July 16, 2007 at 7:03 AM
Hansack's strong outing leads PawSox to win
7/16 Cup of Coffee: Yesterday saw both Portland and Lowell have their games postponed due to bad weather.
Pawtucket defeated Syracuse 8-2. Devern Hansack (6-6) went 6 2/3 innings allowing 2 runs on 4 hits and 2 BB. He had 5 Ks. Craig Hansen finished the game going 2 1/3 scoreless innings. He allowed 3 hits and 1 BB. He had 4 Ks. Jacoby Ellsbury went 2 for 5 and scored 2 runs. Alex Prieto went 2 for 4 with a home run. Bobby Scales went 2 for 5 with a run scored and a RBI. Jeff Bailey went 2 for 4 with a home run and 3 RBI. George Kottaras went 1 for 4 with a home run.
Rancho Cucamonga defeated Lancaster 9-4. Travis Beazley (0-1) started and went 3 innings. He gave up 7 runs on 7 hits and 2 BB. He had 1 K. Blake Maxwell threw 4 scoreless innings allowing 1 hit and 2 BB. He had 2 Ks. Jason Blackley went 2 innings giving up 2 runs on 3 hits. Zak Farkes went 2 for 4 with a home run and 2 RBI. Christian Lara went 2 for 4. Luis Soto went 1 for 4 with a home run.
Asheville blasted Greenville 11-5. Daniel Bard went 4 innings giving up 3 runs on 5 hits and 3 BB. He had 4 Ks. Jorge Rodriguez went 2 2/3 innings allowing 8 runs on 9 hits and a BB. He had 1 K. Josh Papelbon finished the game throwing a perfect final 1 1/3 frames. He had 3 Ks. Josh Reddick went 1 for 4 with a home run and 4 RBI. Paul Smyth went 2 for 4 and scored a run.
In the Gulf Coast League, the Red Sox allowed 5 runs in the top of the 10th inning to fall 8-3 to the Orioles. Emilis Guerrero went 4 1/3 innings giving up 3 runs on 7 hits. He did not allow a BB and had 5 KS. Mauricio Mendez went 2 2/3 innings. He did not allow a hit or a run. He gave up 2 BB and had 1 K. Carlos Gonzalez (0-3) went 2 1/3 innings giving up 5 runs on 5 hits. He had 1 K. Victor Galue came into the game in the 10th and retired the only 2 hitters he faced. Che-Hsuan Lin went 2 for 5 with a home run and 2 runs scored. Mitch Dening went 2 for 5 with a run scored.
Player of the Night: Devern Hansack who went 6 2/3 innings allowing 2 runs to pick up his sixth win.