Minor League Update: July 22, 2006

[editor's note, by Randy Booth] The stats are before Fridays games, but the records are current as of Saturday at 12:30 PM.

Pawtucket Red Sox (AAA)

Overall: 48-50 (7.5 GB)
Last 10 games: 6-4

Hot Hitters
Pedroia, ss - .303/.380/.426, 317 ab, 3 hr, 32 rbi, 135 tb
Murphy, of - .309/.391/.539, 191 ab, 6 hr, 30 rbi, 103 tb
Bailey, 1b - .284/.393/.426, 292 ab, 16 hr, 58 rbi, 151 tb
Miller, c - .257/.341/.496, 113 ab, 7 hr, 21 rbi, 56 tb

Hot Pitchers
Van Buren, rp - 2-0, 1.48 era, 30.1 ip, 25 so, 11 bb, 1.05 whip
Breslow, rp - 5-1, 3.62 era, 49.2 ip, 55 so, 19 bb, 1.25 whip
Ginter, sp - 3-9, 3.64 era, 89.0 ip, 49 so, 18 bb, 1.19 whip

Portland Sea Dogs (AA)

Overall: 55-43 (0 GB)
Last 10 games: 3-7

Hot Hitters
Ellsbury, cf - .343/.378/.400, 35 ab, 4 rbi, 5 sb, 0 cs
Spann, 3b - .313/.376/.503, 332 ab, 10 hr, 49 rbi, 167 tb, 19 e
Jimenez, 1b - .265/.355/.473, 283 ab, 14 hr, 54 rbi, 134 tb, 15 e

Hot Pitchers
Smith, sp - 9-4, 18 gs, 3.71 era, 104.1 ip, 71 so, 23 bb, 1.21 whip
Hansack, sp - 4-4, 23 g, 12 gs, 3.00 era, 87.0 ip, 87 so, 27 bb, 1.23 whip
Gabbard, sp - 9-2, 13 gs, 2.57 era, 73.2 ip, 68 so, 25 bb, 1.03 whip

Wilmington Blue Rocks (A+)

Overall: 14-11 (0 GB)
Last 10 games: 6-4

Hot Hitters
Corsaletti, of - .266/.392/.408, 304 ab, 6 hr, 45 rbi, 124 tb, 3 e
Bladergroen, 1b - .247/.350/.432, 259 ab, 8 hr, 43 rbi, 112 tb,
Natale, 2b - .257/.424/.338, 136 ab, 2 hr, 23 rbi, 46 tb

Hot Pitchers
Hottovy, sp - 8-6, 19 gs, 2.85 era, 110.2 ip, 77 so, 32 bb, 1.17 whip
Sturge, rp - 3-1, 33 g, 1.92 era, 56.1 ip, 48 so, 15 bb, 0.98 whip
James, rp - 1-1, 33 g, 2.38 era, 34.0 ip, 40 so, 12 bb, 1.29 whip, 17 s

Greenville Drive (A-)

Overall: 19-10 (4.0 GB)
Last 10 games: 8-2

Hot Hitters
Wagner, c - .308/.395/.474, 289 ab, 7 hr, 42 rbi, 137 tb, 2 e
Johnson, of - .283/.358/.480, 300 ab, 11 hr, 43 rbi, 144 tb
Turner, of - .251/.322/.470, 347 ab, 17 hr, 60 rbi, 163 tb

Hot Pitchers
Bowden, sp - 7-4, 19 gs, 3.07 era, 88.0 ip, 101 so, 20 bb, 1.08 whip
Buchholz, sp - 6-4, 17 gs, 3.06 era, 82.1 ip, 93 so, 24 bb, 1.09 whip
Jones, rp - 2-5, 24 g, 5 gs, 4.00 era, 74.1 ip, 77 so, 14 bb, 1.25 whip

Lowell Spinners (SS)

Overall: 15-15 (3.5 GB)
Last 10 games: 5-5

Hot Hitters
Bates, 1b - .360/.436/.530, 100 ab, 3 hr, 14 rbi, 53 tb
Bell, of - .446/.515/.643, 56 ab, 1 hr, 8 rbi, 36 tb

Hot Pitchers
Masterson, rp - 6 g, 0.82 era, 11.0 ip, 13 so, 0 bb, 0.55 whip
Johnson, sp - 4 gs, 0.93 era, 9.2 ip, 11 so, 2 bb, 0.72 whip
Papelbon, rp - 9 g, 0.00 era, 11.1 ip, 12 so, 1 bb, 0.79 whip