PAWTUCKET, Rhode Island. The Pawtucket Red Sox ended not only their own winning streak, but also the Syracuse Chiefs losing streak as they were defeated 6 – 3 by the Chiefs Wednesday night at McCoy Stadium.
The game looked to be a potential pitching duel as PawSox starting pitcher Andrew Miller and Ross Detwiler (2-0) for the Chiefs, kept it scoreless until the PawSox offense would come alive in the bottom of the third.
After a walk from Luis Esposito, back to back singles from Jose Inglesias and Yamaico Navarro would bring Esposito around the bases for the first run of the game. Inglesias extended that lead during the next at bat on a sacrifice fly to right field from Josh Reddick.
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| Colleen Casey Despite the loss, Andrew Miller threw a solid six innings for the PawSox |
The Chiefs (6-7) were quick to respond in the top of the fourth, with a walk and a stolen base by Brian Bixler to put him in scoring position. Then an RBI double by Seth Bynum brought Bixler across the plate to place them on the board.
Relentless, the PawSox (8-6) pushed their lead to 3-1 with a fourth inning RBI single by Esposito to score Daniel Nava.
The fifth and sixth innings remained scoreless for both teams, leaving the game at 3-1 PawSox going into the seventh.
In the top of the seventh, the PawSox replaced Miller with Tony Pena Jr. (1-1) in relief, but their defense could not hold up. With a fielding error to put Corey Brown on base and a homerun to leftfield by Jhonatan Solano, the Chiefs tied up the game in the first two at bats to make the score 3-3. The Chiefs would finish their at bats in the lead with a single and a stolen base from Roger Bernadina followed by a single to right field by Bixler that scored Bernadina.
That inning, the Chiefs would also place a call to the bullpen bringing Henry Rodriguez to the mound, but the PawSox spark had diminished.
Syracuse would go on to score two more in the top of the eighth, on a two run homerun by Chris McConnell to end the game with a score of 6-3.
The PawSox will conclude this homestand against the Chiefs tomorrow before hitting the road for the next eight games. Brandon Duckworth (1-0, 0.77) is expected to face Garrett Mock (0-1, 3.85) with the first pitch scheduled at 12:05 p.m.
