Minor Lines 6/17 -- Titles Are Becoming Hard to Think Of

Pawtucket W 9-3

Box Score
Jeff Bailey: 2-4, BB, 2 K
Chris Carter: 0-4, BB, K
Aaron Bates: 2-5, K
Dusty Brown: 2-5, K
John Smoltz: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HR
Clay Buchholz: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 1 HR

Portland L 5-11

Box Score
Josh Reddick: 3-5, 2B, K
Mark Wagner: 0-3, K
-Good note for Wagner is that he continues to destroy baserunners, gunning down a base stealer before he could even slide.
Jorge Jimenez: 1-4, HR, BB, K,E
Lars Anderson: 1-4, 3 K
-Couldn't get the timing down on the high-80's fastball.
Ryan Kalish: 3-4, CS
Argenis Diaz: 1-4, K, E

Salem W 12-10
-Scored 9 runs in the bottom of the 7th and 8th combined

Box Score
Che-Hsuan Lin: 0-4, 2 BB
Jason Place: 1-3, 2B, K
Kris Negron: 1-5, K

Greenville W 5-1 (In 6)

Box Score
David Mailman: 2-3, HR, SB
-Mailman is putting together a very nice season and displaying a good amount of speed. I wonder if he can't play a different position other than first with said speed (7 triples, 10:2 SB:CS)
Tim Federowicz: 0-3, K
Anthony Rizzo: 0-2, BB
Will Middlebrooks: 1-3
Pete Hissey: 1-2, 2B, K
Oscar Tejeda: 0-2, E
Stolmy Pimentel: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
-Stolmy continues to lower his WHIP while keeping his ERA the same. Encouraging, to say the least.