PawSox Rally Falls Short, 4-3

PawSox catcher Dusty Brown was thrown out at the plate for the final out of the game, leaving Pawtucket one run short as they fell, 4-3, to the Syracuse Chiefs last night at Alliance Bank Stadium.

Trailing 4-0 in the top of the eighth inning, the PawSox got the first two batters to reach on singles and they scored on a Joe Thurston single and a sacrifice fly by George Kottaras.

To begin the top of the ninth, Keith Ginter, Brown, and Jonathan Van Every reached on a hit batter and two walks to load the bases. With Chiefs' reliever Trace Thorpe on the mound, Gil Velazquez struck out and Jeff Bailey flew out to shallow left. Thurston then drilled a single to center fielder Buck Coats, scoring Ginter. Coats came up with a throw to the plate where C Robinson Diaz and Brown collided. Diaz held on to the ball for the out and the Chiefs survived.

Thurston, who has been on a hot streak on the road trip, lead all PawSox hitters by going 3 for 5. Velazquez added two hits for Pawtucket. For Syracuse, LF Russ Adams was 2 for 4 with 3 RBI's.

Kyle Snyder (0-1) made his fourth start for the PawSox and took the hard-luck loss despite an impressive performance. Over six innings of work he gave up only one run (unearned) on six hits. He struck out six and walked no one. Lincoln Holdzkom's troubles continued, giving up three runs in the seventh on four hits.

Former Toronto reliever Brandon League (1-0), took the win for Syracuse, despite giving up two runs over 3 1/3 innings pitched.

The two teams play game three of their four game series this afternoon (2:00pm) as the PawSox send RHP David Pauley (2-1, 1.33) to the mound against LHP John Parrish (3-0, 2.42) for the Chiefs.

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