Wilk Wilts PawSox Bats

Lefthander Adam Wilk, who once pitched for the Newport Gulls of the NECBL, suffocated the PawSox on Tuesday night in Toledo, as the Mud Hens thumped Pawtucket 8-3. Wilk threw 7 innings of one run, 3 hit baseball. Wilk struck out 3 batters. Wilk improved to 2-0 and has allowed just one run in 12 innings.

The PawSox got on the board in the sixth, as Pedro Ciriacos' sacrifice fly drove home Che-Hsuan Lin. Nate Spears clobbered a two run triple in the eighth.

Doug Mathis (0-2) allowed six runs, (5 earned) in five innings. He scattered 8 hits, walking three. Mathis had one strikeout. Andrew Miller struck out 5 and walked 2 in two innings of relief. The PawSox (16-10) have lost 5 of their last 6 games.

The series continues on Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m. Ross Ohlendorf (3-1, 3.03) faces M.L. rehabber, Doug Fister (NR).