Minor Lines 7/28/10: Pitching? Who Needs Pitching?!

I hope not us. Because ugh.

Pawtucket L 5-8

Box Score

Ryan Kalish: 0-5, 2 K
Daniel Nava: 2-4, 2B, BB, K
Mike Lowell: 3-4, 2B, HR
-Wouldn't ANYONE like this magnificent specimen of an infielder?
Aaron Bates: 1-4, K

Robert Coello: 5 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 3 HR
Michael Bowden: 1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K

Can it be a bad night for Rizzo if it includes a long ball? You tell me after the jump.

Portland W 11-9

Box Score

Che-Hsuan Lin: 1-5, K
Yamaico Navarro: 1-3, K, E
Nate Spears: 1-3, E
Luis Exposito: 1-4, 2 BB
Anthony Rizzo: 1-6, HR, 2 K
Ryan Lavarnway: 2-6, 2B, HR
-Took him a little time to get his power stroke to Double-A, but here it is.

Stephen Fife: 6 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
Jason Rice: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 HR

Salem W 4-2

Box Score

Pete Hissey: 1-4, 3 K
Oscar Tejeda: 2-4, 2B, BB, 2 SB
Will Middlebrooks: 0-3, 2 K
Tim Federowicz: 1-2, 2B, BB
Ryan Dent: 1-3

Cesar Cabral: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Greenville L 6-10

Box Score

Chris McGuiness: 2-4, 2B, HR, K
Shannon Wilkerson: 1-4, K, CS
Michael Almanzar: 0-3, 2 K

Manny Rivera: 2 IP, 10 H, 9 R, 9 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
-Certainly not missing any bats these last two games. A whole season of dominance undone by line drive.

Lowell L 2-5

Box Score

Kolbrin Vitek: 1-4, K, E
Miles Head: 0-4, K
Brandon Jacobs: 1-4, 2B, K
Bryce Brentz: 1-3, 2B, BB
Seth Schwindenhammer: 1-3, 2 K

GCL Red Sox L 2-4

Box Score

Keury De La Cruz: 0-4, K
Henry Ramos: 0-2, BB
Oscar Perez: 1-3, 2 K, PB
-Being carried by a .500 BABIP. That won't last.
Ken Roque: 1-3, 2 K, E

DSL Red Sox L 4-7

Box Score

Xander Bogaerts: 3-5, 2B, K
-Bogaerts has been slumping lately, with only one walk and two XBH in his last ten games.

Yunior Ortega: 4 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 1 K