In a word, left-hander Billy Traber stopped the bleeding Tuesday night for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees.
Traber earned the victory by pitching 1 2/3 innings of one-hit scoreless relief as the Yankees outlasted the Pawtucket Red Sox, 9-8.
The Yankees bolted to an 8-0 lead and then saw the PawSox shave it to 9-8 against starter Dan Giese plus relievers David Robertson, Heath Phillips and J. B. Cox.
Traber entered the game with two out and one on in the seventh and did what he