PawSox Game Notes: August 9

AUGUST 9^th                         PAWTUCKET (52-61)    at    LOUISVILLE (51-61)   7:05 pm         
Pawtucket Red Sox RHP Mike Shawaryn (0-0, 5.68) vs. Louisville Bats RHP Tyler Mahle (NR)
Rubber Game After Trading Two Close Ones - The Pawtucket Red Sox and the Louisville Bats (AAA-Cincinnati) play the rubber game of their 3-game series tonight at 7:05 pm at Louisville Slugger Field. The PawSox won the opener on Tuesday night, 3-2 but last night suffered another in a series of recent gut-wrenching losses as they scored 4 runs in the top of the 8^th to take a 5-2 lead only to see Louisville rally for 4 runs in the bottom half of the send the Sox to a 6-5 defeat. Pawtucket has now lost 10 of their last 12 1-run decisions since July 6 (and are thus 18-19 in 1-run games this season). The PawSoxare 13-19-4 in their 36 series this season (13 wins, 19 losses, and 4 splits) pending tonight's result.   
Sad Endings - Last night marked the 10^th time the PawSox have lost a game in the opponent's final at-bat since July 17 (in their last 21 games). Pawtucket had suffered just 5 losses in the final at-bat of a game previously during their first 92 games of the season. Furthermore, the Pawsox have dropped 10 of their last 12 road games since July 17 and 8 of those 10 defeats have occurred during the opposition's last AB of the game. During this span the Sox have lost games in the bottom of the 11^th-inning, bottom of the 9^th, bottom of the 8^th, bottom of the 9^th, bottom of the 10^th, top of the 10^th, bottom of the 13^th, bottom of the 12^th, top of the 9^th, and bottom of the 8^th. Overall this season, the Sox have lost 15 games during the opposition's last AB while winning 11 times during their own last AB (6 walk-offs).
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