6/4 MiLB Gameday: Webster and Owens

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Today's Games:

IL:Pawtucket (Allen Webster) @ Durham (Mike Montgomery) [7:05pm]
EL: Portland (Henry Owens) vs. Erie (Jeffrey Ferrell) [7:05pm]
CL:Salem (Simon Mercedea) vs. Frederick (Parker Bridwell) [7:05pm]
SAL: Greenville (Jamie Callahan) vs. Lexington (Jake Junis) [7:05pm]
NYPL: Lowell - Opening Day - June 13th vs. Vermont
GCL: GCL Sox - Opening Day - June 20th vs GCL Twins
DSL: DSL Sox vs DSL Nationals [10:30 am]

Notes:

Pawsox has lost 4 consecutive and 16 of 21.

Mookie Betts became the first Red Sox position player to be moved from Portland after less than 60 games with the Seadogs.

Drive will be sending 6 to the SAL All-Star Game (June 17th). Jake Romanski will start at catcher. Carlos Asuaje and Jantzen Witte will be on the bench to start and Joe Gunkel was named to the pitching staff. Manager Darren Fenster and Pitching Coach Paul Abbott will serve as coaches.

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
 
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6 IP so far, 1 hit for Owens. I mean, how is it possible to keep doing that? It may not translate to the majors, but it's incredible.

42 hits in 70.1 innings at this point. It's insane.
 
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6 IP so far, 1 hit for Owens. I mean, how is it possible to keep doing that? It may not translate to the majors, but it's incredible.

42 hits in 70.1 innings at this point. It's insane.
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It's time to give Owens a start in Pawtucket to make sure he's not just organizational filler.  I mean, the last guy who got promoted to AAA went from a .443 OBP with an 88% SB rate to a .250 OBP with a 0% SB rate.
 
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Owens finishes (I assume) at - 8IP, 2H, 0R, 2BB, 6K (107 pitches, 73 strikes).
 
Webster went 6IP, 7H, 1R, 3BB, 4K
 
Mookie also has his first two hits at AAA.
 
Not a bad day for the system so far.
 
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Portland wins 5-1.

Boxscore

Henry Owens went 8 scoreless, giving up 2 singles and 2 walks; striking out 6. Noe Ramirez pitched the 9th, allowing a run on 2 hits; striking out one.

Blake Swihart went 3/5. Derrik Gibson went 2/3 with a walk and 2 SBs. Keury de la Cruz went 2/4 with a double. Michael Brenly went 1/3 with a HBP. Jonathan Roof went 1/3 with a triple and a walk. Bo Greenwell went 1/3 with a HR, a SB and 2 walks. Deven Marrero went 1/4 with a walk. Sean Coyle went 1/4. Stefan Welch went 0/4 with a walk.
 
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Drive lose 9-3.

Boxscore

Jamie Callahan went 5 innings, allowing 5 runs on 10 hits, a walk and a WP; striking out one. Pete Ruiz went 2 innings, walking one and hitting one while striking out 2. Taylor Grover went 2 innings, allowing 4 runs on 4 hits (1 HR); striking out 2.

Jordan Weems went 3/4 with a double and a triple. Kendrick Perkins went 2/3 with a walk. Tzu-Wei Lin went 1/3 with a walk. Carlos Asuaje and Carlos Coste each went 1/4; Asuaje with a double. Jantzen Witte went 0/3 with a SF. Forrestt Allday went 0/3 with a walk. Manuel Margot and Jimmy Rider each went 0/4.
 
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Mookie Betts with a go ahead HR in the 11th, Pawsox win 8-7.

Boxscore

Allen Webster went 6 innings, allowing a run on 7 hits and 3 walks; striking out 4. Tommy Layne went 1/3rd of an inning, allowing a run on a hit; striking out one. Alex Wilson failed to garner an out, allowing 5 runs (4 earned) on 4 hits, a walk and a HBP. John Ely went 1 2/3 innings, striking out 2. Rich Hill went 3 innings, walking one and striking out 4.

Mookie Betts went 3/6 with a HR and a PO/CS. Ryan Roberts went 2/5 with a double and a HR and a walk. Corey Brown went 2/5 with a double. Shannon Wilkerson went 2/5. Dan Butler went 1/3 with a double and 2 walks. Garin Cecchini went 1/4 with a double, 2 walks and a SB. Christian Vazquez went 1/5 with a double. Mike McCoy went 0/4 with a walk. Travis Shaw went 0/6.
 
