The Pawtucket Red Sox have advanced to the Governors' Cup final (final round of IL Playoffs) with their 7-1, game 4 victory over the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees.
The Pawsox jumped out to an early and permanent lead as they scored all 7 runs in the 2nd inning. Danny Valencia had the most notable contribution, a 3-run homer for his first of the playoffs. Pawsox pitching didn't need much help as starter, Nelson Figueroa went 8 strong innings, giving up only 1 run on 2 hits and striking out 8. Alex Wilson closed it out with a 1-2-3 9th.
The Governors' Cup final will open in Pawtucket for games 1 and 2 on Tuesday and Wednesday at 7:05.
| Pawtucket Red Sox | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
| Jeremy Hazelbaker | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .154 |
| a- Che-Hsuan Lin | PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Tony Thomas | 2B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .200 |
| J.C. Linares | LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .417 |
| Danny Valencia | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .133 |
| Andy LaRoche | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| Bryce Brentz | RF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .429 |
| Dan Butler | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 |
| Jason Repko | CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .364 |
| Jonathan Hee | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .133 |
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |||
| Nelson Figueroa (W, 1-0) | 8.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1.13 | |||
| Alex Wilson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
| Kevin Russo | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .118 |
| Corban Joseph | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .188 |
| Ronnier Mustelier | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .067 |
| Luke Murton | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .214 |
| Melky Mesa | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .267 |
| Cole Garner | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .214 |
| Austin Romine | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Ramiro Pena | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .357 |
| Darnell McDonald | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 |
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |||
| Vidal Nuno (L, 0-1) | 1.2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 37.80 | |||
| Kelvin Perez | 3.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.15 | |||
| Jon Meloan | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Francisco Rondon | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | |||