•THE HIGHLIGHTS: PawSox starter David Pauley allowed only five hits and one run in 7 2/3 innings to avenge a loss to the Mud Hens in his last start. Pauley walked one and struck out nine to beat Toledo, which snapped Pauley’s personal nine-game winning streak by beating him and the PawSox, 8-4, on July 20. Pawtucket scored all of its runs last night on home runs. Joe Thurston cracked a solo shot in the first, his eighth homer of the season, and Chris Carter slammed a two-run homer in the sixth. Carter now has 21 homers this year.

•KEY TO THE GAME: Pauley was in command throughout the game. He retired the first 10 hitters he faced and had a no-hitter until Mike Hessman led off the fifth by beating out a slow roller down the third-base line. Clete Thomas followed with a single that moved Hessman to second, but Pauley retired the next three hitters and cruised until the Mud Hens scored a run in the eighth. Michael Tejera got the final out in the eighth and Chris Smith claimed the save despite giving up a run in the ninth. But the key was Pauley, who threw first-pitch strikes to 18 of the 28 Mud Hens he faced and finished with 70 strikes among his 99 pitches. His nine strikeouts also tied his season-high set in a home win over Richmond June 26.

•PROSPECT WATCH: Jeff Corsaletti continues to struggle on the road. Corsaletti, a former sixth-round draft pick in 2005, went 4-for-15 in his first four games after joining the PawSox on July 17. But those games were at McCoy Stadium. Since Pawtucket began a road trip to Ohio on July 21 Corsaletti, a mid-season Eastern League All-Star with Double-A Portland, has gone hitless in his first 15 road at-bats in Triple A. Last night Corsaletti was 0-for-4 and hit into a pair of double plays.

•THEY SAID IT: “I was much better getting ahead early, and I didn’t get away from my sinker as much as I did last time,” said Pauley, who gave up eight hits and five runs in just 3 1/3 innings against the Mud Hens in his last start against Toledo July 20. “I tried my best to keep my pitches in the strike zone and make them hit my pitch. The defense behind me did a great job, too.