PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Auditors for Rhode Island tried unsuccessfully for days to examine the financial records of former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s video gaming company as it teetered on the edge of bankruptcy, documents show.

Emails obtained by The Associated Press under a public records request show that David Gilden, an attorney for the state Economic Development Corp., made a series of frustrated attempts in May to get its auditors access to 38 Studios’ general ledger, email and file servers.