PawSox Send Pettite to Defeat
May 6, 2012 - International League (IL1)
Pawtucket Red Sox News Release
The Pawtucket Red Sox are back on the winning track. On Sunday afternoon in Rochester the PawSox downed the Scranton Wilkes-Barre Yankees and Andy Pettitte 7-5 in front of 13,584 fans at Frontier Field. The Sox have won three straight. They earned the victory against the winningest pitcher in MLB postseason history, Andy Pettitte. Pettitte, making a bid to return to the New York Yankees lasted 5 innings, surrendering 8 hits and 5 runs, walking 2 and striking out 5. The lefthander threw 95 pitches.
The PawSox jumped on Pettitte for two runs in the first as Ryan Lavarnway and Lars Anderson picked up an RBI each. In the second, Jose Iglesias drew a bases loaded walk to make it 3-0. In the fourth, Tony Thomas and Pedro Ciriaco added an RBI apiece. Josh Kroeger homered in the eighth and in the ninth Lars Anderson doubled home a run to cap the scoring.
Doug Mathis earned his first win in a PawSox uniform. Mathis (1-2) gave up 3 runs in 5 innings. Justin Thomas, Junichi Tazawa and Garrett Mock worked the final 4 innings. Mock earned his fourth save jn 5 attempts.
The PawSox will play their fourth game in four days in four different cities on Monday night in Pawtucket. Daisuke Matsuzaka (NR) will make a rehab start for the PawSox. He will face Daryl Thompson of Rochester (1-2, 3.60).
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