6/14 MiLB Gameday: Owens and Ball

[Cuzittt]

Today's Games:

IL:Pawtucket (Henry Owens) vs. Toledo (Mike Belfiore) [1:05pm]
EL: Portland (Justin Haley) @ Bowie (Terry Doyle) [2:05pm]
CL:Salem (Trey Ball) vs Wilmington (Luis Rico) [4:05pm]
SAL: Greenville (Jake Drehoff) vs. Rome (TBD) [4:05pm]
NYPL: Lowell [Season Begins June 19th]
GCL: GCL Sox [Season Begins June 22nd]
DSL: DSL Sox - OFF
DSL: DSL Sox 2 - OFF

Notes:


Scoreboard:

Boston Red Sox Minor League Scores

Media:

MiLB TV
MiLB Radio

Local Media:

Pawsox:

Providence Journal
Pawtucket Times

Seadogs: Portland Press Herald

Salem: Roanoke Times

Greenville: Greenville Online

Lowell: Lowell Sun

 

[Cuzittt]

Pawsox lose 4-3.

Boxscore

Henry Owens went 6 innings, allowing a run on 4 hits and a walk; striking out 7. Miguel Celestino pitched to 4 batters, allowing 3 runs (2 earned) on 2 hit and a walk. Jonathan Aro went 3 innings, striking out 4.

Mike Miller went 2/3 with a walk. Quintin Berry, Deven Marrero and Bryce Brentz each went 2/5; Brentz with a HR. Sean Coyle went 1/2 with a double, 2 walks and a SB. Allen Craig went 1/3 with 2 walks. Garin Cecchini went 1/4. Humberto Quintero went 0/4. Luke Montz went 0/5.

 

[Cuzittt]

Seadogs lose 6-3.

Boxscore

Justin Haley went 5 innings, allowing 3 runs on 5 hits (1 HR) and 2 walks; striking out 3. Simon Mercedes went 2 innings, allowing a run on 2 hits (1 HR). John Cornely went an inning, allowing 2 runs on 2 hits; striking out one.

Oscar Tejeda went 2/4 with a HR. David Chester and Danny Bethea each went 1/3; Chester with a HR. Dave Sappelt went 1/4 with a HR. Aneury Tavarez went 0/2 with a walk. Jonathan Roof went 0/3 with a walk. Marco Hernandez, Cole Sturgeon and Jantzen Witte each went 0/4.

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

Four shutout innings for Ball today.  He didn't come back out after a rain delay.

 

[Cuzittt]

Salem wins 7-0.

Boxscore

Trey Ball went 4 innings before rain delayed the game for an hour. Ball gave up 2 hits and 3 walks; striking out 3. Williams Jerez went 3 innings, giving up 3 hits and a walk; striking out 4. Austin Maddox went two innings, hitting a batter and striking out four.

Mario Martinez went 2/3 with a double and a HBP. Forrestt Allday went 2/3 with a SF. Jose Vinicio went 2/3 with a double and a sacrifice. Jordan Weems went 2/4 with a double. Kevin Heller went 1/3 with a double and a walk. Sam Travis went 1/4 with a double. Wendell Rijo went 0/2 with a walk and a sacrifice. Tzu-Wei Lin went 0/4. Manuel Margot went 0/5.

 

[wade boggs chicken dinner]

Four shutout innings for Ball today.  He didn't come back out after a rain delay.

According to SoxProspects, Ball set Salem record for consecutive scoreless innings, which is currently at 15.2 I believe.

SP also said that Owens threw something like 22 curveballs.

 

[Cuzittt]

Drive lose in 11, 5-2. Savannah also loses... Drive and SandGnats remain tied going into the final week of the first half.

Boxscore

Jake Drehoff went 4 innings, allowing 2 runs (1 earned) on 5 hits (1 HR); striking out 7. Kyle Kaminska went 3 1/3 innings, giving up 2 hits and striking out 4. Kuehl McEachern went 3 2/3 innings, allowing 3 runs on 7 hits; striking out one.

Nick Longhi went 3/5. Mauricio Dubon went 2/5. Mike Meyers went 1/3 with 2 walks. Rafael Devers went 1/4 with a walk. Joseph Monge went 0/4 with a walk. Jordan Procyshen went 0/2 after replacing David Sopilka who went 0/3. Carlos Mesa, Javier Guerra and Derek Miller each went 0/5.

 

[jscola85]

Really nice to see a bounceback start from Owens.  He had a strong ERA in May but it was a mirage with a 23/18 K/BB.  Through three starts in June his ERA is almost double but the K/BB is a much more respectable 16/8.
 
Marrero heating back up in June as well.  If he can just prove he's a mediocre hitter at the MLB level, some other team will get some real nice value out of him.

 

[jscola85]

Also - Jonathan Aro now has a 23/1 K/BB ratio in 18.1 IP in Pawtucket.  Extreme flyball pitcher though with 0 HRs allowed suggests he's living in a bit of a lucky streak, but with the Sox pen as big of a mess as it is, I think you have to try to find help wherever you can.
 
Pitching convert William Jerez continues to dominate as well - 48.2 IP with a 53/12 K/BB, 1.35 GO/AO and a 1.66 ERA.  Hard not to like that.  Yes he's old but that's still very impressive for a late-career conversion to the mound in his first taste of full-season baseball.  Has anyone seen him live yet?  Would be great to understand what his stuff looks like.  The Soxprospects page doesn't tell much.

 

[BannedbyNYYFans.com]

Also - Jonathan Aro now has a 23/1 K/BB ratio in 18.1 IP in Pawtucket.  Extreme flyball pitcher though with 0 HRs allowed suggests he's living in a bit of a lucky streak, but with the Sox pen as big of a mess as it is, I think you have to try to find help wherever you can.
 
Pitching convert William Jerez continues to dominate as well - 48.2 IP with a 53/12 K/BB, 1.35 GO/AO and a 1.66 ERA.  Hard not to like that.  Yes he's old but that's still very impressive for a late-career conversion to the mound in his first taste of full-season baseball.  Has anyone seen him live yet?  Would be great to understand what his stuff looks like.  The Soxprospects page doesn't tell much.

 
I've always tried to keep up with Jerez since the draft.  There would be wonderful irony surrounding a Sox star who credited his baseball development to Hank Steinbrenner's 18 and under summer league. Please keep rolling, William.  

 

[Cesar Crespo]

Is there a better website than milb.com? They have a hard time following Jerez and it's kind of annoying.

 

[Apisith]

Ball has been pretty good over the last 6 or so starts. Apart from one bad game, he's gone 26IP giving up only 1ER.