7/27 MiLB Gameday: A Dozen for the Pawsox?

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Today's Games:

IL:Pawtucket (Matt Barnes) @ Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Bryan Mitchell) [1:05pm]
EL: Portland (Luis Diaz) @ New Britain (Virgil Vazquez) [1:35pm]
CL:Salem (Pat Light) vs. Myrtle Beach (Chad Bell) [7:05pm]
SAL: Greenville (Jason Garcia) @ Hagerstown (Brett Mooneyham) [5:05pm]
NYPL: Lowell (Reed Reilly) vs. Brooklyn (TBD) [5:05pm]
GCL: GCL Sox - OFF
DSL: DSL Sox - OFF

Notes:

Pawsox have won 11 consecutive games... a franchise record.

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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Not sure if the entire GCL team is there on their off-day, but a number of the kids have been tweeting their presence at the Trop.

 

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Matt Barnes with a decent albeit abbreviated outing: 5 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 6 K, with 57 of 93 pitches for strikes. Both runs came with 2 out in the 5th (RBI single and a bases-loaded BB).
 
Bats are struggling though. Just 2 PawSox hits and a 2-0 deficit.

 

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Portland about to get underway after an hour and 15-minute rain delay.

 

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Some roster moves:
 
* RHP Jacob Dahlstrand promoted from Greenville to Salem
* OF Forrestt Allday activated from DL by Greenville
* IF Aneudis Peralta reassigned from Greenville to Lowell
* SS Tzu-Wei Lin activated from DL by Greenville
* LHP Randy Perez placed on 7-day DL by Lowell
* IF Nick Moore reassigned from Salem to Lowell (went 2-for-12 with 2 BB & 5 K in his 5 games at high-A)
* RHRP Austin Maddox reassigned from Salem to Lowell (was on TIA for Salem, hasn't pitched since 5/14)
 
Dahlstrand's put up a 1.61 ERA, 23/10 K/BB and .250/.316/.327/.643 opp line vs 118 batters over 28 IP in his last 8 games. And that includes a 3-ER, 4-H, 2.2-IP outing in his most recent outing (7/24).

 

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A run in the 9th for the PawSox but the winning streak ends at 11 games with a 3-1 loss.
 
Meanwhile New Britain with a 4-run 4th to take a 5-1 lead over the Sea Dogs. Virgil Vazquez has set down 9 straight for the Rock Cats, and Portland has scored just 4 runs so far in the series.

 

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Keury de la Cruz with a 2-run double in the 6th. Another run comes in on a Shannon Wilkerson GIDP, and the Sea Dogs are within 5-4.

 

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KDLC with a solo HR ties it up for the Sea Dogs. Still 5-5 in the 9th with Dayan Diaz on the hill for Portland.
 
EDIT - Heading to extras.

 

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Dayan Diaz escapes a bases-loaded jam in the b-10th. On to the 11th, still 5-5.

 

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Danny Bethea with a 2-run double, Heiker Meneses adds a sac fly, and Noe logs his 12th save in as many tries for an 8-5 Sea Dogs road win.

 

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Good game going for Greenville, as Forrestt Allday celebrates coming off the DL with an RBI triple to break a 2-2 tie. Zach Kapstein singles him home to make it 4-2 Drive in the 5th.
 
And Allday does it again in the 6th, singling home Tim Roberson after a double for a 5-2 margin.
 
Jason Garcia's gone 5 solid if unspectacular innings (6 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K), but he'll be working through the meat of the Hagerstown order for the 3rd time next inning.

 

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Pawsox lose 3-1.

Boxscore

Matt Barnes went 5 innings, allowing 2 runs on 4 hits, 2 walks, a HBP and a WP; striking out 6. John Ely went 3 innings, allowing a run on 2 hits and a walk; striking out 2.

Ryan Lavarnway went 2/4 with a double. Mookie Betts, Ryan Lavarnway and Carlos Rivero each went 1/4. Garin Cecchini, Deven Marrero, Corey Brown and Matt Spring each went 0/3. Ryan Roberts went 0/4.

 

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Seadogs win 8-5 in 11 innings.

Boxscore

Luis Diaz went 5 innings, allowing 5 runs on 7 hits and 2 walks; striking out 4. Pete Ruiz went 3 innings, giving up a hit, a walk, a HBP and a WP; striking out 4. Dayan Diaz went 2 innings, giving up 2 hits and a walk; striking out one. Noe Ramirez went an inning, giving up a hit.

Jonathan Roof went 2/4 with a double, HR and HBP. Keury de la Cruz went 2/5 with a double and a HR. Danny Bethea went 2/5 with a double. Michael Almanzar went 2/5. Heiker Meneses went 1/4 with a SF. Derrik Gibson went 1/5 with a walk. Sean Coyle went 1/5. Michael Brenly went 0/4 with a walk. Shannon Wilkerson went 0/5.

 

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Drive win 8-4.

Boxscore

Jason Garcia went 6 innings, allowing 2 runs on 6 hits, a HBP and 2 walks; striking out 4. German Taveras went 3 innings, allowing 2 runs (1 earned) on 4 hits; striking out 3.

