Minor Lines 7/9/10: Gearing Up (And Down) For Futures At Fenway

Salem and Lowell play tomorrow. But they had very different games heading into the double header.

Pawtucket W 8-6

Box Score

Aaron Bates: 1-3, HR, 2 K
Lars Anderson: 1-2, 2B, 2 BB, K
Josh Reddick: 0-3, BB, K
Mark Wagner: 0-4, K
Jorge Jimenez: 2-4, HR

Adam Mills: 5 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 2 HR
Rich Hill: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
Michael Bowden: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Rizzo hits after the jump.

Portland W 7-5

Box Score

Che-Hsuan Lin: 1-2, 2 BB, SB
Yamaico Navarro: 1-4, 2 K, SB
Luis Exposito: 1-4, K
Anthony Rizzo: 2-4, 2B, E

Stephen Fife: 6 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K

Salem L 0-9

Box Score

Pete Hissey: 0-4, 4 K
-Sombrero. Again.
Oscar Tejeda: 0-3, 2 K
Ryan Lavarnway: 2-3, BB
Will Middlebrooks: 0-4, 2 K
Tim Federowicz: 3-3, BB
Ryan Dent: 0-4

Caleb Clay: 4 IP, 11 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 1 HR
-Oi

Greenville W 4-3

Box Score

Jeremy Hazelbaker: 0-5, 2 K
Derrik Gibson: 1-4, HR, BB, E
-And his second professional homer.
Chris McGuiness: 3-3, 2B, HR, BB
-Blah blah promotion blah blah
Shannon Wilkerson: 1-4, K
Reymond Fuentes: 0-3, BB
Michael Almanzar: 0-4, 2 K

Lowell W 9-3

Box Score

Kolbrin Vitek: 4-5, 3 2B, K, SB
Jed Lowrie: 2-3, BB
David Renfroe: 0-1, K
Miles Head: 2-2, 2 BB, E
Bryce Brentz: 1-4, 2B, 2 K
Brandon Jacobs: 2-3

Roman Mendez: 4.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
-Mendez seems to be suffering the same control problems a lot of pitchers face after adding some velocity to their fastball. Hopefully he works it out.

GCL Red Sox W 3-2

Box Score

Keury De La Cruz: 1-4
Boss Moanaroa: 0-3, K
Henry Ramos: 0-2, BB, K