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Boxscore

Yeferson Ardiles went 4 1/3 innings, allowing 6 runs (5 earned) on 8 hits (1 HR) and a walk; striking out 5. Samir El-Halaby went 1 2/3 innings, allowing 3 runs (1 earned) on 4 hits, a walk and 2 WPs. Juan Perez went 3 innings, allowing 2 runs on 4 hits (1 HR) and a WP.

Luis Benoit went 3/4 with a walk and a CS. Roldani Baldwin went 3/5. Juan Hernandez went 3/5 with a double. Luis Alexander Basabe went 2/5 with a walk. Carlos Tovar went 2/6 with a double. Raiwinson Lameda went 1/4 with a HBP. Rafael Toribio went 1/4 with a triple and a SF. Rafael Devers went 1/5. Fabian Nieva went 0/3 with a HBP and was replaced by Pablo Urena who went 0/1.
 
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Owens walk ratio has been his only weakness, but even this is way down the last 3 games. If he can keep this up say another 3 games, he's ready for Pawtucket. As mentioned above, his hits/IP ratio is amazing
 
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Mookie found his AAA stroke. Ryan Roberts hit one over the Bull in LF. Vasquez only went 1-5, but he scalded the ball twice right at the CF'er. Alex Wilson was terrible (and error behind him didn't help) but Rich Hill was equally good- mixed his pitches and really bailed them out.
 
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STORIES

PAWSOX

Game Story

Pawtucket newcomer Mookie Betts clobbered a game-winning solo home run in the eleventh inning to cap a thrilling late rally for the PawSox in a come-from-behind 8-7 win over the Durham Bulls Wednesday night at Durham Bulls Athletic Park to snap the team's four-game losing streak.

Betts, the highly-touted Boston prospect playing in his second game since being promoted from Double-A Portland, drilled a no-doubt long ball well over the "Blue Monster" left field fence with one out in the eleventh against reliever Braulio Lara (0-3) to snap a 7-7 tie. The PawSox won for just the second time in six games during the current trip and evened the series at one win apiece.

Betts recorded his first three hits with Pawtucket (29-32) as he went 3-for-6 on the night. He singled for his first Triple-A hit in the fifth and later came around to score, but grounded into a double play with the bases loaded in the ninth.

The PawSox trailed 7-4 entering the ninth inning but rallied to score three runs and force extra innings thanks in large to three walks by reliever Jeff Beliveau, all of which came around to score. Two hitters after Betts' twin-killing, Ryan Roberts' clutch two-run double against Jake Thompson tied the score with two outs.

Durham made the first big rally of the night after trailing 4-1 following six strong innings from PawSox starter Allen Webster (seven hits, one run, four strikeouts). Following a leadoff strikeout in the seventh by Mike Fontenot, the next eight batters reached base and six of them scored. The Bulls took advantage of five hits, one walk, one hit-batsman and one error in an 11-batter inning.

Alex Wilson (1-1) relieved Tommy Layne in the seventh following a one-out double by Mikie Mahtook, and Wilson could not retire any of the six batters he faced. Jayson Nix's RBI double made the score 4-2, then Vince Belnome's two-run single tied the game.
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SEADOGS

Game Story

While Felix Doubront of the Boston Red Sox comes to Portland on a rehab assignment Thursday, another left-hander dominated Wednesday night at Hadlock Field.

Henry Owens put in his longest performance as a professional, throwing a two-hitter over eight innings in the Portland Sea Dogs’ 5-1 win over the Erie SeaWolves.

Owens (7-3) allowed no runs and only two ground singles. He walked two batters and struck out six.

“First time I’ve ever (gone eight innings) so it was a pleasure, to say the least,” Owens said.

It was Owens’ third straight scoreless outing (22 innings). In his past five starts he’s given up one run and 11 hits. His ERA lowered to 2.24.

“Same as every time, he goes out there and competes and controls the strike zone with all three pitches,” catcher Blake Swihart said.

“He’s pitching to contact … get them in swing mode and get them out.”

