Pawtucket L 2-8
Nate Spears: 0-4, BB, K
Josh Reddick: 1-3, HR, BB, A
Lars Anderson: 0-3, BB, 2 K
Juan Carlos Linares: 0-4, K
Luis Exposito: 1-4, 2B, K
Jose Iglesias: 2-4, K
Jason Rice: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Patience is a virtue for Ryan Lavarnway after the jump.
Portland W 9-4
Che-Hsuan Lin: 1-2, 2B, 2 BB
Alex Hassan: 2-3, BB
Tim Federowicz: 1-4
Ryan Lavarnway: 0-2, 2 BB
Will Middlebrooks: 2-4, SB
Oscar Tejeda: 2-2, 2 BB, E
Brock Huntzinger: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
Salem Game 1 W 16-6 (In 7)
Jeremy Hazelbaker: 2-5, HR, K, SB
Pete Hissey: 2-4, 2B, BB, K, SB
Kolbrin Vitek: 2-5, 3B, 2 K
Reynaldo Rodriguez: 2-4, HR, K
Shannon Wilkerson: 2-3, 2 HR, BB
-It's surprising to see him doing this after doing so poorly down in Greenville last year, but Wilkerson has to have done enough now to earn some real attention and playing time.
Michael Almanzar: 2-4
Derrik Gibson: 1-3, BB, SB
Drake Britton: 3.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 2 K
-I don't really have anything solid to go on here, but when a top pitching prospect has an 11.08 ERA and suddenly walks four straight in the fourth inning, something isn't right.
Salem Game 2 L 0-6 (In 7)
Amazing how that happens in these doubleheaders. From 16 runs to nothing.
Jeremy Hazelbaker: 0-3, K
Shannon Wilkerson: 1-3, SB
Kolbrin Vitek: 1-3, SB
Reynaldo Rodriguez: 1-2, 2B, BB, K
Michael Almanzar: 0-3, 2 K
Derrik Gibson: 1-3, K
Kendal Volz: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
Greenville W 7-4
Lucas LeBlanc: 1-5, K
Bryce Brentz: 1-4, HR, K
Miles Head: 2-3, 2B, HR, BB
-What Alex Hassan is to OBP, Miles Head is to power.
Brandon Jacobs: 0-4, 2 K
-I feel like this is kind of his first bad game of the year. At the same time, his strikeout rate is really kind of alarming
David Renfroe: 0-4, 3 K
Sean Coyle: 2-4, HR
-I must say, I expected Garin Cecchini to be the more impressive of the two, especially in power. But Coyle is going to be a very difficult act to follow.
Juan Rodriguez: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K