Forrestt Allday went 3/4 with a triple and a HBP. Hector Lorenzana went 2/4 with a double and a walk. Wendell Rijo went 2/5 with a double and a walk. Zach Kapstein and Tim Roberson went 2/5 with a double. Manuel Margot went 1/3 with a walk, HBP and SB. Cole Sturgeon went 1/4 with 2 walks. Jake Romanski went 0/4 with 2 walks and a SB. Tzu-Wei Lin went 0/4 with a walk.

 

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Spinners lose 9-3.

Boxscore

Reed Reilly went 3 2/3 innings, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits and 2 walks; striking out 4. Mario Alcantara went 1 1/3 innings, allowing 2 runs on 2 hits and 2 walks; striking out one. Chandler Shephard went 2 innings, allowing a run on 4 hits; striking out 3. Brandon Show went 1/3rd of an inning, allowing 3 runs on a hit and 2 walks. Enfember Martinez went 1 2/3 innings, allowing a run on 3 hits and a walk; striking out 2.

Danny Mars went 1/3 with a HBP. Sam Travis, Mike Meyers, Mauricio Dubon, Jordan Procyshen and Raymel Flores each went 1/4; Meyers with a SB, Dubon with a CS. Cisco Tellez went 0/2 with a walk before being replaced by Aneudis Peralta who went 0/1. Jordan Betts went 0/3 with a walk. Bryan Hudson went 0/4.

 

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Salem wins 7-1.

Boxscore

Pat Light went 7 innings, allowing a run on 4 hits (1 HR) and 3 walks; striking out 2. Kyle Martin pitched a perfect 8th. Kyle Kraus pitched a perfect 9th; striking out one.

Jantzen Witte went 3/3 with a HR and a walk. Dreily Guerrero went 3/4 with a double and a SB. Matty Johnson went 2/4 with a double. Carlos Asuaje, Kevin Heller and Aneury Tavarez each went 1/4; Heller with a HR, Asuaje with a double, Tavarez with a CS. Reed Gragnani and Jordan Weems each went 0/3 with a walk; Weems with a SB. Mario Martinez went 0/4.

 

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STORIES

PAWSOX

Boxscore

Scranton starter Bryan Mitchell tossed seven dominating innings and combined with two relievers on a five-hitter as the RailRiders halted the Pawtucket Red Sox' franchise-record winning streak at 11 games with a 3-1 win Sunday afternoon at PNC Field in the third of a four-game series.

It was the first loss in 15 days for the PawSox, who gained 8.0 games in the standings on first-place Syracuse during the 11-game streak. Mitchell (2-1) allowed no runs and only three baserunners (two singles and one double) while collecting six strikeouts in seven innings. He threw just 82 pitches to earn his second Triple-A win.

Will Middlebrooks, playing in the ninth game of his most recent injury rehab stint, played the entire game as the DH and went 1-for-4. Middlebrooks, on the Boston DL since May 16th, is now 10-for-37 (.270) with three homers over his last nine games played. Mookie Betts collected a home run and an RBI single for the PawSox.

Scranton scored a pair of two-out runs in the fifth against Pawtucket starter Matt Barnes (5-8) to snap a scoreless tie. Jose Pirela's RBI single opened the scoring, then two batters later Zoilo Almonte walked with the bases loaded to double the RailRiders' lead.

Barnes was pulled after five innings having allowed two runs on four hits and two walks while striking out three. John Ely pitched the final three innings for the PawSox and allowed an insurance run in the eighth when Kyle Roller bounced into a double play to plate Almonte from third.

Scranton reliever Tyler Webb tossed a perfect inning in the eighth, then Edgmer Escalona allowed a two-out RBI single to MLB-rehabbing Ryan Lavarnway in the ninth to end the shutout bid. With the tying runners on base, Escalona got Carlos Rivero to fly out to right to end the game and earn his second save.

SEADOGS

Game Story

The Portland Sea Dogs (68-40) needed extra innings, but took down the New Britain Rock Cats (52-54) 8-5 thanks to an unlikely hero in Danny Bethea, Sunday afternoon at New Britain Stadium. The win wraps up the season series, 13-7 in favor of the Sea Dogs.

Leading 5-4 in the eighth, the Rock Cats trotted Cole Johnson out to the mound in hopes of collecting a two inning save. The righty retired the side in order in the eighth, but faltered in the ninth.

Keury De La Cruz stepped in to lead off the final inning and crushed a 1-1 pitch from Johnson over the wall in right field for a game-tying home run, his third big fly of the season.

Pete Ruiz had worked three scoreless innings after Portland's Luis Diaz worked the first five innings, but it was Dayan Diaz who tossed a scoreless ninth and sent the game to extra innings.

Diaz (1-0) and New Britain's Matthew Summers pitched a scoreless 10th, and the game remained tied in the 11th.

Ryan O'Rouke took over for Summers and struggled out of the gate. Michael Almanzar drove a single to left and with one out Jonathan Roof doubled to right and put two on with one out for the 'Dogs. Mike Brenly was intentionally walked, which loaded the bases for Bethea.

