Pigs held scoreless in finale at Pawtucket
May 30, 2019 - International League (IL1)
Lehigh Valley IronPigs News Release
(Pawtucket, RI) - The Lehigh Valley IronPigs (27-23) suffered their first shutout loss of the season on Thursday morning in Pawtucket as the Red Sox (21-30) won 4-0. PawSox starter Kyle Hart (1-0) in his triple-A debut pitched a complete game shutout.
The IronPigs were held to just five hits, four singles and one-extra base hit (double). Ranger Suarez (2-2) allowed two runs off four hits and two walks with five strikeouts in six innings.
Bryce Brentz hit a two-run single off Suarez in the bottom of the fourth inning that gave Pawtucket a 2-0 lead. Jantzen Witte hit a two-run home run off Seth McGarry in the bottom of the seventh inning that gave the PawSox a 4-0 lead.
Josh Tols pitched a scoreless bottom of the eighth inning for the IronPigs.
Lehigh Valley continues their road trip on Friday evening as they will play the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders at 6:35 p.m. in Moosic, Pa.
The 2019 IronPigs season is the team's 12th as the top affiliate for the Philadelphia Phillies and 12th at Coca-Cola Park. Follow the IronPigs on Twitter at @IronPigs and like them on Facebook via www.facebook.com/LHVIronPigs.
The 2019 IronPigs season is presented by Capital BlueCross.
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