IL1 Lehigh Valley IronPigs

Pigs Drop Home Opener to PawSox, 13-1

Published on April 14, 2016 under International League (IL1)
Lehigh Valley IronPigs News Release


The Lehigh Valley IronPigs (2-4) dropped their home opener to the Pawtucket Red Sox (3-5) by a score of 13-1 on Thursday night at Coca-Cola Park.

Pawtucket grabbed an early 3-0 lead with three runs in the second as Chris Dominguez and Mike Miller each knocked home runs with RBI singles and Dominguez scored when Cole Sturgeon grounded into a 6-4-3 double play.

The PawSox extended the lead to 5-0 with a pair of runs in the third as Dominguez plated a run with a sac fly and Sam Travis delivered an RBI single.

All five runs were charged to Pigs starter Jake Thompson (0-2) who allowed the five runs on six hits while walking three and fanning five over his three innings of work.

Pawtucket starter Sean O'Sullivan (1-1) gave up one run on five hits to go along with a walk and four strikeouts in 5.0 IP.

A four-run fourth opened the lead up to 9-0 for Pawtucket. Travis blasted a three-run shot off of Pigs RHP Colton Murray (1.2 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 3 BB, 2 K) and Ryan LaMarre came through with an RBI single.

Lehigh Valley got on the board with a run in the fourth as Andrew Knapp was hit by a pitch, took second on a single and scored on Will Venable's RBI single.

The Red Sox added another pair of runs in the fifth to give themselves an 11-1 advantage as Deven Marrero knocked home a two-run double in the frame.

Chris Marrero's solo shot in the top of the sixth off of RHP Luis Garcia (2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K) gave the PawSox a 12-1 lead.

Marrero brought home another run with an RBI single in the seventh to give Pawtucket a 13-1 lead.

RHP Andrew Bailey (1.1 IP, 2 H, 4 K) and INF Brock Stassi (1.0 IP, 2 H) each tossed a scoreless inning in relief for manager Dave Brundage's squad.

Stassi becomes the first position player to pitch for the IronPigs since Russ Canzler tossed an inning against Pawtucket on April 12, 2015.

The series wraps up on Friday at 7:05 p.m. as LHP Adam Morgan (0-0, 1.80) will be on the bump for the IronPigs against Pawtucket RHP William Cuevas (0-1, 9.00).




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