Red Sox Minor Lines 7/7, 7/8: Poor Pitching Day(s)

7/7

Pawtucket L 2-8

Box Score

Che-Hsuan Lin: 0-4
Ryan Lavarnway: 2-3, BB
Lars Anderson: 0-4
Luis Exposito: 0-3, BB, K

Jason Rice: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K

Portland L 4-10

Box Score

Jeremy Hazelbaker: 0-4, BB, 2 K
Alex Hassan: 0-3, BB
Chih-Hsien Chiang: 2-4, K, A
Will Middlebrooks: 2-5, 2B
Tim Federowicz: 1-4, K
Reynaldo Rodriguez: 1-4, 2B, K, E
Oscar Tejeda: 1-4, K, E

Stolmy Pimentel: 1.1 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
-Just demote him already. I think we're past the point that the demotion itself will hurt him worse than staying in Double-A.
Junichi Tazawa: 3 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 HR

Salem L 2-5

Box Score

Kolbrin Vitek: 0-3, BB, K
Bryce Brentz: 0-4, 3 K
Miles Head: 1-4, HR, K
-First homer at the new level.

Anthony Ranaudo: 5.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 3 HR
Kendal Volz: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Greenville L 4-5 (In 10)

Box Score

Sean Coyle: 1-5, K
Brandon Jacobs: 2-3, BB, K, SB
Christian Vazquez: 0-4, K
Henry Ramos: 1-4, 2B, K
Xander Bogaerts: 0-3, BB, 2 K, E
David Renfroe: 0-4 2 K

Brandon Workman: 5.2 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 2 HR

Lowell W 9-3

Box Score

Keury De La Cruz: 1-5, 2 SB
Travis Shaw: 1-3, 2B, 2 BB, SB
Boss Moanaroa: 2-4, 2B, BB, 2 K
Seth Schwindenhammer: 3-5, 2B, K
-The Hammer is hammering!

7/8

Pawtucket W 5-4

Box Score

Che-Hsuan Lin: 1-5
Ryan Lavarnway: 1-5, 2 K
Lars Anderson: 3-5 2B

Kevin Millwood: 5 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 1 HR
Hideki Okajima: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Michael Bowden: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Portland W 8-3

Box Score

Jeremy Hazelbaker: 2-5, 2B, SB
Alex Hassan: 2-4, 2 2B, BB, A
-Kinda baffling why he's still hanging around Double-A since it's hard to imagine Reddick returns to Pawtucket anytime soon. Then again, maybe he does since Terry can't seem to fit him in regularly with two inconsistent OF spots.
Chih-Hsien Chiang: 3-4, 2B, BB, K
Will Middlebrooks: 0-5, K
Tim Federowicz: 0-5, 2 K
Reynaldo Rodriguez: 2-5, 2 K, SB
Oscar Tejeda: 0-4, 2 K

Alex Wilson: 5 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 5 K
-Running into some control issues the last few games. Given that he's never thrown a ton of innings in a season, I wouldn't be surprised to see the Sox give him a start off sometime soon.
Cesar Cabral: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Greenville L 3-4

Box Score

Sean Coyle: 0-3
Brandon Jacobs: 2-4, 2B, E
Christian Vazquez: 1-4
Henry Ramos: 1-3, BB, SB
Xander Bogaerts: 1-4, HR, E
-Bogaerts may only be hitting .235 and have enough strikeouts that it's not entirely a BABIP thing, but an 18-year-old shortstop picking up five homers in his first ~100 plate appearances in Greenville?
David Renfroe: 0-3, K, E

Keith Couch: 6 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 HR
Juan Rodriguez: 2 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

Lowell W 9-4

Box Score

Keury De La Cruz: 2-5, K, SB
Garin Cecchini: 1-4, HR, BB, K, SB, 2 E
-First homer comes a little later than I'd have expected for Cecchini, but I wouldn't be worried. For all the 0-fers, he's had some great games. Probably just struggling against college pitching early and killing high schoolers like himself.
Travis Shaw: 2-5, HR, 2 K
-Shaw, on the other hand, has wasted no time getting to number five.
Boss Moanaroa: 1-4, 3B, BB, 3 K
Seth Schwindenhammer: 1-4, HR, 2 K

GCL Red Sox L 1-5

Box Score

Jose Vinicio: 0-3, K, SB, 2 E