Some good auspices for a few guys very much in need of some positive games.
7/25
Pawtucket L 7-8
Ryan Lavarnway: 1-5, 2 K
Lars Anderson: 1-3, 2B, BB
Luis Exposito: 0-4, 2 K
Jose Iglesias: 1-4, 2B, 2 K
Kevin Millwood: 5 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
Portland L 2-13
Jeremy Hazelbaker: 0-4, K
Alex Hassan: 0-4
-Has fallen off heavily in july, hitting just .200/.309/.271
Chih-Hsien Chiang: 2-4, HR, K
-18 homers for Chiang now, who hadn't broken 11 before.
Will Middlebrooks: 1-4, 2 K
Tim Federowicz: 1-3
Oscar Tejeda: 1-3, BB, E
Cesar Cabral: 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Salem L 2-4
Kolbrin Vitek: 1-5, 2 K
Bryce Brentz: 0-4, BB
Miles Head: 1-4, K
Drake Britton: 4 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 1 HR
-Britton has 20 strikeouts and 3 walks in his last 12.2 innings. Before that point, he'd been at 38 strikeouts and 34 walks on the season.
Greenville W 6-4
Brandon Jacobs: 2-3, BB, 2 SB
Christian Vazquez: 0-4
Henry Ramos: 1-2, HR, 2 BB, SB
Xander Bogaerts: 0-4, 2 K, E
David Renfroe: 1-4, 2B, K
Keith Couch: 6 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
Lowell L 2-8
Keury De La Cruz: 1-3, BB
Travis Shaw: 0-2, 2 BB, K
Boss Moanaroa: 0-4, K
Seth Schwindenhammer: 2-4, 3B, HR, K
GCL Red Sox W 9-5
Williams Jerez: 2-5
Kendrick Perkins: 2-3, 2 HR, BB
-And a big dunk on opposing starter Roberto Gomez
Adalberto Ibarra: 1-2, BB
-Presumably he'll be headed for the higher levels before too long.
Jose Vinicio: 1-3
Yunior Ortega: 3.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 HR
7/26
Pawtucket L 7-8 (In 10)
Che-Hsuan Lin: 2-6, K, E
Ryan Lavarnway: 2-5, 2 2B
Lars Anderson: 2-5, 2B, K
Luis Exposito: 1-4, 2B, BB, K, CS
Jose Iglesias: 1-4, K
Scott Atchison: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Jason Rice: 1.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Portland W 4-2
Alex Hassan: 1-4, 2 K
Chih-Hsien Chiang: 1-3, BB, K, CS
Will Middlebrooks: 0-4, 2 K
Tim Federowicz: 2-4, 2B, HR
Oscar Tejeda: 0-2, BB, SB
Chris Balcom-Miller: 5.2 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
-Returning to his typical in-control form.
Salem L 3-4
Kolbrin Vitek: 2-3, BB, E
Bryce Brentz: 1-4, HR, K
Miles Head: 0-4
Anthony Ranaudo: 5 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 HR
Greenville W 11-4
Sean Coyle: 2-4, K
Henry Ramos: 0-5, 2 K
Xander Bogaerts: 3-5, 2B, HR, K
-It's been a lengthy slump for Bogaerts. Hopefully this busts him out of it.
Manny Rivera: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HR
-A short outing after missing a couple of weeks.
GCL Red Sox L 1-3
Williams Jerez: 1-4
Kendrick Perkins: 0-4, 2 K
Adalberto Ibarra: 1-4, K
Jose Vinicio: 2-4, 2 SB
7/27
Pawtucket L 1-4
Che-Hsuan Lin: 1-4, 3 K, SB
Ryan Lavarnway: 1-4, 2 K
Lars Anderson: 1-3, HR, BB, K
-Since this came off of Roy Oswalt, I'm going to assume that makes Lars a blue chip prospect in any trades with the NL East?
Jose Iglesias: 0-3, K
Kyle Weiland: 4 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 5 BB, 3 K, 1 HR
-The post-demotion disaster strikes again.
Michael Bowden: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Portland W 5-2
Jeremy Hazelbaker: 0-4, K
Will MIddlebrooks: 2-4, HR, K
-Has come up in a lot of trade talks of late, but the Sox weren't willing to move him for Beltran. Hard to see the Sox moving their presumptive heir at third in anything short of a blockbuster.
Tim Federowicz: 1-4, 2B, K
Oscar Tejeda: 1-4, K
Stephen Fife: 6 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
Salem W 2-1
Kolbrin Vitek: 1-4, 2B, 2 K
Bryce Brentz: 0-4, 2 K, E
Miles Head: 1-3
Chris Hernandez: 4.2 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 4 K
Kendal Volz: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Lowell L 3-5
Keury De La Cruz: 2-5, 2 K
Travis Shaw: 0-3, BB, 2 K, E
Boss Moanaroa: 0-4, 2 K
Seth Schwindenhammer: 1-4, HR, 3 K
-8 of Schindenhammer's 27 hits have been home runs. 62 of his 118 at bats have been strikeouts. This man doesn't put balls in play very often.
GCL Red Sox L 1-2 (In 8)
Williams Jerez: 3-4
Adalberto Ibarra: 1-2, BB
Kendrick Perkins: 0-4, 2 K
Jose Vinicio: 0-3, 2 K
Mario Alcantara: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K