Stripers Lose Wild Extra-Inning Game in Pawtucket

PAWTUCKET, RI - A back-and-forth afternoon of baseball saw the Gwinnett Stripers rally back from a 5-3 deficit to take a 9-6 lead in the top of the 11th inning, but the Pawtucket Red Sox scored four runs in the bottom of the 11th for a walk-off 10-9 victory at McCoy Stadium. 

Mike Miller provided the PawSox' second extra-inning walk-off of the series with an RBI single scoring Aneury Tavárez.
The loss drops Gwinnett to 0-6 in games decided in the last at-bat this season and 0-4 in extra-inning games.
The Stripers were down to their last strike twice in the top of the ninth, but Rio Ruiz doubled home Danny Santana, then scored on an infield single by Carlos Franco to tie the game at 5-5.
After the teams traded runs in the 10th inning, Gwinnett took a three-run lead in the 11th. Ruiz laced a two-run double into the right-field corner and came home to score on a single by Sean Kazmar Jr., giving the Stripers their biggest lead of the day at 9-6.
In the bottom of the 11th, however, right-hander Jason Hursh (BS, 2, L, 0-1) yielded a single to Iván De Jesús Jr., a two-run double to Mike Ohlman and a game-tying double to Tavarez. Miller followed with a line drive to right and Tavarez slid home ahead of Ezequiel Carrera's throw home for the game-winning run.
Hursh allowed five runs - three earned - on five hits over 1.1 innings. PawSox right-hander Kyle Martin (W, 2-1), who yielded four runs - two earned - over the 10th and 11th innings, ended up with the win.
Atlanta Braves left-hander Luiz Gohara made a rehab start for Gwinnett and worked 4.0 innings of one-run, two-hit baseball. After his exit, Luke Jackson and Rex Brothers each surrendered a pair of runs to put the Stripers behind 5-3.
Ruiz went 3-for-6 with two doubles and three RBIs for the Stripers. Franco, Ronald Acuña Jr. and Rob Brantly also had three hits apiece, and Carrera blasted his first home run of the season - a game-tying solo shot in the seventh inning.
Ohlman went 2-for-5 with a double, a homer and three RBIs for the PawSox (8-6). 
The Stripers (5-9) continue the road trip on Monday as they open a three-day, four-game series vs. the Rochester Red Wings. The two clubs will play a doubleheader - two seven-inning games - to make up for their April 15 rain-out. The first pitch of game one at Frontier Field is set for 5:05 p.m. Right-hander Mike Soroka (1-0, 2.87 ERA) starts the first game for the Stripers, while the Red Wings will counter with left-hander Dietrich Enns (0-2, 10.29 ERA). Dave Lezotte has the play-by-play call on 97.7 FM The Other Side of the River beginning at 4:35 p.m.