Pawtucket W 5-3
Ryan Kalish: 2-5, K, SB
Jose Iglesias: 1-4, K
Lars Anderson: 1-5, K
Juan Carlos Linares: 1-4
Che-Hsuan Lin: 0-3, BB, K, SB
Scott Atchison: 1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HR
Chris Hernandez: 5 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
Clayton Mortensen: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Daniel Bard: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
-The two walks are more concerning than the scoreless inning is encouraging.
Jose De La Torre: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Mixed results for Jackie Bradley after the jump.
Portland Game 1 L 1-2 (In 7)
Jackie Bradley: 0-4
Jeremy Hazelbaker: 0-3, A
Bryce Brentz: 0-1
Drake Britton: 5 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 7 K
Portland Game 2 L 1-3
Jackie Bradley: 2-3, 2 2B, CS
Jeremy Hazelbaker: 0-3, K
Bryce Brentz: 1-3, HR, 2 K
Kolbrin Vitek: 1-3, 2 K
Chris Balcom-Miller: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HR
-First one-inning appearance since June 26. Had gone as many as five in early July, 3.2 last time out. Curious.
Salem W 6-3
Brandon Jacobs: 1-2, HR, 2 BB, K
-Turned it on in a big way this month, starting to show that full skillset which gave him such a reputation boost.
Xander Bogaerts: 2-3, 2B, BB
-Xander, on the other hand, is salvaging a mediocre run with some good late-July performances. Slumps happen.
Sean Coyle: 2-4, 2B
Adalberto Ibarra: 0-4, E
Greenville W 8-4
Keury De La Cruz: 2-5
Garin Cecchini: 2-5, 2B
-Would expect to see him make the jump towards top-100 status next year, if he hasn't already (Sickels considered him mid-season). He's quiet about what he does, but he's very consistent, and I wouldn't be surprised to see some more power emerge in '13.
David Renfroe: 1-5
Henry Ramos: 2-5, 3B, K
Blake Swihart: 0-3
Jose Vinicio: 2-4, HR
Lowell W 7-0
Deven Marrero: 1-4, BB, 2 K, SB
Mookie Betts: 2-4, SB
Kendrick Perkins: 2-4, 2B, 2 K
Justin Haley: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
-Sixth round pick Haley holds a .63 ERA through 14 innings. Eight walks, but only four hits so far, and 17 strikeouts.
GCL Red Sox L 3-12
Nathan Minnich: 1-1, 2B, 3 BB
Mario Alcantara: 1.2 IP, 6 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 2 HR
-Ouch. Raul he's not. Though Raul is getting knocked around Single-A right now, so...