PawSox Game Notes: July 3

JULY 3^rd                              ROCHESTER (40-40)    at    PAWTUCKET (39-43)     6:15 pm         
Rochester Red Wings RHP Fernando Romero (1-1, 2.33) vs. Pawtucket Red Sox LHP Chandler Shepherd (4-6, 3.74)  
Red Sox vs. Red Wings During the Holiday Week - The Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings (AAA-Minnesota) finish the first half of their home and home holiday week series tonight with the finale of a 2-game set here at McCoy Stadium at 6:15 pm (the game will be followed by another patriotic post-game fireworks extravaganza and is again being televised on YurView TV on COX). The Red Wings got the jump in the overall 4-game series with a 6-2 victory last night to pull back to the .500 mark at 40-40 while sending the Sox to their 6^th loss in their last 7 games as Pawtucket fell 4-games under .500 at 39-43.
See You Soon - Following tonight's game, the clubs will head to Western New York overnight before spending the 4^th of July holiday together at Frontier Field in Rochester for games tomorrow (Wednesday) at 7:05 pm and Thursday at 5:05 pm. Per International League scheduling policy, the clubs home on July 3^rd will be on the road on July 4^th, so Pawucket will play the role of guest in Rochester for a 2-game set on July 4 & 5. The busy holiday week continues back at McCoy for a 3-game weekend series against the Scranton/WB RailRiders (AAA-Yankees) this Friday (7:05 pm), Saturday (6:15 pm with more fireworks), and Sunday (1:35 pm) to lead into the Triple-A All-Star break (from July 9-11).   
Rough Go vs. Rochester - Rochester has won 10 of their last 12 games at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket dating back to July 28 of 2016. The Red Wings won that game on July 28, 2016 in Pawtucket (after the PawSox had won 3 in a row over the Wings at McCoy earlier in that series), won 6 of 7 played here last season, and are 3-1 thus far at McCoy this season.
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