PawSox Bounce Back, Win 6-4
Published on June 28, 2014 under International League (IL1)
Pawtucket Red Sox News Release
(Pawtucket, RI) - Pawtucket starter Steven Wright bounced back after a rough first inning to toss seven strong frames and the PawSox scored the game's final six runs en route to a fourth-consecutive win, a 6-4 victory over the Durham Bulls Saturday night in front of 7,960 fans at McCoy Stadium in the opener of a four-game series.
Mike Carp, playing in his second game of a Major League injury rehab assignment, played the first six innings as the designated hitter and went 1-for-3 with a single, a run scored and a strikeout. Carp, on the disabled list since June 2nd, is attempting to return to Boston from a broken bone in his right foot and is now 1-for-5 in two games with Pawtucket.
Wright (3-1) allowed four runs on four hits in the first, then settled in and allowed no runs and three total baserunners over his next six innings. The knuckleballer struck out seven and walked two. Pawtucket (42-41) has won four in a row for only the second time this season and the first since April 13-17th.
Trailing 4-0 after the top of the first, the PawSox offense started the comeback quickly against Bulls starter Merrill Kelly (6-2) by scoring single runs in each of the first three innings. Carlos Rivero's two-out RBI single in the first gave Pawtucket its first run, then Christian Vazquez's solo homer in the second (3) made the score 4-2.
Ryan Roberts slugged a two-out RBI single off the left-centerfield fence in the third to score Carp and bring Pawtucket within 4-3. Carp led off the frame with a sharp single into right field.
Kelly allowed hits to the first three batters he faced in the fourth, with a Vazquez double followed by Alex Hassan's single to put runners on the corners. Justin Henry then knocked Kelly from the game with a two-run single to center that put the PawSox in front 5-4.
Neither squad scored another run until the eighth, when Hassan delivered a two-out RBI single against reliever Adam Liberatore. Rich Hill, Pawtucket's third pitcher of the night, recorded the final four outs to notch his second save of the season.
Jayson Nix homered for Durham to open the scoring in the first, and Curt Casali later capped the four-run rally against Wright with a two-run double. Durham would collect only four more hits after the first inning.
Vazquez and Hassan each went 3-for-4 with an RBI, while Rivero collected two of the PawSox's 12 hits. Justin Christian went 3-for-4 to pace the Bulls' eight-hit attack.
Game two of the series is slated for a 1:05 pm first pitch on Sunday afternoon, as Pawtucket goes for a season-high fifth consecutive win. Lefty Chris Hernandez (3-6, 3.39) will get the ball for manager Kevin Boles, while southpaw Enny Romero (3-8, 5.04) is expected to start for the Bulls.
Good seats are still available at the McCoy Stadium box office, by calling (401) 724-7300 or by visiting pawsox.com. Radio coverage on 920 AM (WHJJ) and also streaming online begins at 12:50 pm.
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