The Lehigh Valley IronPigs (8-7) erased a 5-0 deficit, but fell short in a 6-5 loss to the Pawtucket Red Sox (10-6) on Friday night at McCoy Stadium.

The PawSox took the lead in the home half of the seventh as Deven Marrero got on base with a two-out infield single on a very close play at first and scored on Marco Hernandez's RBI double which landed over the head of Lehigh Valley centerfielder Nick Williams to give the hosts a 6-5 lead.

RHP Colton Murray (2.0 IP, 3 H, R, ER, 3 K) was tagged with the loss for Lehigh Valley and falls to 0-1 on the season.

RHP Kyle Martin (2.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, K) got the win for Pawtucket to improve to 2-0 on the season. RHP Roman Mendez (2.0 IP, 2 BB, 2 K) recorded the final six outs to notch his first save of the year.

Pawtucket grabbed an early 5-0 lead with a five-run first against Pigs starter Zach Eflin. Chris Marrero delivered the big blow in the inning with a two-run single while Sam Travis and Ryan LaMarre each knocked home runs with an RBI double and Mike Miller came through with an RBI single.

Eflin (n/d) did not allow another hit after the first inning as he gave up the five runs on six hits while fanning eight in his six innings of work. The Orlando, Fla., native retired the final 14 batters that he faced.

Tommy Joseph's two-run shot in the top of the fourth off of PawSox starter Aaron Wilkerson brought the IronPigs within 5-2.

In the top of the fifth, Williams (3-4, RBI, R, SB) reached via a one-out single, stole second and scored on Joseph's (3-5, HR, 3 RBI, R) RBI single that cut the Pawtucket lead to 5-3.

Wilkerson (n/d)-in his Triple-A debut-allowed three runs on seven hits while walking three and fanning five over 4.2 IP.

The Pigs tied it at five apiece with a pair of runs in the sixth as Taylor Featherston plated a run with a sac fly and Williams knocked home a run via an RBI single. On the RBI single from Williams, LaMarre was able to gun down Cam Perkins at third as the potential go-ahead run.

Featherston's single in the third extended his hitting streak to 12 games.

Angelys Nina (2-4, 2B, R) and Ryan Jackson (2-4, R) also had multi-hit games for manager Dave Brundage's squad.

The series continues on Saturday at 1:05 p.m. as RHP Mark Appel (2-0, 0.77) gets the ball for the IronPigs against RHP Keith Couch (4-10, 6.14 in 26 G, 21 GS with PAW in '15) who will be making his season debut for the Red Sox.