•THE HIGHLIGHTS: This one was wild from the start, with the lead see-sawing three times over the first three innings, before Pawtucket broke it open to match a franchise record for wins in a season with 83 and sweep the four-game series. ... The PawSox shelled Kris Benson, the No. 1 pick in the 1996 draft who has 68 major-league wins, for nine hits and eight runs over the first four innings. Back-to-back homers by Gil Velazquez and Jonathan Van Every highlighted a three-run second inning. Dusty Brown ripped a two-run double in the third while Jeff Corsaletti and Chris Carter singled home runs in the fourth. However, Pawtucket got a lackluster effort from Edgar Martinez, who couldn’t get out of the third inning. Lincoln Holdzkom took over at that point and shut the Pigs’ down, blanking them on one hit over the next four innings to get the win.

•KEYS TO THE GAME: Everybody hits — again! After collecting a season-high 18 hits in Tuesday night’s 11-4 win, the PawSox topped that last night. They banged out 19 — including eight doubles — off Benson and two other IronPigs pitchers in this one, scoring at least two runs in innings two through six. Carter, Josh Wilson and Velazquez had three hits apiece. After Edgar Martinez struggled early, Holdzkom & Co. kept the 53-85 Iron Pigs, who have dropped 12 of 13 games to the PawSox with two to play, off the board the rest of the way.

•PROSPECT WATCH: Van Every, who had a brief stint with the parent Red Sox in May, slugged his 26th home run of the season, second best in the league to Charlotte’s Brad Eldred’s 35. Holdzkom, a Rule V Draft pick of the Phillies before the Red Sox reclaimed him, has yet to allow a run since being outrighted to Pawtucket from Boston in mid-August.

•THEY SAID IT: Carter on Pawtucket’s postseason chances: “I was on a [Diamondbacks Triple A] team in ’06 in Tucson, with (current major-leaguers) Miguel Montero, Stephen Drew, Chris Young, Micah Owings and Carlos Quentin that won it all. I think this team is even better because of the balance on our team, the pitching, hitting and overall chemistry.”

•PAW-ING AROUND: Former PawSox star Jeff Bailey, who hit .301 with 25 homers and 75 RBI before being promoted to the parent Red Sox, has been named MVP of the International League. Charlie Zink, 14-5 with a 2.92 ERA, is the league’s Most Valuable Pitcher. Joe Thurston, who has been sent back to the PawSox by Boston, and Carter joined them on the all-star team…. Pawtucket finishes the regular season with four home games, beginning tomorrow against Buffalo with Zink on the mound.