PawSox Allow 6 Runs In 8th Inning In Loss To Rochester RedWings

Everything was going according to plan for the Pawtucket Red Sox in Rochester, until the bottom of the 8th hit. 

In the bottom of the 8th IL All-Star Dan Runzler allowed 6 runs on 5 base hits while only recording one out causing the PawSox to lose 9-6. 

For Pawtucket this has to be a frustrating loss with starter Ryan Weber giving 5 quality innings allowing 2 runs on 7 base hits while fanning 7 batters. 

Even the rehabbing Tyler Thornburg had a scoreless inning of relief followed up by a scoreless inning by Jordan Weems. 

Offensively Pawtucket scored two runs in the third, but broke out in the top of the 5th with both Chris Owings and Gorkys Hernandez hitting home runs to make it a 5-2 game. 

Hernandez came back in the top of the 7th with another RBI making it 6-2.

Runzler spoiled the road party with just one out recorded and 6 runs allowed in the bottom of the 8th inning. This makes back-to-back outings that Runzler has struggled with the veteran allowing 3 runs and just 2 outs recorded last time out. Tough for Runzler who was just named to the IL mid-season all-star team with his ERA now ballooned to 5.96 on the season. 

Rehabbers Update And A Quick Look Ahead 

The rehabbing Tzu-Wei Lin played in this one going 0-2 with 2 walks serving as the DH. Infielder Steve Pearce was once again out of the lineup for Pawtucket. 

As for Thornburg he continues to make strides on the mound has he rehabs from a right-hip impingement. 

With the loss the PawSox fall to 32-47 on the season and have one more game with Rochester on Sunday with Darwinzon Hernandez on the mound. 

PawSox Win At Rochester With Trevor Kelley Continuing To Be Nails With A 1-2-3 9th After Pitching Back-To-Back Night’s

The Pawtucket Red Sox have bounced back and in large part due to relief pitcher Trevor Kelley. 

Friday night’s dramatic 7-to-5 victory over the Rochester RedWings had plenty of hero’s on the PawSox side of the ball, but Kelley seemingly edges out the rest. 

The Rhode Island native who has already earned an All-Star nod continues to impress as Kelley came on in a 7-5 game and provided Billy McMillon with a 1-2-3 bottom of the 9th to pick up his 4th save of the season as his ERA drops to .96 on the season. Kelley’s outing on Friday comes on the heels of a Thursday night outing where he had a similar scoreless effort which has been the standard for the sidearms 2019 season. 

The starter in this one for Pawtucket was Teddy Stankiewicz who battled going 5 innings allowing 5 runs on 9 base hits. With Teddy giving up 2 blasts on the night it was up to the offense to battle. 

It started in the top of the 1st inning with Bryce (Don’t Let Him Get Hot) Brentz belted a 2-run shot for his 15th homer of the season. The rehabbing Tzu-Wei Lin had an RBI single in the top of the 2nd to make it 3-0 before Stankiewicz was touched for 3 runs in the 3rd, and 2 in the 4th. 

Pawtucket got one back in the top of the 6th with an RBI double in the top of the 6th, tied the game in the top of the 8th on a wild pitch, and took the lead on a Juan Centeno sacrifice fly in the top of the 9th. The icing on the cake was another wild pitch run in the 9th making it 7-5. 

In order to set up this comeback the PawSox had the solid outing by Kelley, but had two stellar performances to bridge the gap to the newly minted closer. Jenrry Mejia went 2 scoreless and then Bobby Poyner picked up the win with an inning of work bridging tight gap to Kelley’s 1-2-3 9th inning. 

There was only 1 rehabber in this one for Pawtucket with Tzu-Wei Lin leading off and playing second base for McMillon. Lin went 3-for-4 with an RBI and struck out once while playing 7 innings in the field. 

A Look Ahead 

With the win the PawSox move to 32-46 on the season and have two more in Rochester before heading home to McCoy Stadium on Monday.

McMillon’s probable rotation is as follows: 

Saturday:Ryan Weber

Sunday: Darwinzon Hernandez

Monday: Erasmo Ramirez

Tuesday: Kyle Hart

Wednesday: Teddy Stankiewicz 

PawSox Hosting A Rhode Island Celebration On Monday With A New One-night Name Change Announcement Also Coming

The Pawtucket Red Sox and the State of Rhode Island have had a partnership that has lasted 50 years and the team continues to celebrate that relationship. 

During their Monday, July 1 game with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders the PawSox plan on holding a number of Rhode Island centric activities. 

For starters the team will don their Pawtucket Hot Wieners during the game marking the second time this season they have worn what was initially a one-off uniform created in the 2018 season. With Pawtucket wearing the Hot Wieners uni the team plans on making an announcement on another one-off name change that will occur at some point in the month of August.

The name is going to have a Rhode Island connection, a look back at some of the name idea’s I threw out last year when the Hot Wieners name was announced.

• Rhode Island Coffee Milks
• Pawtucket Quahogs
• The Rhode Islanders

In addition to Monday’s Hot Wiener uniforms the ball-club will host a number of their Rhode Island  partners and play video and music tributes throughout the game. There will be an increased Rhode Island flare to the food on hand as well and a beach party out on the LF berm.

The Triple-A franchise’s Rhode Island celebration comes on the heels of the organization deciding to move to Worcester, Massachusetts ending the Rhode Island connection at what will be 51 years at the end of next season. A connection that has been around since 1970. 

For now though, the PawSox continue to operate in Pawtucket and will have a firework celebration for the Fourth of July on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.