PawSox Edge Iron Pigs In Ninth, 3-2
DH Jeff Bailey broke-up a 2-2 tie with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth leading the Pawtucket Red Sox to a 3-2 victory over the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs last night at McCoy.
The teams shared the lead throughout the game. The Iron Pigs scored first in the top of the fifth on a John Mayberry, Jr. solo home run.
PawSox SS Jed Lowrie, back with the team on a rehab assignment for the Red Sox, knotted the game at 1-1 with a solo home run of his own in the bottom of the sixth ining.
The PawSox took the lead in the eighth on a Mark Wagner RBI single but Lehigh Valley 1B Mike Cervenak tied the game with a solo homer in the ninth.
Paul Byrd put together an excellent outing in his second start for the PawSox. He gave up only one run on three hits through seven innings. He struck out four and did not walk a batter.
Hunter Jones (3-3) earned the win in relief.
The two teams wrap up their three game series tonight (7:05 pm) at McCoy. Randor Bierd (1-1, 4.30 ERA) pitches for the PawSox versus Rodrigo Lopez (6-4, 4.19 ERA) for Lehigh Valley.
