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PawSox: Double-Header Weekend Delight

4/29/2017

Shawn Haviland (L) started in G1 & Marcus Walden (R) started in G2 (Photo courtesy of Pawtucket Red Sox)

Ryan L. Fox

The Pawtucket Red Sox and the Gwinnett Braves took to the diamond this past Saturday for a doubleheader, the second of the week and the fourth for the month of April. Those in attendance for both games were treated to two pitching duel performances, including a nailbiter finisher in Game 2.

Game 1 pitted PawSox SP Shawn Haviland (2-1, 3.38) against Gwinnett Braves SP Andrew Albers (1-0, 2.38). Albers outdueled Haviland as the Gwinnett Braves took Game 1 on the final score of 2-1. Braves scored on an RBI double by Mel Rojas Jr. in thetop of the 1st and a solo shot by 3B Rio Ruiz in the top of the 4th. The lone PawSox run came in the bottom of the 3rd as 2B Ryan Court scored on a sac fly by SS Deven Marrero.

Following a short break, Game 2 started to make up for the washout game back on 4/21 down in Lawrenceville, GA. The PawSox were the ‘away’ team in this contest as taking the mound was SP Marcus Walden (0-2, 3.97) while Enderson Franco (0-0, 2.79) took the mound for the ‘home’ team. For the first 5 innings, it was a pitching duel between Walden and Franco. Gwinnett didn’t get on the board until in the bottom of the 6th with an RBI double by LF Matt Tuiasosopo to make it 1-0. PawSox rallied in the top of the 7th as C Dan Butler drove in the tying run to knot things up at 1-1. However in the bottom of the 9th, Braves 3B Rio Ruiz broke the hearts of the McCoy faithful with a 2-run blast to right to give his team a 3-1 victory and a sweep of the doubleheader.

After the game, PawSox manager Kevin Boles sat down and spoke with the media to talk about the two games, his team's performance, and more.

PawSox: Double-Header Weekend Delight

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