PawSox Fall in Walk-Off Fashion, 4-3, to Close Road Trip
LAWRENCEVILLE, Georgia - Georgia native Kyle Wren continued his successful homecoming by ripping an inside-the-park home run to tie the game in the eighth inning, but the Gwinnett Stripers walked off for the second day in a row to defeat the Pawtucket Red Sox, 4-3, in 10 innings Sunday afternoon
LAWRENCEVILLE, Georgia - Georgia native
For the fourth time during their six-game losing streak, the PawSox fell in walk-off fashion. Dating back to Pawtucket's own walk-off victory last Sunday at McCoy Stadium, five of its last eight games have been decided in walk-off fashion. In Sunday's road trip finale, the PawSox (45-53) tied the game 2-2 in the sixth and 3-3 in the eighth, but the Stripers (47-53) scored their automatic baserunner in the bottom of the 10th inning on an RBI single from
Wren - the son of Red Sox Senior Vice President/Player Personnel Frank Wren - drove a ball off the center-field wall that caromed back into deep center, sprinted around the bases and scored without a throw to tie the game and record Pawtucket's first inside-the-park homer in nearly two years (Marco Hernandez, August 5, 2016). In three games over the weekend less than 90 minutes from his hometown and against the organization that drafted him, Wren went 4-for-9 with two doubles and the first five RBIs of his Pawtucket tenure.
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Pawtucket started the scoring in the top of the fourth inning when Miller sprayed a sacrifice fly down the right-field line to score center fielder
Gwinnett climbed in front, 2-1, in the bottom of the fifth inning on an RBI double from designated hitter
Pawtucket leveled the score, 2-2, in the sixth inning when Miller stung an RBI single the opposite way to reel in Castillo again.
But in the home half of the inning, Gwinnett left fielder
With two outs and nobody on in the top of the eighth inning, Wren tagged his inside-the-park homer to straightaway center and tied the game once again.
In the top of the 10th inning, Pawtucket placed runners at the corners with one out, but Hursh induced a 6-4-3 double play to escape harm.
But moments later with one out and the automatic runner at second, Ruiz cracked an RBI single back up the middle to score catcher
Following the seven-game road trip and an off day on Monday, the PawSox now return home to McCoy Stadium to kick off a six-game homestand that begins against the Columbus Clippers (Cleveland Indians) on Tuesday at 7:05 p.m. Radio coverage on WHJJ (920 AM and 104.7 FM) and throughout the PawSox Radio Network begins with the pre-game show at 6:35 p.m.
The homestand runs July 24-29 (Tuesday-Sunday). Good tickets are available, and fans can visit the McCoy Stadium box office, which is open Monday-Friday from 10 a.m. through 5 p.m., and during all home games. Fans can also call (401) 724-7300 or log on to PawSox.com for tickets.