PAWTUCKET — PawSox manager Ron Johnson is never critical of his team publicly.

No matter the score, win or lose he calls every game a developmental process and quickly looks ahead to the next game, the next day.

Last night was no exception.

Pawtucket lost its second straight to the Syracuse Chiefs, 9-2 at McCoy Stadium.

“We just got whooped pretty good,” said Johnson. “We’ll turn the page because we’ve got a new club (Columbus) coming in and let’s get Syracuse out of here because they’re starting to heat up. We’ll let them beat up on some other staffs around the league and see what we can do tomorrow.”

The Chiefs stuck it to the PawSox on Saturday night, too, scoring four runs in the top of the ninth for a come-from-behind 10-7 victory.

Last night Pawtucket was done in by Syracuse starter Michael MacDonald, who earned his first Triple-A win by throwing seven scoreless innings. He allowed just four hits with one walk and six strikeouts.

“He did a real nice job,” said Johnson. “We didn’t do much. We only had six (total) hits. We didn’t do too much tonight offensively.”

In his first appearance since his spot-start for the Red Sox last Saturday, Pawtucket starter Devern Hansack dropped to 1-5 after allowing five runs (four earned) on four hits with four walks and four strikeouts

“He didn’t pitch bad,” said Johnson. “He’ll build on that next time he’s back out there. He’s been back for seven days (from Boston) and he was a tick off with his command. He really didn’t establish his rhythm with all of his pitches. But that’s the development of a young guy.”

Sometimes there’s a hangover when players come back from a big-league stint, no matter how long or short. Johnson said he doesn’t see that with Hansack.

“It doesn’t appear to be,” said the manager. “He’s upbeat. I always watch how guys interact with their teammates when they come back [and he’s been fine].”

PawSox pitcher Abe Alvarez, who has been delegated to the bullpen of late due to Jon Lester’s rehab presence in Pawtucket, worked two innings and allowed two runs on four hits with one walk and two strikeouts.

Red Sox pitcher Mike Timlin made his second rehab appearance and allowed two runs on two hits in two-thirds of an inning in the seventh.

But reliever Mike Burns, who surrendered four runs in the top of the ninth and blew his fifth save opportunity in eight chances on Saturday night, got some redemption last night. He worked a perfect ninth inning and recorded two strikeouts.

“I was fired up to see the way Burns came back and threw the ball tonight,” said Johnson.

The PawSox’ Michael Tucker belted a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to account for Pawtucket’s runs.

Even though the PawSox have lost two straight, Johnson and his players aren’t too concerned.

“We’ve really played well the last two weeks,” said the manager. “If you try to change stuff, then it’s just out of panic and you really can’t do that here. We’ve got three months of baseball left and that’s a lot of games. We’re not going to do anything different.”

jmcdonal@projo.com