Minor Lines 8/24 -- Rehabbers Look Strong

Daisuke and Byrd both had good outings, though Daisuke's was against rookie batters. Byrd looked very good making it through 7 innings in AAA. Lowrie, for his part, went deep in his 3rd AB.

Pawtucket W 3-2

Box Score
Josh Reddick: 1-4, BB, K, PO
Jed Lowrie: 1-4, HR, BB, K
Brian Anderson: 0-3, BB, K
Mark Wagner: 1-3, BB, K
Aaron Bates: 1-3, BB, K
Chris Woodward: 0-2, 2 K
-For those keeping track, he's actually managed to go 0-14 in AAA.
George Kottaras: 0-1, K
Paul Byrd: 7 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 HR
Hunter Jones: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR

Portland L 4-6

Box Score
Jorge Jimenez: 1-4, K
Lars Anderson: 1-3, 2 BB
Luis Exposito: 2-4, BB
Jason Place: 2-3, HR, BB, K
Kris Johson: 5.2 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
-AA looking very similar to AAA.

Salem W 7-0

Box Score
Che-Hsuan Lin: 1-4, BB, K
Anthony Rizzo: 2-3
Tim Federowicz: 2-4
David Mailman: 0-1
Kyle Weiland: 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 10 K
-Haven't seen a double digit K game in a bit.

Greenville L 6-12

Box Score
Shannon Wilkerson: 1-4, 2B, BB, K
Casey Kelly: 1-4, 2B, BB, K
Ryan Lavarnway: 0-4, BB, K
Will Middlebrooks: 2-4, 2B, BB
Oscar Tejeda: 1-4, K
Stolmy Pimentel: 2 IP, 7 H, 8 R, 8 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 HR
-Oh no! What happened, Stolmy?

Lowell L 0-11

Box Score
Derrik Gibson: 1-4
Ryan Westmoreland: 1-4
Michael Almanzar: 0-3, BB, 2 K

GCL Red Sox W 2-0

Box Score
Reymond Fuentes: 2-4, 2 K
Miles Head: 1-4, 2 K
Brandon Jacobs: 1-4, 2B, K
Daisuke Matsuzaka: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
-I could totally see Daisuke walking a couple rookies on 5 or 6 pitches.
Roman Mendez: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K