Normally when I combine two days like this, the result is more games than usual.
Not so much this time.
5/16
Salem L 3-7
Jeremy Hazelbaker: 1-4, 2B, BB, K
Pete Hissey: 0-5, 2 K
Reynaldo Rodriguez: 0-4
Shannon Wilkerson: 0-4, K
Still no Coyle to be found. No real information on why that's the case either. I'd switch post-jump guys, but I'm too afraid I'd end up seriously harming Bryce Brentz somehow.
Greenville W 8-4
Bryce Brentz: 0-5, 3 K
-And so ends the on-base streak of Bryce Brentz.
Miles Head: 1-3, 2B, BB
Brandon Jacobs: 0-3, K
David Renfroe: 1-4, 2 K, E
Anthony Ranaudo: 5 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 2 HR
-I can't say I'm too comfortable with the start of Ranaudo's time in Boston so far. There've been reports of his great stuff, including a curveball that's too good for the minor leagues, but when it's a guy who's supposed to be this great, you kind of expect a certain level of domination against the lower minors. It's far from panic time, but still.
Juan Rodriguez: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
5/17
Portland W 14-4
Che-Hsuan Lin: 3-5, 2B, BB, SB
Alex Hassan: 2-4, HR, 2 BB, K
-He's getting amazingly close to having twice as many walks as strikeouts.
Ryan Lavarnway: 1-5, K
Tim Federowicz: 1-4, BB
Will Middlebrooks: 0-5, K
Oscar Tejeda: 2-3, 2B, 2 BB
Stephen Fife: 5 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
Greenville L 2-8
Bryce Brentz: 0-4, K
-And so continues the end of Bryce Brentz' on-base streak.
Miles Head: 1-4, 2B
Christian Vazquez: 1-4, 2B, K
David Renfroe: 1-4, K