PawSox Game Notes: June 24

JUNE 24^th                            SYRACUSE (30-42)     at    PAWTUCKET (36-37)      1:35 pm         
Syracuse Chiefs RHP John Simms (2-3, 3.48) vs. Pawtucket Red Sox LHP Jalen Beeks (4-4, 2.65)
The Last Sunday in June - The Pawtucket Red Sox play their final home game in the month of June (rather amazingly) when they host the Syracuse Chiefs (AAA-Washington) in the rubber game of their 3-game weekend series this afternoon at 1:35 pm at McCoy Stadium (live on myRITV). Five has been the lucky number thus far in the series…the PawSox won the opener on Friday, 5-4 but the Chiefs evened things with a 5-3 victory last night. That loss snapped Pawtucket's 4-game winning streak - one shy of their season-long 5-game winning streak. A little more than a week and a half ago the PawSox swept a 3-game series in Syracuse from June 11-13 by scores of 3-1, 5-3, and 5-1. Pawtucket's 4-game winning streak vs. the Chiefs was stopped last night.   
This Homestand - This 7-game homestand - Sox are 4-2 thus far after taking 3 of 4 from Buffalo last week and going 1-1 vs. Syracuse this weekend) concludes today with this remarkably being the last Sunday in June already. After today, the PawSox will be gone all of this week for a 7-game roadtrip that begins with 4-games in Buffalo tomorrow (Monday) night vs. the 2^nd-place Bisons. The first three games of that series (Mon. - Wed.) will all be at 7:05 pm with the finale on Thursday afternoon at 1:05 pm. The Sox will then slide south to Moosic, PA for a 3-game weekend set at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Friday (7:05 pm), Saturday (6:35 pm), and Sunday (1:05 pm). The Sox will head home after the Sunday afternoon game and be back at McCoy for just two games - the traditional July 2 & 3 Patriotic Firework games (both at 6:15 pm vs. Rochester) one week from this Monday and Tuesday evenings.
Hovering Around .500 - Pawtucket did return to the .500 mark on Friday night at 36-36 for the first time since May 11 (16-16). However, the defeat last night prevented the Sox from pulling above .500 for the first time since May 8 at 15-14.
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