Owens, 21, began with mostly fastballs (65) and eventually mixed in change-ups (34) and a smattering of curves (eight). Owens induced 14 ground-ball outs and four in the air.

“Absolutely (efficient),” pitching coach Bob Kipper said. “He established his fastball. Obviously we saw an exceptional change-up. He threw his curveball well.”

The 107 pitches (73 for strikes) were the most thrown by Owens in a game.

He didn’t seem to be tiring. He threw 13 pitches in the seventh inning, all for strikes.

“We look for fatigue, a guy losing his stuff, losing his ability to command the strike zone. We saw none of that from Henry tonight,” Kipper said.

“It was a wonderful outing.”

With Portland up 2-0, Aaron Westlake of Erie led off the eighth with a single. Noe Ramirez was warming up in the bullpen but the Sea Dogs stuck with Owens.

“Touch and go there but he earned the right to get through that inning,” Sea Dogs Manager Billy McMillon said.

With Westlake on third and two outs, Owens got Jamie Johnson to fly to left.
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Blake Swihart

But what about Swihart’s size? He was considered small for a catcher when the Red Sox took him in the first round of the 2011 draft.

“Small?” Varitek asked. “Have you seen him? He is not small.”

Indeed, the 6-foot-1 Swihart has put on 30 pounds in three years, now a solid 195 pounds.

And there’s a reason Varitek travels to Portland to see Swihart play for the Sea Dogs, as well as trips to Pawtucket to watch former Sea Dogs catcher Christian Vazquez – and another “pretty good” prospect, according to Varitek, the former Boston captain and catcher, now working as a special assistant to General Manager Ben Cherington.

They could be the future catchers in Fenway Park. Vazquez was drafted three years ahead of Swihart, in 2008.

The draft is where Boston is finding more and more players. That search continues today with the start of this season’s draft.

“Obviously we look at the best player out there,” said Amiel Sawdaye, Boston’s director of amateur scouting who, obviously, was not going to tell who the Red Sox like.

Boston liked a lot of players in 2011 when it had four of the first 40 picks. It chose pitcher Matt Barnes (19th overall), Swihart (26th), pitcher Henry Owens (36th) and outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. (40th).

Swihart came from Rio Rancho, outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was relatively new to the scouts, starring his junior year in high school, then playing in showcase events and on the USA under-18 team (batting .448) in 2010.

There, Swihart met Owens, who the scouts knew well.

“Our parents were talking,” Swihart remembered. “Henry’s dad said ‘it’s been a crazy last couple of years.’ And my dad said, ‘it’s been a crazy last two months.’

“It just happened so fast. No one knew me and then the baseball world knew who I was.”

And the baseball world wanted to know all they could about Swihart, this skinny kid who only began catching his junior year.

“We had (scouts from) all 30 teams in our living room at some point,” Swihart said.

Swihart heard teams say they wanted him at third base or as a corner outfielder. Others, including the Red Sox, liked him wearing the gear.

“They were the main ones talking to me about catching,” Swihart said.

Boston picked Swihart and to sway him from a University of Texas scholarship, gave him a $2.5 million signing bonus.

“That was life-changing,” Swihart said. “It benefited my family a lot.”
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DRIVE

Game Story

The largest crowd ever for a Greenville Drive game wasn’t enough to help complete a sweep of Lexington.

The Legends grabbed a 5-0 lead and put the game away with a big ninth inning to beat the Drive 9-3. Greenville had won the first two games of the three-game series.

The Wednesday attendance of 7,176 set a new mark for a Greenville Drive game at Fluor Field, and it was the second-largest crowd to see a baseball game at the stadium. The Clemson-South Carolina game on March 1 drew the largest overall attendance at 7,182.

“We didn’t play very well tonight,” Greenville manager Darren Fenster said after his team made four errors. “Defense has been very, very good throughout the course of the season, so today was just one of those days where we didn’t take care of the baseball and it hurt us.”

Lexington (25-34) began piecing together some offense in the third inning off of Drive starter Jamie Callahan (2-5). The Legends used the combo of a double followed by a run-scoring single in both the third and the fourth to build a 2-0 lead.

In the fifth, three singles, a walk, and a Greenville error lead to three runs as the Legends jumped ahead 5-0.
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