•HIGHLIGHTS: Despite the no-decision, rookie pitcher Michael Bowden worked six innings and allowed only two runs (one earned) on six hits with one walk and six strikeouts. The 21-year-old right-hander is 0-2 in five outings for the PawSox. “He did a really nice job,” said Pawtucket manager Ron Johnson. “I get excited every time he goes out to the mound. He’s fun to watch and his intensity and maturity for a 21-year-old kid — at this level — is very impressive. I was hoping to get him a couple of runs to get him the ‘W’ because he’s pitched well enough to have one.” … Pawtucket committed three errors, allowing three unearned runs as the Knights took advantage of the miscues en route to victory. PawSox Catcher Dusty Brown made two throwing errors attempting to pick a pair of runners off third and Jeff Bailey — playing left field for the first time in almost two months — made a throwing error. “I’m not going to browbeat aggressiveness,” said Johnson. “I’m going to encourage it and tell [Brown] to do it again. You don’t make big plays unless you have the intestinal fortitude to go for. And, he does, and it’s good to see.” Offensively, George Kottaras, Keith Ginter and Brown drove in the three runs for Pawtucket.

•KEY OF THE GAME: A pair of errors by Pawtucket in the seventh inning led to the unearned runs that gave Charlotte the win.

•THEY SAID IT: “Our defense kind of let us down today,” said Johnson. “We gave them some runs that came up big in the end. In those one-run games, mistakes will come up and bit you in the end.”

•NOTES: Red Sox pitcher Bartolo Colon, who is rehabbing with the PawSox, left Pawtucket after his three-inning outing on Sunday to return to the Dominican Republic to be with his ailing father. Colon will rejoin the PawSox on Friday in Syracuse. . . PawSox outfielder Jonathan Van Every has been bothered by an oblique strain, but is able to play in an emergency. He won’t be placed on the DL and could be back in the starting lineup Saturday in Buffalo. . .

•UP NEXT: PawSox right-hander Devern Hansack (5-10, 4.10 ERA) will face the Yankees’ Phil Hughes (0-0, 1.93) at 7:05 p.m.

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