Red Sox Minor Lines 7/17, 7/18: The Hammer Drops

7/17

Pawtucket L 3-13

Box Score

Che-Hsuan Lin: 1-4, 2B, BB
Ryan Lavarnway: 0-4, BB, K
Lars Anderson: 2-4, 2B
Luis Exposito: 0-4, 2 K

Portland L 7-9

Box Score

Chih-Hsien Chiang: 2-3, 2B
Will Middlebrooks: 2-5, 2B, K
Tim Federowicz: 1-4, K
Oscar Tejeda: 1-5, K

Stephen Fife: 3.2 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 1 HR

Salem L 3-5

Box Score

Kolbrin Vitek: 0-4
Bryce Brentz: 2-3, 2B, BB
Miles Head: 0-4

Kendal Volz: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Greenville W 5-4

Box Score

Sean Coyle: 3-4, 2B, HR, BB, SB
Brandon Jacobs: 1-3, 2 BB, 3 SB
Henry Ramos: 2-4, 2B, K
Xander Bogaerts: 0-4

Lowell L 1-4

Box Score

Garin Cecchini: 1-4, K, CS
Travis Shaw: 1-3, BB, K
Boss Moanaroa: 2-3, 2B, BB, K

Madison Younginer: 5 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
-Has allowed two earned or less in every start, and has a 19:5 K:BB over his last four starts.

7/18

Pawtucket W 4-1

Box Score

Che-Hsuan Lin: 2-4, E
Ryan Lavarnway: 3-3, 2B, HR, BB
Lars Anderson: 1-4, 2B, 2 K
Luis Exposito: 1-2, 2 BB, E

Hideki Okajima: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Michael Bowden: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

Portland W 7-4

Box Score

Jeremy Hazelbaker: 0-4, 3 K
Chih-Hsien Chiang: 1-5, 2B, 2 K
Will Middlebrooks: 2-4, 2B, HR, K
Tim Federowicz: 0-4, 2 K

Alex Wilson: 5.2 IP, 9 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
Cesar Cabral: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

Salem L 2-6

Box Score

Bryce Brentz: 0-3, 2 E
Miles Head: 0-3

Stolmy Pimentel: 2.1 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 HR
-Time for my weekly suggestion that Stolmy stop pitching for the year.

Greenville L 3-7

Box Score

Sean Coyle: 1-3, BB, K
Brandon Jacobs: 2-4 2B, HR, K
-Jacobs making a run at 20/30
David Renfroe: 1-4, HR, K

Brandon Workman: 5 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
-On a really bad three-game run. 14 R, 11 ER, 8 BB, 7 K

Lowell W 11-5

Box Score

Keury De La Cruz: 0-5
Garin Cecchini: 2-5, 2B, HR, K
-Power that was expected has started to emerge, resulting in much more star-like results over the last week-or-so. .980 OPS in last 10 games despite a low BABIP in the period.
Travis Shaw: 2-5
Boss Moanaroa: 2-3, 2 BB
Seth Schwindenhammer: 3-5, 2 HR, 2 K, A
-What?! Amazingly, The Hammer has a .757 OPS despite his greater than 50% K-rate.

GCL Red Sox L 2-12

Box Score

Kendrick Perkins: 3-4, 3 2B, BB, K
Jose Vinicio: 0-4, K