The Portland designated hitter had picked up his first Double-A hit, earlier in the game, and faced O'Rourke (1-2) with the sacks packed. Bethea smoked a 3-1 pitch to left field for a double that plated both Almanzar and Roof, giving Portland the 7-5 lead.

Heiker Meneses capped off the scoring in the inning with a sacrifice fly to left, on which Brenly scored, and the Sea Dogs had a three-run 8-5 lead heading to the bottom of the inning.

Noe Ramirez took over for Diaz on the hill for the final inning and became the fourth pitcher used by Billy McMillon on the evening.

The tall, lanky righty gave up a one-out single to Jorge Polanco and Sean Coyle allowed Tony Thomas to reach on an error, putting the tying run at the plate in the form of Eddie Rosario. The centerfielder hit a sharp ground ball up that middle, which Ramirez stabbed and fired to second, starting the game-ending 1-6-3 double play. He earned his twelfth save in as many chances with the scoreless inning.

DRIVE

Game Story

The Greenville Drive (10-27, 44-62) put together a complete performance on Sunday en route to an 8-4 win over the Hagerstown Suns (23-14, 67-40) to take a 2-0 lead in the four-game series.

In his first game back after missing three weeks with an injury, Forrestt Allday had a big night at the plate for the Drive, going 3-4 with a triple and two RBI. Zach Kapstein, Hector Lorenzana, Wendell Rijo and Tim Roberson joined him with two-hit games in a 13-hit offensive attack.

Not to be outdone, Jason Garcia (1-1) delivered a solid outing on the mound, throwing six innings and giving up six hits, two runs and two walks with four strikeouts, while German Taveras allowed one earned run in three innings to collect his first save.

With the score knotted up at two in the top of the fifth, Allday laced an RBI triple to left field to score Manuel Margot, who singled and swiped second off Ryan Ullmann (3-1). Two batters later, Kapstein lined a single to center to plate Allday and make the score 4-2.

Allday struck again in the sixth, smacking a single to center that scored Tim Roberson, who doubled.

SPINNERS

Game Story

The Lowell Spinners jumped out to an early lead but as has been the case all too often this season, the bullpen could not hold on and the bats went quiet, picking up just one hit over the game's final six innings, as Lowell fell to the Brooklyn Cyclones, 9-3, Sunday evening at LeLacheur Park.

Brooklyn (21-22) got on the board right out of the gate, as New York Mets first round draft pick Michael Conforto laced a two-out double down the leftfield line to give the Cyclones a 1-0 lead.

Lowell (19-24) took the lead in the second inning with Mike Meyers creating some offense. After a one-out single, Meyers stole second base, coming into score on a Jordan Procyshen RBI single, before Mauricio Dubon came around to score when Raymel Flores bunt single was throw away, giving the Spinners a 2-1 lead.

The Spinners added a run in the third after Danny Mars led off the inning with a single. After moving to second on a passed ball, Sam Travis singled through the hole to score Mars and extend the Lowell lead to 3-1.

Brooklyn chipped away at the Lowell lead in the fourth inning chasing Reed Reilly from the game after he had got a pair of quick outs, pushing across a run before Mario Alcantara struck out Tucker Tharp to leave the bases loaded and preserve a one-run Spinners lead.

The lead was short-lived however, as the Cyclones would get to Alcantara for a pair of runs in the fifth inning. Michael Bernal, who tortured Spinners' pitching all day long, delivered a two-run single with the bases loaded to give the Cyclones a lead they would not relinquish.

 

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Quite the shit show for Spinners pitching today, with none of the five arms getting the job done. Alcantara did get out of the bases-loaded jam left for him by Reilly, but then proceeded to cough up the lead and take the loss. 15 H and 7 BB for the staff, with 4 pitchers allowing at least 4 baserunners apiece and the 5th (Show) yielding 3 in just 1/3 IP.
 
On the bright side, Danny Mars is now batting .353/.416/.510/.926 on the season in 113 PA. He's hit in 10 straight games and has a 15-game on-base streak, while reaching safely in 25 of 27 games so far.

 

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Jonathan Roof seems to be acquitting himself fairly well in Portland.  He's probably nothing more than org depth as a 25 year old in AA but he seems to be at least worth the Rule V flyer we took on him.
 
Anyone finding it a bit strange just how little power Sam Travis has exhibited so far?  The .296 average is nice, but his ISO looks like that of a middle infielder and a BB rate under 3% is a bit worrisome.

 

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Quite the shit show for Spinners pitching today, with none of the five arms getting the job done. Alcantara did get out of the bases-loaded jam left for him by Reilly, but then proceeded to cough up the lead and take the loss. 15 H and 7 BB for the staff, with 4 pitchers allowing at least 4 baserunners apiece and the 5th (Show) yielding 3 in just 1/3 IP.
 
On the bright side, Danny Mars is now batting .353/.416/.510/.926 on the season in 113 PA. He's hit in 10 straight games and has a 15-game on-base streak, while reaching safely in 25 of 27 games so far.

 
If he qualified, Mars' OPS would rank 4th in the NYPL, with all the guys ahead of him about a year or more older.  Impressive start indeed.