Pawtucket had to use 6 pitchers to stop the bleeding that Nelson Figueroa caused in the first 2 innings. Figueroa was hot during the playoffs until last night when he gave up 6 runs (all earned), on 7 hits and lasted only 2 innings. Chris Hernandez and Brock Huntzinger didn't help at all, as they combined for 3 innings, 4 hits, 4 runs, a walk, and 3 strikeouts. Alex Wilson, Jose De La torre, and Tony Pena Jr. closed out the game with score-less ball, but it was too late.
The Pawsox had plenty of chances against Reno's top prospect, Trevor Bauer, but clearly failed to capitalize. Bauer walked 7 batters over 4 2/3 , and the Pawsox couldn't do a damn thing. Pawtucket went 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position and left a total of 15 runners on base. Tony Thomas hit a solo homer in the fifth for one of Pawtucket's very few highlights.
I still don't understand why the AAA Championship is a 1 game, winner-take-all. Both teams had to play best-of-fives to get there, why not make it at least a best-of-3? Sure, it is late in September, but a single game elimation is too little league for me. At least they have the Governors' Cup, even though most people don't know it exists.
Stats after jump.
| Pawtucket Red Sox | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
| Jeremy Hazelbaker | DH | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| Tony Thomas | 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| J.C. Linares | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Danny Valencia | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
| Ryan Dent | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Andy LaRoche | 1B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 |
| Bryce Brentz | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 |
| Dan Butler | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| Jonathan Hee | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .000 |
| Che-Hsuan Lin | CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .333 |
| Pitcher |
IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Nelson Figueroa (L, 0-1) | 2.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 27.00 |
| Chris Hernandez | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Brock Huntzinger | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18.00 |
| Alex Wilson | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jose De La Torre | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Tony Pena Jr. | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Reno Aces | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
| A.J. Pollock | CF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .400 |
| Tyler Kuhn | 2B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .400 |
| Josh Bell | DH | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .400 |
| Mike Jacobs | 1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Brent Clevlen | RF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| Taylor Harbin | SS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Tyler Bortnick | 3B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .750 |
| Ryan Budde | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Keon Broxton | LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Trevor Bauer | 4.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3.86 |
| Mike DeMark (W, 1-0) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sam Demel | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 |
| Jensen Lewis | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jonathan Albaladejo | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
