninth inning to give Pawtucket a 4-3 lead. An insurance run scored moments later on a passed ball charged to Wil Nieves and the PawSox won 5-3. The seesaw game ended as Scott Atchison struck out Wilkin Ramirez with a man on base. Ramirez hit a solo homer in the eighth, breaking a 2-2 tie. Lars Anderson and Jose Iglesias knocked in the other PawSox runs.
Tony Pena pitched five great innings, surrendering a run on six hits. Hideki Okajima and Jason Rice each allowed a run. Okajima lasted just two thirds of an inning. Rice (4-4) was the winner. He went two and two thirds for the victory. Atchison pitched the ninth, striking out two, for his fourth save. With the win, the Sox (68-51) are a season-high 17 games over .500 and still alone in first in the North. They lead Lehigh Valley by a game. Five time National League All Star Brian McCann began a ML rehab for his oblique and went 1-3 with a run batted in for Gwinnett.
The series continues on Saturday night at 7:05 p.m. Kyle Weiland (8-7, 3.23) will face Todd Redmond (8-8, 2.91.
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