PawSox Beat Chiefs To Take Three Of Four In Syracuse

Pawtucket Red Sox Press Release

(Syracuse, NY) – Sean O’Sullivan’s 6.1 scoreless innings pitched and 16 hits from the offense launched the Pawtucket Red Sox past the Syracuse Chiefs, 9-3, for a series victory on Monday night at NBT Bank Stadium.

Pawtucket’s pitching staff held the Chiefs (59-77) scoreless in 32 of 35 innings pitched in the series, while the offense tallied 48 hits in the four-game set, including 30 knocks over the final two contests.

The PawSox (71-64) won their first road series since they took two of three games in Charlotte from July 4-6. The team had dropped its first six road series since the All-Star Break.

Syracuse scored three runs in the eighth inning to snap Pawtucket’s scoreless streak at 20 straight innings and cut the deficit to 4-3. But the PawSox rallied for five runs in the ninth inning to secure the win.

O’Sullivan (8-6) surrendered five hits and four walks, while he struck out five. After allowing a pair of baserunners in each of the first two frames, only two Chiefs reached base against him over the next four innings.

O’Sullivan struck out three of the four batters he faced in the sixth before he surrendered a double, walk and single that ended his night with the bases loaded and one out in the seventh.

O’Sullivan has won each of his last two starts, allowing one run on eight hits with 11 strikeouts in 11.2 innings pitched.

Robby Scott, who celebrated his 27th birthday on Monday, relieved O’Sullivan and recorded a strikeout and induced a lineout to left field that stranded all three runners on base.

Pawtucket opened the scoring with a run against Syracuse starter Taylor Hill (6-12) in the first inning.

Ryan LaMarre singled, stole second, advanced to third on Christian Vazquez’s single and scored on Chris Marrero’s sacrifice fly.

In the fourth inning, Chris Dominguez, Deven Marrero and Mike Miller strung together three straight two-out singles that doubled the PawSox advantage to 2-0.

Hill hit LaMarre and Vazquez with pitches to lead off the fifth inning and both runners came around to score. Chris Marrero’s single drove home LaMarre, while Bryce Brentz’s double play grounder scored Vazquez to make it 4-0.

After Scott pitched Pawtucket out of trouble to maintain the 4-0 lead in the seventh inning, he surrendered runs for just the second time in his last 14 outings in the eighth.

After a one-out walk and a wild pitch, Neftali Soto lined an RBI single to center that cut the Chiefs’ deficit to 4-1.

The next batter, Matt Skole, launched a two-run home run (22) to right field, the second blast Scott has allowed to a left-handed batter all season.

Noe Ramirez retired five of the six hitters he faced for his team high-tying seventh save of the year.

The PawSox gifted Ramirez with five insurance runs in the top of the ninth.

Four of the first five batters in the frame singled against reliever Rafael Martin: Miller, Castillo, LaMarre and Chris Marrero. The other hitter in that sequence, Vazquez, walked.

Marrero finished the game with a season high-tying four RBI. He went 2-for-4 in each of the three games he played in the series.

LaMarre went 3-for-4 in the contest and scored three runs. He went 7-for-16 with five runs scored and four RBI in the series.

Allen Craig added a ground-rule RBI double to snap an 0-for-31 stretch at the plate. Dominguez followed with a RBI single that extended Pawtucket’s lead to 9-3.

Six of the nine batters in the PawSox lineup had multi-hit games. In addition to LaMarre and Chris Marrero, Castillo, Dominguez, Deven Marrero and Miller also collected multiple knocks.

Pawtucket snatched road victories on consecutive days for the first time since wins on July 4 and 5 at Charlotte.

The PawSox open their final road series of the season, a two-game set against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, tomorrow night at 7:05 p.m. Pawtucket righthander Justin Haley (7-5, 4.02) is scheduled to make the start against Lehigh Valley righthander Phil Klein (4-1, 1.72). Radio coverage on WHJJ (920 AM) and throughout the PawSox radio network begins at 6:35 p.m.

The PawSox return home on Thursday for the final five games of the 2016 season. Good seats for all games on the homestand are still available at the McCoy Stadium box office; call (401) 724-7300 or visit pawsox.com to get your tickets today.