Pawtucket W 7-5
PawSox get to Pettitte for five.
Jose Iglesias: 2-3, BB
Ryan Lavarnway: 2-5, 2B
Lars Anderson: 3-5, 2 2B, POCS
Alex Hassan: 0-4, K
Che-Hsuan Lin: 1-3, BB, K
Junichi Tazawa: 2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
A decent day for Xander after the jump.
Portland W 3-1
Jeremy Hazelbaker: 1-4, 2B, K
Juan Carlos Linares: 1-3, 2B, 2 K
Oscar Tejeda: 1-3, BB, K, A
Aaron Kurcz: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
-Kurcz now has 27 strikeouts in 17 innings of work.
Salem L 2-5
Sean Coyle: 1-5, K, E
Travis Shaw: 2-5, 3B, 2 K
Brandon Jacobs: 0-4, K
Xander Bogaerts: 1-3, BB, K, E
Drake Britton: 5 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
-Very much a case of being cost by the defense. Only one of the baserunners that scored was even allowed on by Britton and not a fielder. Very much a second successful outing in three games.
Manny Rivera: 3 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 HR
Greenville W 11-3
Cody Koback: 2-4, BB, K
Garin Cecchini: 2-5
David Renfroe: 2-5
Henry Ramos: 2-5, 3B
Blake Swihart: 2-5
Jose Vinicio: 1-4, 2B, BB, POCS, E
Henry Owens: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 3 K
-Ironically, Owens' first game with more walks than strikeouts--in fact his first one with a ratio below 2:1--proves his best by results.