•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.

•TOP OF THE CHARTS: Joe Thurston is now at the top of the International League with 145 hits.

•THEY SAID IT: “It was a really nice performance; we needed it. We’ve been short, obviously, because (Bartolo) Colon got sick (Friday) and he only threw one inning; we had burned up our bullpen.” — PawSox manager Ron Johnson.

•HEADED HOME: The PawSox (77-53) return home to McCoy Stadium to open a three-game series with Syracuse (tomorrow through Thursday). At 42-23, the PawSox have the best home record in the league.

•BARTOLO WATCH: Colon threw 35 pitches in a side session yesterday and is on track for his next start, on Thursday against Syracuse. A stomach flu limited Colon to one inning last Friday against the Chiefs.

•WALKING WOUNDED: After missing 11 games, Jonathan Van Every (oblique) has resumed normal baseball activities and is scheduled to be back in the PawSox’ lineup tomorrow.