7/5 MiLB Gameday: Owens and Wilkerson

[Cuzittt]

Today's Games:

IL:Pawtucket (Henry Owens) vs. Syracuse (TBD) [5:05pm]
EL: Portland (Justin Haley) @ Binghamton (TBD) [6:35pm]
CL:Salem (Aaron Wilkerson) @ Lynchburg (Luis Lugo) [2:05pm]
SAL: Greenville (Jeffry Fernandez) vs. Savannah (Ricky Knapp) [4:05pm]
NYPL: Lowell (TBD) @ Tri-City (Trent Thornton) [5:05pm]
GCL: GCL Sox - OFF
DSL: DSL Sox - OFF
DSL: DSL Sox 2 - OFF

Notes:

7/3 Minor League Report


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

 

[budcrew08]

Checking out the Spinners tonight and first round pick Andrew Benitendi.

 

[RoDaddy]

Look forward to your report, budcrew.  We hope to catch tomorrow night's game, in part to see Benintendi and Ramos before they're promoted

 

[Cuzittt]

Salem wins 5-3.

Boxscore

Aaron Wilkerson went 6 innings, allowing 2 runs on 4 hits and 3 walks; striking out 9. Kyle Kaminska went 3 innings, allowing a run on 4 hits; striking out 3.

Mauricio Dubon went 1/2 with a double, SB and two walks. Mario Martinez went 1/3 with a double and a walk. Jordan Betts and Zach Kapstein each went 1/4. Jose Vinicio went 1/5 with a CS. Kevin Heller went 0/1 with 2 walks, a SB and a HBP. Yoilan Cerse and Derek Miller each went 0/4 with a walk. Jordan Weems went 0/4.

 

[Cuzittt]

Pawsox lose 4-1.

Boxscore

Henry Owens went 6 2/3 innings, allowing 4 runs on 4 hits (1 HR), a WP and 2 walks; striking out 7. Dayan Diaz went 1 1/3 innings, giving up a hit and a WP; striking out one.

Luis Martinez and Mike Miller each went 1/3; Miller with a double. Daniel Nava went 1/3 with a SB before being replaced by Quintin Berry who went 0/1. Travis Shaw went 1/4. Jemile Weeks went 0/2 with a HBP. Rusney Castillo and Allen Craig each went 0/3 with a walk. Carlos Peguero and Garin Cecchini each went 0/4.

 

[Cuzittt]

Sea Dogs win 6-1.

Boxscore

Justin Haley went 6 innings, giving up 5 hits and a walk; striking out 6. Williams Jerez went 2 innings, walking 2. Madison Younginer went an inning, allowing an unearned run on a walk and a WP.

Sam Travis and Jantzen Witte each went 1/3 with a SF; Witte with a double, Travis with a SB. Manuel Margot went 1/3 with a triple and a walk. Marco Hernandez, Carlos Asuaje, Aneury Tavarez, Jake Romanski, and Cole Sturgeon each went 1/4; Sturgeon and Tavarez with CS. Oscar Tejeda went 0/4.

 

[Cuzittt]

Drive lose 8-6.

Boxscore

Jeffry Fernandez went 5 innings, allowing 6 runs on 7 hits (1 HR), 3 walks and a HBP; striking out 2. Michael Gunn went 2 innings, giving up a hit and 2 walks; striking out 2. Ryan Harris went 2 innings, allowing 2 runs on 3 hits (1 HR), 2 walks and a WP; striking out 2.

Joseph Monge went 4/4 with a double and a SB. Yoan Moncada went 2/4 with a double and a SF. David Sopilka went 2/4. Bryan Hudson, Nick Longhi, and Javier Guerra each went 2/5; Longhi with a double. Cisco Tellez went 1/5 with a double. Carlos Mesa went 0/4. Rafael Devers went 0/5.

 

[Cuzittt]

Lowell loses in 14, 6-5.

Boxscore

Luis Ramos went 5 2/3 innings, allowing 4 runs on 6 hits, 2 WPs and a walk; striking out 6. Randy Perez went 3 1/3 innings, giving up a hit and 2 walks; striking out 2. Daniel Zandona went 2 innings, allowing a run on 4 hits and 2 walks (1 IBB); striking out one. Taylor Nunez pitched a perfect 12th. Infielder Aneudis Peralta went 1+ innings, allowing a run on 2 hits and 3 walks.

Alex McKeon went 2/6 with a HR. Victor Acosta went 2/7 with a HR. Chad de la Guerra went 1/4 with a HR and 3 walks. Andrew Benintendi went 1/5 with 2 walks. Mitchell Gunsolus went 1/5 with a walk. Henry Ramos went 1/5 with a sacrifice before being replaced by Jordon Austin who went 0/1. Hector Lorenzana went 1/6 with a HR. Luis Alexander Basabe went 0/5 with 2 walks and a CS. Josh Ockimey went 0/6 with a walk.

 

[budcrew08]

I thought Benintendi looked good in center and pretty good at the plate too, a good eye. Overall, there were a ton of struggles with RISP, as 4 of the 5 runs were scored on solo homers. The catcher McKeon was pretty good, as was the Acosta kid. They only used four regular pitchers before putting in the infielder to pitch in the 13th, wasn't sure why.

 

[jscola85]

I don't think there is a single interesting hitter in Salem at this point.  Hopefully all those Greenville All Stars make their way to Virginia sometime this month.
 
Moncada continues his hot streak - that's his fifth multi-hit game in his last 10 starts.  Has raised his average from the Mendoza line to a more-respectable .242 and pulled his OPS up almost 100 points.

 

[Cesar Crespo]

Dubon is interesting, but just promoted. Wendell Rijo was. Lin has an ops north of .760 since May 1st with over 200ab and is still only 21.

At least Portland is more interesting now.

 

[Cuzittt]

I don't think there is a single interesting hitter in Salem at this point.  Hopefully all those Greenville All Stars make their way to Virginia sometime this month.
 

Ummm... they have. Dubon, Procyshen and Miller. All in Salem. The wait for Devers will be a little longer.

 

[Quintanariffic]

Ummm... they have. Dubon, Procyshen and Miller. All in Salem. The wait for Devers will be a little longer.

 
In fairness, if that's what passes as interesting, then I'm with jscola.  None of those guys are Top 15 prospects in this system, and it will be pretty surprising if any of them end up as even major league back-ups.

 

[Detts]

The Drive record the last 3 years:
 
2012  66-73
2013  51-87
2014  60-79
 
There has been some talent, but it moved up quick.  This was bound to happen to Salem eventually.
 
Thankfully Greenville is stacked this year which could lead to a stacked Salem next year.
 
At least Salem still has Jordan Weems.

 

[Cuzittt]

In fairness, if that's what passes as interesting, then I'm with jscola.  None of those guys are Top 15 prospects in this system, and it will be pretty surprising if any of them end up as even major league back-ups.

He asked for the All-Stars. He got the All-Stars. I never said it was interesting. (Of course, I find all the prospects interesting and potentially fantastic.)