•THE HIGHLIGHTS: Dusty Brown (2-for-5) had a two-run homer while George Kottaras (3-for-5) Sean Danielson (2-for-3), Joe Thurston (2-for-4) and Josh Wilson (2-for-5) also had multiple-hit games for Pawtucket. Yamid Haad (two RBI ) and Brad Snyder hit home runs for Buffalo (59-69).

•PLAYER WATCH: Right-hander Devern Hansack posted his first win since July 18 and survived a scary moment in the seventh inning when he was struck on the forearm of his pitching arm by a comebacker off the bat of Jason Cooper.

Ironically, Hansack spent 15 days on the DL in April after being struck by a batted ball in a game against Louisville on April 11. Yesterday’s comebacker hit Hansack in virtually the same spot as the ball that hit him in April.

“It didn’t hit bone; it hit (muscle),” Hansack said after the game. “It was like, ‘Man, I can’t believe this happened again.’ ” Hansack, whose arm was wrapped and had a bandage on the injured area, suffered a forearm contusion and will be evaluated again today. It’s unknown if the injury will prevent him from making his next start.

Hansack (6-10) gave up two earned runs and three hits in 6 1/3 innings.

Zach Daeges is known for his .300-plus batting average and sizzling line drives.

But his broken-bat dribbler did the trick Sunday afternoon.

With the bases loaded and no outs in the ninth inning, Daeges' slow ground ball toward third base scored the winning run in the Portland Sea Dogs' 3-2 victory over Harrisburg at Hadlock Field.

"It wasn't my best at-bat. It wasn't what I was looking to do," said Daeges, who is batting .319. "But we got the win."

Portland completed a 6-0 homestand against Altoona and Harrisburg, with three of the wins coming in the Sea Dogs' final at-bat.

Argenis Diaz was 2 for 4 and scored all of Portland's runs. Jorge Jimenez, batting behind Diaz, went 3 for 4 and moved Diaz into scoring position before each of the runs.

The Sea Dogs remained three games ahead of Binghamton in the race for an Eastern League playoff spot. With 15 games to go, the Sea Dogs' magic number for clinching a berth is 12 (the combination of Portland wins and Binghamton losses).

With their first six-game winning streak at home in two years, the Sea Dogs like how they're playing.

"I think we're kind of clicking," said reliever Daniel Bard (4-1), who got the win. "We're getting some timely hitting and our starting pitchers are getting us into the sixth and seventh inning."

Sea Dogs starter Adam Mills (4.53 ERA) remained winless since his promotion to Portland on July 3, despite five quality starts. He threw six innings, allowing five hits, two runs and no walks.

Mills, 23, an eighth-round draft pick last year, struck out a career-high seven, including his first four batters.

t was a gusty evening with the wind blowing out at Clear Channel Stadium, but the JetHawks pitched like they didn’t notice. Three Lancaster hurlers combined to hold the High Desert Mavericks to only three hits, none after the second inning, as they opened up their final series against the Mavs this season with a 7-2 win. Lancaster’s magic number to clinch the top seed in the Southern Division drops to ten with the victory.

Early in the contest it looked to be a typically high scoring game between the JetHawks and the Mavericks. Lancaster struck for two runs in the opening frame on a RBI double by Jon Still and a base hit by Michael Jones. However, High Desert got the two runs back in the second to tie.

Lancaster continued to make it look like a high-scoring contest when they took the lead back in their half of the second. Aaron Reza opened the inning with a solo home run. The JetHawks then took advantage of two walks, a hit batter, a Mavericks error, and a double by Matt Sheely for two more runs and a 5-2 lead.

he Greenville Drive got a solid pitching performance from Jose Capellan despite their 5-2 loss to West Virginia on Sunday at Fluor Field.

The Drive left three runners in scoring position, and couldn’t give Capellan the offensive support he needed.

“We took a lot of fastballs, and we’ve got to be aggressive when we get into hitter’s counts,” Drive manager Kevin Boles said. “We show flashes, but we need more from the offensive standpoint. When we get runners in scoring position, we need to drive them in.”

The Power jumped on top in the first inning on Eric Fryer’s monster home run to center, but Capellan was able to get out of the inning with a pop-out and a strikeout.

Capellan settled down, and went five innings, giving up three runs on six hits and striking out six.

“He left a ball up in the first and ran into some trouble, but he settled in and was able to limit some damage. He was aggressive with the fastball and did a pretty nice job for us,” Boles said.

Luis Sumoza had a terrific month of July for the Lowell Spinners, hitting .323 with a .548 slugging percentage while ripping nine doubles, four homers, reeling off a 16-game hitting streak, and driving in 21 runs in 23 games.

But when Sumoza went hitless in his last 13 at-bats that month, Spinners manager Gary DiSarcina could see his bat was slowing down and he needed a rest.

DiSarcina gave the 20-year-old outfielder three days off at the beginning of August, and now, with the Spinners sprinting toward their first-ever division title, Sumoza doesn't want any more R&R.

In fact, the way Sumoza's hitting, it may be hard for DiSarcina to take him out of the lineup the rest of the way.

Sumoza socked two homers and a double, tying a club record with 10 total bases, and put together his third five-RBI game of the season last evening, powering the streaking Spinners to their sixth straight victory, an 11-5 pasting of Aberdeen in front of another SRO crowd of 5,030 at LeLacheur Park that gave Lowell a sweep of the three-game series.

Sumoza, now hitting .297 with 15 doubles, nine homers, and 36 RBI in 45 games, doesn't even want the three-day All-Star break the New York-Penn League now takes. The Spinners lead the Stedler Division by 6 1/2 games with 17 to play.

"Nobody wants to take time off now," said Sumoza, whose nine homers are the most by a Spinners player since Carlos Rodriguez belted 12 in 1999.