Igawa, Yankees Stymie PawSox
The Pawtucket Red Sox were done in by another solid pitching performance by the Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees, falling 6-4 last night in game three of the Governor’s Cup opening round playoffs. The Yankees now hold a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five series.
Yankees’ ace Kei Igawa (1-0) kept the PawSox offense in check, allowing only two runs (one earned) on five hits in seven innings of work. The lone Pawtucket runs off Igawa came on a two-run single in the fourth by Josh Wilson.
Dusty Brown tagged a two-run homer off Yankees’ reliever Steven Jackson in the eighth. But despite cutting the Yankees’ lead to two runs, the PawSox were never much of an offensive threat against the Scranton pitching staff.
PawSox starter Adam Mills (0-1) took the loss in his Triple A debut. He worked only 3 1/3 innings, giving up five runs (four earned) on five hits. He struck out three and did not walk a batter. Mills gave up a single run in the first and two more in the second.
The big blow against the PawSox came in the fourth, in the form of a three-run homer to right by 3B Eric Duncan off PawSox reliever Jon Switzer. Two of those runs were charged to Mills.
The PawSox offense was only able to amass a total of six hits. Scranton collected ten, led by Ben Broussard who had three and Nick Green with two.
The PawSox are in a must win situation as game four of the series will be played tonight (7:05 pm) at PNC Field in Moosic, PA. RHP Bartolo Colon (3-1, 2.27) will pitch for the PawSox. He’ll be opposed by RHP Phil Hughes (1-0, 5.90) for the Yankees. Rain is in the forcast as tropical storm Hanna heads up the east coast.
NOTES: Game three of he Governor’s Cup playoff series between the Louisville Bats and Durham Bulls was postponed last night due to rain. Game three will be played tonight.
