Quite the busy weekend throughout the farm system, with a lot of good stuff at the plate and an unfortunate amount of bad stuff on the mound. Believe it or not, that includes one Matt Barnes, who just can't get past a certain team.
Pawtucket L 5-7
Ryan Lavarnway: 1-2, BB
Lars Anderson: 1-4, 2B
Juan Carlos Linares: 0-3, K, A
Jackie Bradley has an OBP under .500 after the jump. How could he?!
Portland Game 1 L 3-8 (In 7)
Jackie Bradley: 2-4, 2B, 3B, 2 K
Oscar Tejeda: 3-4, POCS
Bryce Brentz: 1-2, 2B, 2 BB
Stolmy Pimentel: 4.1 IP, 11 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 4 HR
-This start wasn't going well to begin with, but it really fell apart in the fifth with back-to-back-to-back shots.
Portland Game 2 L 6-7 (In 7)
Jackie Bradley: 1-3, 2B, SB
Jeremy Hazelbaker: 1-3, 2 K
Bryce Brentz: 2-3, BB, K, CS
Anthony Ranaudo: 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
Chris Balcom-Miller: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 2 K
Aaron Kurcz: .2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Salem L 5-8
Travis Shaw: 0-4, BB, K
Brandon Jacobs: 0-4, 2 K
Xander Bogaerts: 2-4, HR, K
Christian Vazquez: 2-3, 2B, HR, BB, K
Sean Coyle: 3-4, 2B
Matt Barnes: 3.2 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 HR
-We knew it had to happen sometime. In two starts against Lynchburg, Barnes has allowed eight runs on 12 hits and 3 walks in 7.2 innings. They just seem to hit him well.
Greenville W 13-8
Cody Koback: 2-4, 2 BB, K
Garin Cecchini: 2-3, 3 BB
Blake Swihart: 2-5
Henry Owens: 5 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 1 HR
-A very Owens start, right down to the late difficulties bringing the only real damage.
Lowell L 7-8
Mookie Betts: 2-5, 2B, E
Kendrick Perkins: 0-4, BB, 2 K
Nathan Minnich: 1-5, K
Mike Aguilera: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
GCL Red Sox W 9-1
Carl Crawford: 0-3, 2 BB
-Are we sure this is our Carl Crawford? That seems wrong.
Mario Alcantara: 4 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
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Pawtucket L 0-2
Che-Hsuan Lin: 0-4
Lars Anderson: 0-4, K
Alex Hassan: 1-4, 2B
Juan Carlos Linares: 0-3, BB, K
Daniel Bard: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
-Sadly, this could almost be called improvement.
Junichi Tazawa: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Portland W 6-5
Jackie Bradley: 2-5, K
Jeremy Hazelbaker: 0-4, BB, K, CS
Bryce Brentz: 2-4, 2B, 2 K, A
Chris Hernandez: 6 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 HR
Salem W 7-0
Travis Shaw: 2-4, HR, BB
Xander Bogaerts: 2-3, HR, 2 BB, K
-After a sluggish start to the year, Bogaerts may be pushing for an early promotion to Portland. Knowing the Sox, he won't get it, but still.
Christian Vazquez: 2-5
Sean Coyle: 1-4, 2B, 2 K
Brandon Workman: 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
-Has allowed four runs in his last 30 innings of work.
Greenville L 5-7
Keury De La Cruz: 2-3, 2B, K
David Renfroe: 0-3
Henry Ramos: 0-1, 2 BB, K, POCS
Blake Swihart: 0-2, K
Lowell L 2-7
Deven Marrero: 2-4, BB, K
Jose Iglesias: 1-5, 2B, K
Mookie Betts: 0-3, BB
Williams Jerez: 0-4, 2 K