•THE HIGHLIGHTS: The PawSox out-hit Rochester, 11-4, and scored in methodical fashion at Frontier Field to win their eighth straight, and 14th in the last 16 games. Three Rochester errors led to Pawtucket’s last two runs.

Chris Carter singled in a run with two outs in the third, catcher George Kottaras hit a solo homer to right in the sixth, and Joe Thurston drove in a run with an infield single in the seventh. Pawtucket built a 3-0 lead and then held off the Red Wings, who scored runs in the seventh and eighth. Michael Tejera allowed a run to score in the seventh with a wild pitch, and Miguel Ascencio gave up a solo homer to Randy Ruiz in the eighth. The PawSox tacked on a run in the ninth, when Rochester shortstop Sergio Santos booted Jeff Bailey’s routine grounder with two outs, allowing Sean Danielson to score from second with the insurance run.

•KEY TO THE GAME: PawSox right-hander Edgar Martinez (3-1) made just the fifth start of his career (162 appearances) and tossed five scoreless innings. The Venezuela native allowed just two hits while walking four and striking out five. Both Thurston and Kottaras collected three hits for the PawSox. Left-hander Hunter Jones needed just seven pitches in a 1-2-3 ninth to record his third save.

•PROSPECT WATCH: All five of Martinez’s starts have come this season. The 6-foot-2, 200-pounder is 1-1 with a 5.35 earned-run average in 17 appearances as a reliever and 2-0 with a 1.82 ERA as a starter. Martinez, 26, was signed as a non-drafted free agent by the Red Sox in 1998 but spent his first six seasons as a catcher (.223 career average) before being converted to a pitcher in 2004. He’s in his second season at Triple-A. Last night, he threw 86 pitches — 52 for strikes.

•THEY SAID IT: “(Martinez) has been great,” Kottaras said. “He started off in the bullpen. One day they made him a starter and ever since he’s been great for us. I’m really proud of him.

Kottaras has 15 homers, but he’s just fourth on the team in that category.

“We’re just going up there with a plan and trying to put up good at-bats,” he said. “It seems to be working for us.”

•UP NEXT: The PawSox continue their three-game series in Rochester tonight at 7:05. Knuckleballer Charlie Zink (8-2, 2.33 ERA) will take on the Wings’ Kevin Mulvey (3-7, 4.06) in a matchup of right-handers. Mulvey was one of four players the Minnesota Twins acquired from the New York Mets in early February for star pitcher Johan Santana.