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[Cuzittt]

Today's Games:

IL: Pawtucket (Anastacio Martinez) vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Mike Smith) [6:05pm]
EL: Portland (David Pauley) @ Akron (TBD) [2:05pm]
CL: Wilmington (Justin Sturge/Tommy Hottovy) vs Frederick (Beau Hale/TBD) [1:35pm]
SAL: Greenville (Kevin Guyette) vs. Rome (Arthur Santos) [7:05pm]
NYPL: Lowell (?JT Zink?) @ Oneonta (TBD) [7:05pm]

-Brandon

[Cuzittt]

Wilmington loses yet another one run game as the Keys wins 2-1 in 8 innings in the first of a double-dip.

Justin Sturge pitched the first 5 innings, giving up 4 hits, a HBP, a WP and a run while striking out 4. Bret Rudrude went the next 2 innings, giving up a hit and 2 walks, striking out one. Kyle Tabeek went the final inning, giving up a hit and 3 walks (one intentional), allowing a run.

Iggy Suarez, Ian Cronkhite and Ian Bladergroen each went 1/3; Suarez and Chronkhite with doubles. Bryan Pritz and Mickey Hall each went 1/4; Pritz with a SB, Hall with a double. Scott White went 0/3 with a walk. Dusty Brown went 0/3 with a SF. Jeff Ontiveros went 0/2 with an intentional walk. Luis Segovia went 0/3.

Boxscore

-Brandon

[Cuzittt]

Portland loses to Akron, 8-3.

Dave Pauley went the first 5 innings, giving up 7 hits and 2 walks (one intentional), allowing 6 runs (5 earned) while striking out 3. Denney Tomori went the next 2 innings, giving up 3 hits and 2 unearned runs, striking out 2. Jim Mann pitched a perfect 8th inning, striking out 2.

Chad Spann had a perfect day and raised his Average to .240 (from below .200 before the day started... the curse of SSS), going 3/3 with a double. Scott Youngbauer went 3/5 with a double and a SB. Jeremy West went 2/4. Jared Sandberg went 1/3 with 2 walks and a SB. Dave Murphy went 1/4. Matt Van der Bosch went 1/5. Brandon Moss went 0/4 with a walk. Zach Borowiak and Jim Buckley each went 0/4. Hanley Ramirez came into the game late and went 0/1.

Boxscore

-Brandon

[CJChap]

I haven't been following him much this season post-injury, but how have Bladergroen and Hall fared since they've been "healthy"?

[Cuzittt]

Wilmington gets swept, losing to Frederick in Game 2 5-2.

Tommy Hottovy went the first 4 1/3 innings, giving up 5 hits (1 HR) and a walk, allowing 4 runs while striking out 4. Travis Rios went the next 1 2/3 innings, giving up a hit and 2 walks, allowing a run while striking out one. Gene Flores pitched the final inning, giving up a hit and striking out one.

Bryan Pritz led the offense, going 2/3. Dusty Brown went 1/3 with a walk. Ian Bladergroen, Bret Levier and Luis Segovia each went 0/2 with a walk. Mickey Hall, Scott White, Claudio Arias and Ian Cronkhite each went 0/3.

Boxscore

-Brandon

[Cuzittt]

Pawsox come back with a 5 run 8th inning to defeat Scranton, 9-7.

Anastacio Martinez went the first 5 innings, giving up 6 hits (1 HR), a HBP, 7 runs (5 earned) while striking out 2. Charlie Zink went the next 3 innings, giving up 3 walks and a HBP. Tim Bausher went the final inning, giving up a hit and striking out one.

Adam Hyzdu led the offense, going 3/4 with a HR. George Lombard went 2/5. Justin Sherrod went 1/2 with a walk and a HBP. Dustin Pedroia went 1/3 with a walk and a HBP. Shawn Wooten went 1/4. Dave Berg went 1/1 with a Pinch Hit 8th inning Grand Slam! (HR #3) Mike Lockwood went 0/2 with 2 walks. Jeff Bailey and Tony Schrager each went 0/4. Chuck Jeroloman went 0/3.

Boxscore

-Brandon

[Cuzittt]

Greenville continues their end of season dominance, defeating Rome 7-2.

Kevin Guyette went the first 4 innings, giving up 3 hits and a walk, striking out 2. Kyle Fernandes makes his A-Ball debut, going the next 3 1/3 innings, giving up 2 Solo HRs, allowing 2 runs while striking out 2. Brian Marshall went the final 1 2/3 innings, giving up a hit and striking out one.

