The Pawsox took a 1-0 series lead over the Charlotte Knights with a 7-2 victory at McCoy Stadium last night. Pawtucket got 5 of their 7 runs off of homers from Tony Thomas, J.C. Linares, and Danny Valencia. Valencia gave the Pawsox the 3-1 lead in the 3rd by way of a 2-run homer, and the Pawsox never looked back. After Charlotte cut the lead to 3-2 in the 4th, Jason Repko grounded into a fielder's choice which drove in Bryce Brentz in the bottom of the inning to regain the 2 run lead. Tony Thomas and J.C. Linares went back-to-back in the 7th for good measure to put the Knights away.
Pitching was solid again for Pawtucket, as Steven Wright went 7 strong, giving up 6 hits, 2 runs (2 ER), 2 walks, and struck out 6. Alex Wilson and Josh Fields followed with 2 hit-less innings to close out the game.
Game 2 will be played tonight at 7:05 in Pawtucket. Click here for tickets.
| Charlotte Knights | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
| Greg Golson | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 |
| Drew Garcia | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .238 |
| Brent Morel | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .263 |
| Seth Loman | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .429 |
| Josh Phegley | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .444 |
| Trayce Thompson | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .059 |
| Jared Mitchell | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| Carlos Sanchez | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .118 |
| Brandon Short | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .250 |
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Charles Leesman | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.16 |
| Andre Rienzo (L, 0-1) | 5.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4.76 |
| Ryan Kussmaul | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9.00 |
| Pawtucket Red Sox | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
| Nate Spears | 2B-1B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .375 |
| Tony Thomas | DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .263 |
| J.C. Linares | LF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .438 |
| Danny Valencia | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .176 |
| Andy LaRoche | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .158 |
| Ryan Dent | 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Bryce Brentz | RF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .471 |
| Dan Butler | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .167 |
| Jason Repko | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .267 |
| Jonathan Hee | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .105 |
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Steven Wright (W, 1-0) | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2.57 |
| Alex Wilson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Josh Fields | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
