4/24 MiLB Gameday: Ranaudo in a Noon Tilt

[Cuzittt]

Today's Games:

IL:Pawtucket (Anthony Ranaudo) vs. Rochester (Kris Johnson) [12:05 pm]
EL: Portland (Keith Couch) @ Binghamton (Greg Peavey)[6:35pm]
CL:Salem (TBD) vs. Lynchburg (Andrew Waszak) [7:05pm]
SAL: Greenville (Teddy Stankiewicz) vs. Lexington (TBD) [7:05pm]
NYPL: Lowell - Opening Day - June 13th vs. Vermont
GCL: GCL Sox - Opening Day - June 20th vs GCL Twins
DSL: DSL Sox - Opening Day - May 31st

Notes:

Will Middlebrooks expected to continue his rehab with the Pawsox.

Mookie Betts has reached safely in 45 consecutive games.


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

 

[LeftyTG]

aaaaaaannndddd Mookie already with a ground rule double.  He's a machine.

 

[Plympton91]

I knew it was a bad sign for Ranaudo when there weren't a bunch of posts in this thread this afternoon. Yuk. And could someone explain what the fascination was supposed to be with Hinojosa?

 

[Cuzittt]

Pawsox lose 8-1.

Boxscore

Anthony Ranaudo went 3 innings, allowing 3 runs (2 earned) on 6 hits and 4 walks; striking out 4. Jeremy Kehrt went 4 innings, allowing 4 runs (2 earned) on 6 hits and a walk; striking out 2. Dalier Hinojosa went an inning, allowing a run on a hit and a walk; striking out one. Alex Wilson pitched an inning, striking out one.

Bryce Brentz went 2/4. Ryan Roberts went 1/4. Dan Butler and Mike McCoy each went 0/2 with 2 walks. Alex Hassan, Will Middlebrooks, Ryan Lavarnway, Christian Vazquez and Heiker Meneses each went 0/4.

 

[uncannymanny]

aaaaaaannndddd Mookie already with a ground rule double.  He's a machine.

Only hitting .372 against RHP. Total bust.

 

[snowmanny]

Only hitting .372 against RHP. Total bust.

His OPS is 700 points lower against RHP.  Strictly a platoon player.

 

[Cuzittt]

Portland loses 5-4 in 10 innings.

Boxscore

Keith Couch went 6 innings, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits and 3 walks; striking out 2. Nate Reed went an inning, allowing 2 runs on 3 hits (1 HR) and a walk. Jose Valdez went 2 innings, giving up 3 hits and striking out 3. Miguel Celestino went 1/3rd of an inning, allowing a run on a hit, walk and WP.

Peter Hissey went 2/4 with a SB. Deven Marrero and Stefan Welch each went 2/5; Marrero with a SB. Shannon Wilkerson went 1/3 with a HBP and a SB. Mookie Betts went 1/4 with a double and a SF. Henry Ramos went 1/4. Travis Shaw went 1/5. Carlos Rivero went 0/4. Blake Swihart went 0/5.

 

[Cuzittt]

Drive win 9-4.

Boxscore

Teddy Stankiewicz went 6 innings, allowing 3 runs on 3 hits and a walk; striking out 3. Joe Gunkel went 2 innings, allowing an unearned run on 2 walks; striking out one. Taylor Grover went a perfect 9th.

Bo Greenwell went 4/5 with 2 HRs and a CS. Jantzen Witte went 2/4 with a SF. Jimmy Rider went 2/5 with a triple and a SB. Wendell Rijo went 1/2 with 2 walks. Jordan Weems went 1/3 with a walk and a SB. Jake Romanski went 1/5. Carlos Asuaje went 0/2 with 2 walks and a SB. Manuel Margot and Zach Kapstein each went 0/4.

 

[Cuzittt]

Salem wins 8-5.

Boxscore

Pat Light went 3 2/3 innings, allowing 4 runs on 7 hits and a walk; striking out 4. Kyle Stroup went 1 1/3 innings, allowing a run on 2 hits and a walk; striking out one. Justin Haley went the final 4 innings, giving up a hit and a walk; striking out one.

David Chester went 4/5 with a triple and a HR. Matty Johnson went 2/4 with a walk. Aneury Tavarez went 2/4 with 2 triples. Ryan Dent went 2/5 with a double and a triple. Reed Gragnani went 1/2 with 2 walks. Jonathan Roof went 1/4 with a SF. Carson Blair went 0/2 with a walk and a SF. Kevin Heller went 0/3 with a walk. Mario Martinez went 0/4.

 

[Cuzittt]

STORIES

PAWSOX

Game Story

Former Pawtucket hurler Kris Johnson allowed only one unearned run in six innings of work and the Rochester offense exploded for seven runs in the first four innings as the Red Wings topped the PawSox, 8-1, Thursday afternoon in front of 5,305 fans at sunny but windy McCoy Stadium.

The Red Wings (11-9) collected 20 baserunners in the victory - 13 hits, six walks and one reaching on error. Johnson (2-2), who pitched in Pawtucket from 2009-11 while a Red Sox farmhand, allowed only three hits and recorded six strikeouts. Reliever Matt Johnson retired all nine batters he faced to finish the three-hitter.

