The Pawsox took a 1-0 lead over the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees in the 1st round of the IL playoffs.
Scranton jumped out to a 4-0 lead by the 3rd before the Pawsox started their comeback. Pawtucket grabbed 3 runs in the bottom of the 3rd by way of a J.C. Linares 2-run homer and a solo homer from Andy LaRoche. LaRoche drove in another 2 runs in the 5th to give the Pawsox the 5-4 lead and they didn't look back. Bryce Brentz added a 2-run homer in the 8th to cap off the scoring and give the Pawtucket the 7-4 victory in game 1.
Zach Stewart went 5 innings, giving up all 4 runs on 7 hits, walked 2 and struck out only 1. I would say that is an improvement since the last time we saw him. The bullpen did a great job containing the Yankees by combining for only 2 hits and 7 strikeouts over the final 4 innings.
Game 2 is tonight at 7:05 in Pawtucket. Get your tickets here.
| Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
| Kevin Russo | 3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| Corban Joseph | 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 |
| Ronnier Mustelier | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Luke Murton | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
| Melky Mesa | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Austin Romine | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Cole Garner | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .250 |
| Ramiro Pena | SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Darnell McDonald | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| John Maine (L, 0-1) | 4.2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9.64 |
| Chase Whitley | 2.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Kelvin Perez | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.00 |
| Pawtucket Red Sox | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
| Jeremy Hazelbaker | DH | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 |
| Tony Thomas | 2B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .750 |
| J.C. Linares | LF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .333 |
| Danny Valencia | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
| Andy LaRoche | 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| Dan Butler | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
| Bryce Brentz | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .250 |
| Jason Repko | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
| Jonathan Hee | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Zach Stewart (W, 1-0) | 5.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7.20 |
| Alex Wilson (H, 1) | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pedro Beato (H, 1) | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jose De La Torre (S, 1) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
