9/10 MiLB Gameday: Governor's Cup Final, Game 2

[Cuzittt]

Today's Games:

IL:Pawtucket (Brian Johnson) vs. Durham (Alex Colome) [7:05pm]

EL: Portland - Season Complete
CL:Salem - Season Complete
SAL: Greenville - Season Complete
NYPL: Lowell - Season Complete
GCL: GCL Sox - Season Complete - GCL Champions
DSL: DSL Sox - Season Complete - DSL Runner-Ups


Notes:

Rusney Castillo is expected to be with Pawtucket for the IL Playoffs today.

Playoff Games:

Pawtucket leads Durham, 1-0

Portland lose EL Semifinals, 3-2.

Salem lose CL Semifinals, 2-1.

GCL Sox won the GCL Championship 2-1 over the Yankees.

DSL Sox lose Championship Series, 3-1.


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

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

cross posted from the 9/9 thread:
 
3658 in attendance at McCoy last night.  I'm going tonight, should be easy to get parking, great seats, and to see Brian Johnson make his AAA debut.  And Rusney!

 

[Heating up in the bullpen]

PawSox up 3-2 after 6. Lavarnway groundout scored Rusney Castillo (single) in the 1st, then Corey Brown homered with DeJesus aboard in the second. Brian Johnson went 6 innings, giving up 2 runs on a 3rd inning 2-run shot by Mikie Mahtook. 4 hits and 3 walks for Johnson to go along with 7 Ks as he threw 58 of 95 pitches for strikes.

 

[Heating up in the bullpen]

Celestino sets the Bulls down in order in the top of the 7th with 2 Ks and a liner to Marrero.
PawSox go 1-2-3 as well: a Castillo grounder to short, a Justin Henry fly out to left, and a Brentz groundout to the pitcher.

 

[Heating up in the bullpen]

Anybody going to any of the games in Durham?

 

[Heating up in the bullpen]

Celestino mows them down again: grounder to short, foul pop to first, and swinging K. Still 3-2 PawSox going to the bottom of the 8th.

 

[Heating up in the bullpen]

Tough night for Travis Shaw, 0-4 with 4 Ks. He's the first out of the 8th.

 

[Heating up in the bullpen]

Lavarnway one-out single is all for the PawSox in the 8th. Hembree in to close it out.

 

[Heating up in the bullpen]

Hembree gives up a one-out homer to Vince Belnome to tie the score.

 

[Heating up in the bullpen]

Nick Franklin single to right.

 

[Heating up in the bullpen]

Chris Hernandez comes in to face Wilson Betemit (pinch hitting for the catcher).

 

[Heating up in the bullpen]

Hernandez doesn't get the call on a close 3-2 pitch, Betemit walks, Franklin to second. But he gets Fontenot to ground into a 4-6-3 double play. Going to the bottom of the 9th tied at 3.
 

 

[Heating up in the bullpen]

PawSox have 8-9-1 coming up. Brown is 2-3 with a homer, Marrero 1-3, Rusney 1-3 with a walk.

 

[Heating up in the bullpen]

Brown doubles to center on a liner that CF Justin Christian almost caught on a diving try. Marrero sacrifices him to 3rd.
Rusney pops up to shallow right - no chance for Brown to try to score. Two outs for Justin Henry.
Henry grounds out 1b to pitcher. Going to 10.

 

[1918stabbedbyfoulke]

It really looked like Pawtucket got a gift on that double play call in the top of the ninth. The batter looked like he was easily safe at first.

 

[Heating up in the bullpen]

Rusney's night is over. Hassan comes in for him playing right, with Brown moving to center.
John Ely in. Walks Justin Christian on five pitches. Figueroa sacrifices him to 2nd. Mahtook grounds out to short, Christian holding at 2nd. Ely intentionally walks Jeremy Moore, then strikes out Tim Beckham on a questionable (according to Bulls radio guy) check swing one pitch after lining one just foul to left.
PawSox have Brentz (0-3 with a walk), Shaw (0-4 with 4 Ks) and Lavarnway (2-4) coming up in the bottom of the 10th.

 

[1918stabbedbyfoulke]

Brentz down swinging.

 

[1918stabbedbyfoulke]

Does Castillo have a 10:30 curfew or something? Why was he removed?

 

[Heating up in the bullpen]

Gotta
 

Does Castillo have a 10:30 curfew or something? Why was he removed?

Gotta figure an innings limit. I read earlier that he's supposed to get the day off tomorrow. They're handling him pretty carefully (which seems weird to me, but I guess he hasn't played in a couple years).

 

[1918stabbedbyfoulke]

Gotta
 

Gotta figure an innings limit. I read earlier that he's supposed to get the day off tomorrow. They're handling him pretty carefully (which seems weird to me, but I guess he hasn't played in a couple years).

He should be well rested then.

 

[1918stabbedbyfoulke]

Tight zone tonight.

 

[Heating up in the bullpen]

Shaw pops to short on the 10th pitch of his at-bat.