Rochester scored two runs in the first against PawSox starter Anthony Ranaudo (1-2) as the first four batters of the game reached base including Wilkin Ramirez's RBI single. With one out, Eduardo Nunez lifted a sacrifice fly to make the score 2-0.

After the Red Wings plated an unearned run in the third on left fielder Bryce Brentz's fielding error, Ranaudo was lifted in favor of Jeremy Kehrt at the start of the fourth. Rochester promptly scored four times in the fourth to blow the game open.

Ramirez's second RBI single of the game opened the scoring in the inning, and one batter later Brad Nelson hit a grounder that resulted in second-baseman Ryan Roberts' fielding error that plated a run to make the score 5-0. With two outs, Eric Farris lined a two-run triple to right to cap the rally.

Ranaudo allowed three runs, two earned, on six hits in three innings of work with four walks and four strikeouts. Kehrt permitted four runs, also two earned, on six hits in four innings pitched. Mike McCoy's bases-loaded walk in the sixth plated the only run of the game for Pawtucket.

SEADOGS

Game Story

Binghamton had threats throughout the game. The Mets rallied with single runs in the seventh and eighth innings to force the tie.

After going down 1-2-3 for the only time in the game in the ninth, Binghamton pulled out the win in the 10th.

Cory Vaughn, who finished 3 for 4 with a walk, opened the 10th with a double to right-center field.

Dustin Lawley reached on a walk.

With pinch-hitter Kyle Johnson trying to bunt, Miguel Celestino (0-1) let loose a wild pitch to move both runners into scoring position.

Johnson then lifted a fly to center to easily score the decisive run.

“Any time we have guys on base, we feel we have a good chance to score,” Vaughn said after the Mets produced 12 hits and had five other batters reached on walks.

“We have a lot of guys who can drive runs in.”

Each of the first four players in the Binghamton order drove in one run, including Matt Clark’s game-tying home run to start the bottom of the eighth, before Johnson came off the bench to drive in the winner.

Binghamton’s comeback prevented Keith Couch from becoming the Eastern League’s first 4-0 pitcher this year and improving to 12-1 in 19 career Double-A starts.

The Mets also ended the Sea Dogs’ six-game winning streak.

While away from home for nine days, the Sea Dogs had won five straight, had two games postponed and sat out another scheduled off day.

The Sea Dogs still have the league’s best record at 12-5.

“They have a good team with a lot of good hitters and a good pitching staff,” Vaughn said. “They go about their business the right way.”

SALEM

Game Story

Needing only a double for the cycle, Salem’s David Chester had only one problem in the seventh inning Thursday night: He hit the ball too hard.

Chester fell just short of the feat when he was tagged out at second after hitting a rocket off the wall – one of the few disappointments for him and Red Sox in an 8-5 victory over Lynchburg in front of 3,601 at Salem Memorial Ballpark.

“I’ve been thrown out a couple times off that wall,” Chester said with a smile. “I hit it down the line, which is the only reason I thought I had a chance. Honestly, I was definitely trying for it. I knew in the back of my mind that was there, and he just made a good play on it.”

BIG NIGHT: There was no reason to be bummed. Chester homered for the second straight game, hit an RBI triple in Salem’s pivotal fifth inning and finished 4 for 5 to pace a 12-hit Sox attack.

But given that the 6-foot-5, 255-pound first baseman had gotten the triple out of the way – “just the second of my life,” he said – the clubhouse was pulling hard for him to beat the throw from Hillcats left fielder Josh Elander.

“Oh, you have no idea, man,” Sox pitcher Justin Haley said. “Hey, up one run, he hits a seed to left field? I’m fine with him not stopping at first base. I want him trying to get to second. I was cheering him on to turn on a second gear and get that double, man.”

TRIPLE THREAT: Chester wasn’t the only player with a three-bagger. The Sox had four of them Thursday, including one by Aneury Tavarez in the fifth inning that put Salem ahead to stay. Tavarez added another RBI triple in the seventh inning, and Ryan Dent had a run-scoring triple in the third.

SWEET RELIEF: Normally a starter, Haley piggybacked on Pat Light’s first Salem outing to toss four scoreless innings out of the bullpen. He allowed just one hit and one walk.

DRIVE

Game Story

Greenwell went 4-for-5 with a pair of home runs and four runs-batted-in to lead Greenville to a 9-4 win over Lexington in front of 4,786 at Fluor Field.

He needed just two pitches to collect his first two home runs of the season. Greenwell, who's hit a home run in each game of a doubleheader but never before two in the same game, sent the first pitch of bottom of the first to the Lexington bullpen for a 1-0 lead.

"We had a good scouting report on (Lexington starter Luke Farrell)," Greenwell said. "Timing was right. I took a good swing on it. If you're going to swing first pitch, you better hit it hard."

In the second inning with a run already in and Wendell Rijo on base, Greenwell hit the first pitch he saw deep to right field for a 4-0 advantage.

"Obviously, it felt really good, especially back-to-back like that," he said.

Greenville manager Darren Fenster said, "He swung the bat real well. Picked up a big RBI later in the game."

Drive starter Teddy Stankiewicz (3-1) continued to pitch well, though his scoreless inning streak ended at 15-and-one-third innings when the Legends scored three times in the fifth.

He threw six innings, allowing those three runs along with three hits.

 

[Detts]

Note from Drive game:
 
Farrell (0-2), the son of Boston manager John Farrell, took the loss for the Legends.