4/21/2024 - Return of the Jedi

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1 p.m.: AA - New Hampshire @ Portland (TBD - Bastardo?)

1:05 p.m.: AAA - Durham @ Worcester (Uwasawa)

1:05 p.m.: A+ - Greenville (Rogers) @ Wilmington

3:05 p.m.: A - Lynchburg @ Salem (Paez)

https://www.milb.com/scores/all/all/redsox

Good to see Jedixson Paez & Dalton Rogers scheduled to be out there as neither have pitched since their 1st starts on April 9th.
 

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Portland has gotten 3 in the 2nd on...

Blaze HBP
Lugo bb
Paulino bb
Binelas 2-run single
Gasper bb
Sikes rbi single

& they picked up a 4th on a Roman GIDP...
 

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Wikelman came in for the 4th inning and struck out 3, with 1 walk. Wasn't expecting a relief appearance by him, but so far so good.

Sea Dogs up 6-2 in the bottom of the 4th now.

Edit: Marcelo doubles in another run, 7-2 now.
 

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The more I think about the Wikelman thing, the more it makes sense to me.

He pitched 2 innings on Monday the 9th & 0.2 innings on Monday the 16th, so there is no real workload reason not to bump him up.

He also struggled last season in the beginning of the year before crushing it later in the year. Moving him to the Sunday slot where the games are usually earlier in the day & thus warmer weather also makes sense.
 

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Uwasawa is done for today for Worcester:

5 IP
1 ER
5 hits
1 bb
7 k

79 pitches, 48 strikes (60.8%)

VLAD Gutierrez in for the 6th. It almost feels like they're competing to see if either can get this Winckowski slot in the rotation next week.
 

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WIKELMAN pitched 3 scoreless innings in relief (Bastardo allowed 2 runs in 3 innings),1 hit, 1 walk, 4 strikeouts.

47 pitches, 32 strikes (68.1%)

Alex Hoppe in for the 7th.
 

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Dalton Rogers pitched 4 good innings, before running into trouble & not making it through the 5th, but all 3 of those runs were unearned.

4.2 IP
4 runs
1 ER
2 hits
2 bb
5 k

81 pitches, 49 strikes (60.5%)

Max Carlson is making his High-A debut & finished out the 5th & is back in for the 6th.

Greenville scored 4 in the top of the 6th, mostly on walks, to tie the game.

View: https://twitter.com/Hunter_Noll/status/1782121901097144478
 

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Uwasawa is done for today for Worcester:

5 IP
1 ER
5 hits
1 bb
7 k

79 pitches, 48 strikes (60.8%)

VLAD Gutierrez in for the 6th. It almost feels like they're competing to see if either can get this Winckowski slot in the rotation next week.
VLAD only pitched 1 inning. 3 walks & a strikeout, but no runs. 30 pitches, 12 strikes.

Jorge Benitez in for the 7th.
 

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WIKELMAN pitched 3 scoreless innings in relief (Bastardo allowed 2 runs in 3 innings),1 hit, 1 walk, 4 strikeouts.

47 pitches, 32 strikes (68.1%)

Alex Hoppe in for the 7th.
Hoppe had a rough inning, 3 runs, 2 earned, a couple hits, a couple walks.
 

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Hoppe had a rough inning, 3 runs, 2 earned, a couple hits, a couple walks.
Ryan Zeferjahn, who has been really good this year, pitched a scoreless 8th & 9th, 1 hit, 1 bb, 5 k's for his 2nd save.

Portland won 8-5.
 

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Ryan Zeferjahn, who has been really good this year, pitched a scoreless 8th & 9th, 1 hit, 1 bb, 5 k's for his 2nd save.

Portland won 8-5.
For a little more context on Zef's season:

4 games
7.2 IP
0 runs
5 hits
1 bb
11 k
1-0 with 2 saves
 

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Philip Sikes was 3-4 with a double.

Mickey Gasper was 1-1 with 3 walks.

Alex Binelas was 1-2 with 2 walks & a steal.

Nick Yorke was 2-5 with a steal.

Matthew Lugo was 1-4 with a double.

Blaze Jordan was 1-4 with a hbp.

Marcelo Mayer was 1-5 with a double.

Roman Anthony was 1-5.

Eddinson Paulino was 0-3 with a walk.
 

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Dalton Rogers pitched 4 good innings, before running into trouble & not making it through the 5th, but all 3 of those runs were unearned.

4.2 IP
4 runs
1 ER
2 hits
2 bb
5 k

81 pitches, 49 strikes (60.5%)

Max Carlson is making his High-A debut & finished out the 5th & is back in for the 6th.
Carlson pitched a scoreless 6th but ran into trouble in the 7th with a hbp, a steal, a sac bunt & a walk.

Caleb Bolden came in & got the next hitter to pop up, but they pulled the double steal to score the eventual winning run, as Greenville lost 5-4.

Bolden retired all 5 batters he faced, striking out 1.
 

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Eduardo Lopez was 1-2 with 2 walks.

Juan Chacon was 1-3 with 2 walks & a steal.

Ronald Rosario was 1-3 with 2 walks.

Ahbram Liendo was 1-5 with a double.

Allan Castro was 0-3 with 2 walks.

Caden Rose & Enderso Lira were 0-3 with 1 walk.

Cutter Coffey was 1-5.
 

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An up & down day for the returning Jedi(xson Paez).

5 IP
5 runs
2 ER
6 hits
2 bb
7 k

77 pitches, 50 strikes (64.9%)

Salem has made 3 errors already today.

CJ Weins, the Red Sox underslot 6th round pick from '23 is making his A-Ball debut & season debut.

He threw 1 scoreless inning in the FCL last season, & so far has 1 scoreless inning this season.
 

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An up & down day for the returning Jedi(xson Paez).

5 IP
5 runs
2 ER
6 hits
2 bb
7 k

77 pitches, 50 strikes (64.9%)

Salem has made 3 errors already today.

CJ Weins, the Red Sox underslot 6th round pick from '23 is making his A-Ball debut & season debut.

He threw 1 scoreless inning in the FCL last season, & so far has 1 scoreless inning this season.
Weins was done after that 1 inning, that included 1 hit, 1 bb & 1 k.

Royman Blanco allowed a homer to the 1st hitter he faced in the 7th.
 

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Weins was done after that 1 inning, that included 1 hit, 1 bb & 1 k.

Royman Blanco allowed a homer to the 1st hitter he faced in the 7th.
Blanco allowed 2 more hits, but got through the rest of the 7th & 8th unscathed.

Isaac Stebens pitched a 1-2-3 9th to lower his ERA to 0.82.

Salem lost 6-2
 

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Nelly T was 2-4 with a double.

BLEIS was 2-5 with a double.

Both Garcia bros are banged up & missed the game today.

Fraymi was 1-3 with a walk & a steal.

Kelvin Diaz was 1-4 in his A-Ball debut.

Juan Montero was 0-2 with a walk & a sac fly.