 

[Heating up in the bullpen]

Tight zone tonight.

Are you at the game?

 

[1918stabbedbyfoulke]

No, I'm watching on the Durham channel in Fayetteville, NC

 

[1918stabbedbyfoulke]

Two out rally time!

 

[Heating up in the bullpen]

Lavarnway walks.

 

[Heating up in the bullpen]

Cecchini singles to left, Lavarnway to 2nd.

 

[1918stabbedbyfoulke]

Are you at the game? This was my first year in many where we did not take vacation and get in a game at McCoy.

 

[Heating up in the bullpen]

DeJesus walks. Bases loaded for Corey Brown (3-4 with a single, double and homer).

 

[Heating up in the bullpen]

Are you at the game? This was my first year in many where we did not take vacation and get in a game at McCoy.

I'm listening to the radio (on the computer) and following GameDay in Pittsboro, NC - three counties north of you.

 

[1918stabbedbyfoulke]

We go to 11.

 

[Heating up in the bullpen]

Brown strikes out swinging, leaving the bases juiced. We go to 11.

 

[1918stabbedbyfoulke]

You don't get the MeTV channel? It is channel 1250 on twc in Fayetteville.

 

[Heating up in the bullpen]

You don't get the MeTV channel? It is channel 1250 on twc in Fayetteville.

No cable.

 

[Heating up in the bullpen]

Ely's arm just fell off. 3-1 count to Ali Solis with one out and Belnomi on 1st. Verdugo coming in.

 

[1918stabbedbyfoulke]

What about over the air? I think it is channel 50.2 over the air.

 

[1918stabbedbyfoulke]

Ugh!

 

[1918stabbedbyfoulke]

Ely's arm just fell off. 3-1 count to Ali Solis with one out and Belnomi on 1st. Verdugo coming in.

Verdugo took that off the forearm.

 

[Heating up in the bullpen]

Catcher's interference puts Solis on. Fontenot follows with an rbi single to right. Then Christian lines one off Verdugo's back, which Marrero fields and gets the out at first. 2nd and 3rd with 2 out.

 

[Heating up in the bullpen]

What about over the air? I think it is channel 50.2 over the air.

We're on the edge of the range. We sometimes get it, but not tonight.

 

[Heating up in the bullpen]

Verdugo strikes out Figueroa. PawSox coming up down 4-3: Marrero (1-3), Hassan (in for Rusney), and Henry (0-3 with 2 BB).

 

[1918stabbedbyfoulke]

Good K by Verdugo to stop the bleeding. Now it is time for the offense to wake up and get a run.

 

[1918stabbedbyfoulke]

We're on the edge of the range. We sometimes get it, but not tonight.

That's too bad. I would have thought you were close enough to get it consistently.

 

[1918stabbedbyfoulke]

Henry walks. Brentz has a chance to play the hero.

 

[1918stabbedbyfoulke]

Brentz just missed that meatball.

 

[Heating up in the bullpen]

Two outs for Brentz. Marrero lined out (shoestring catch by Moore in right), Hassan flied out.

 

[1918stabbedbyfoulke]

Game over. I'm out.

 

[Heating up in the bullpen]

Brentz goes down swinging. Coming down to Durham tied at 1-1. They'll be playing at least Thursday and Friday down here. If they make it to Saturday, I'll be there.

 

[1918stabbedbyfoulke]

Friday will likely be a rainout. Now I'm out.

 

[Heating up in the bullpen]

PawSox lose 4-3, scoring all three in the first two innings off Bulls starter Alex Colume (who was replaced after recording just 4 outs) then being shut out by the Bulls pen for 9.2 innings.
Brian Johnson went 6 full, throwing 58 of 95 pitches for strikes, giving up 4 hits (including a 2-run homer) and 3 walks to go with 7 Ks. Celestino went 2 hit-less/walk-less innings with 3 Ks; he threw 26 pitches, 16 for strikes. Hembree blew the save in the 9th, going 0.1 inning, giving up the game-tying homer and a single with 1 K; 10 of his 15 pitches were strikes. Hernandez went 0.2, giving up a walk and getting a double-play grounder; 8 pitches, 3 strikes. Ely went 1.1 with 3 BBs and 2 Ks and being charged with the game-losing run (unearned because of the catcher's interference call); he threw only 14 strikes in 33 pitches. Verdugo went 0.2 with 1 hit and 1 K; 12 strikes on 15 pitches.
 
Castillo (single) and DeJesus (triple) were both 1-4 with a walk and a run. Brentz and Shaw were 0-5, Brentz with a walk and 2 Ks, Shaw with 4 Ks. Justin Henry was 0-3 with 3 walks; Lavarnway 2-4 with a walk and rbi; Cecchini 1-5 with a K; Brown 3-5 with a double and home run, 2 rbis and a K; Marrero 1-4 with 2 Ks and a sacrifice; Hassan (coming in for Castillo in the 10th) 0-1.