BUFFALO - GAME RECAP

Game time temperature was 29F but this didn't stop Pawtucket and Buffalo from playing nearly 4 hours in a freezing drizzle to open the 2003 International League season. It was 1-0 Buffalo after 3 innings, but Pawtucket tied it at 1 in the 4th with 3 hits off Bison starter Brian Tallet. They added to this with two more in the 5th on a Lou Collier dinger to take a 3-1 lead, but the Bisons responded with 7 runs in their half, highlighted by Luis Garcia driving in a pair of runs with a single. But the Bison bullpen couldn't hold the lead and Pawtucket tied it at 8 as we reached the 7th inning stretch. But in the bottom of the 7th, Jody Gerut had a two-run double for Buffalo to give them a 10-8 lead, which held up.

Jason Boyd (1-0) yielded an unearned run over 2 1/3 innings of relief for the win, and Dave Elder retired the final four batters of the game for his first save. Ryan Cameron (0-1) allowed two runs, one hit and three walks in 1 1/3 innings in relief to take the loss.

Bison starter Brian Tallet warms up (not literally, as it was so cold)