John Otness, Chris Turner and Matt Ciaramella each went 2/4; Matt with 2 doubles, Chris with a triple and John with a double and HR #12. Jeff Natale and Tony Granadillo each went 1/4; Natale with a double. Salvador Paniagua went 1/3 with a walk. Jeff Corsaletti went 1/5. Andrew Pinckney went 0/3 with a walk. Christian Lara went 0/4.

Boxscore

-Brandon

[Cuzittt]

Lowell loses again, this time to Oneonta, 3-2... and loses the Wild Card lead to Williamsport.

JT Zink went the first 4 innings, giving up 3 hits and a run, striking out 2. Tim Cox went the next 4 innings, giving up 7 hits and 2 walks, allowing 2 runs while striking out 6.

Jed Lowrie led the offense, going 3/4. Jacoby Ellsbury went 2/4 with a double. Dustin Kelly went 1/3 with a walk. Jason Twomley went 1/4. Jay Johnson, Yahmed Yema, and Matt Mercurio each went 0/4. Willy Mota and Pat Perry each went 0/3. Mike Leonard went 0/1 in a Pinch Hitting appearance.

Boxscore

-Brandon

Edited by Cuzittt, 04 September 2005 - 09:54 PM.

[DieHard3]

Jed Lowrie really looks like he could potentially be a real steal, doesn't he?

[Eric Van]

Zink with the new knuckler grip:

16 5 1 0 9 14

[Hendu Candu]

Jed Lowrie really looks like he could potentially be a real steal, doesn't he?

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He looks pretty good but I don't think we can call him a "steal" -- he was a first-round supplemental pick from a major college conference ... he should be expected to dominate in the NY-Penn League.

[lonborgski]

He looks pretty good but I don't think we can call him a "steal" -- he was a first-round supplemental pick from a major college conference ... he should be expected to dominate in the NY-Penn League.

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I am very optimistic about Lowrie. He, Ellsbury and Pedroia all had very good years in 2004 in the PAC-10. Pedroia and Lowry over 1.000 OPS.

Lowrie had a poor summer league year last summer with wooden bats--the Alaskan summer league, I think. He then had a bit of an off-year at Stanford as a Junior in 2005, so he slipped in the draft.

He could be better than Pedroia (more power) and could be as good a prospect as Ellsbury. He has been playing SS at Lowell, but played 2B at Stanford. If he continues to play SS next year, his stock could really rise.

Any scouting reports on Lowrie's defense at SS?

[Cuzittt]

Game Stories:

Pawsox + Notebook

PawSox catcher Kelly Shoppach (ankle) was originally scheduled to catch five innings yesterday, but was not in the starting lineup. He was injured in a collision at Ottawa on Tuesday and has not played since. He is slated to join the Red Sox after the PawSox concludes their season today. Shoppach has been working out with team trainer Greg Barajas,  running sprints in the outfield, and has been taking batting practice. He caught Tim Kester  's bullpen session with no ill effects on Saturday. Shoppach and right-handed reliever Manny Delcarmen  will be the final two call-ups, barring injury.

Seadogs

After an 8-3 loss Sunday to Akron in a matchup of Eastern League division winners, the Portland Sea Dogs had to wait a couple hours to find out they'd be facing Trenton in the first round of the playoffs.

Blue Rocks

It was their fifth straight loss and 10th in 13 games. The losses also guaranteed the Rocks (29-40 second half, 60-79 overall) the worst record in franchise history. The Rocks' previous worst record was 62-78 in 1997.

Bombers

Reliever Kyle Fernandes (1-0) earned the win in his first appearance of the year for the Bombers. Fernandes was promoted to Greenville from "R" Lowell earlier in the day. He gave up two runs on back-to-back eighth inning solo homers by Cole Armstrong and Jaime Trejo. Prior to the blasts, Fernandes had retired the first nine batters he faced.

New attendance record in Pawtucket

McCoy Stadium is a special place to watch a baseball game.

And last night the fans proved that fact again as the PawSox, purchased by Ben Mondor in December 1976, set a franchise record for attendance for the second consecutive season. The team also leads the International League in the same category.

Last season, 668,259 fans walked through the turnstiles at McCoy. The club needed only 900 fans at last night's game to surpass that mark. In fact, 10,709 fans attended the second-to-last game of the 2005 season, bringing the season total to 678,848.

Dogs reflect organization gains

When the Portland Sea Dogs arrived from spring training, two words came to mind: prospects and expectations.

The Sea Dogs had plenty of top prospects from a rebuilding Red Sox farm system and, thus, expectations were high.

Now that the Sea Dogs are Eastern League Northern Division champions with their aim on the league title, two more words pop up: stability and replacements.

Portland remained in first place because it kept the core of its roster together, while finding the right pieces to fill gaps.

Gary Galvez article

-Brandon

Edited by Cuzittt, 05 September 2005 - 09:12 AM.