8/31 MiLB Gameday: Rusney Castillo Debuts

[Cuzittt]

Today's Games:

IL:Pawtucket (Henry Owens) vs. Syracuse (TBD) [6:05pm]
EL: Portland (Eduardo Rodriguez) vs. Harrisburg (Zach Kroenke) [1:05pm]
CL:Salem (TBD) @ Wilmington (Miguel Almonte) [1:35pm]
SAL: Greenville (Daniel McGrath) vs. Lexington (Matt Alvarez) [7:05pm]
NYPL: Lowell (Jeffry Fernandez) vs. Connecticut (Fernando Perez) [4:05pm]
GCL: GCL Sox vs. GCL Yankees1 [12:00pm]
DSL: DSL Sox - ???
Notes:

Rusney Castillo is expected to begin his Sox career with the GCL Sox.

Playoff Games:

2st of 3 in the GCL for the GCL Championship... Sox up 1-0.

DSL Sox moved on to the Championship series. It may start today or Monday... MiLB.com isn't so good with this.

Playoff Races:

Pawsox Magic Number for the Wild Card is 1. Pawsox win, they are in. There is no other scenario which puts them in today (Both Buffalo and Rochester have a tragic number of 1... and play each other).

Salem had everything work for them last night... and are in the playoffs.

Lowell's loss last night takes them out of the playoff hunt, joining Greenville on the outside looking in.

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

 

[Korady]

Any way to watch the GCL game tomorrow? 

 

[mabrowndog]

DSL Sox moved on to the Championship series. It may start today or Monday... MiLB.com isn't so good with this.

 
According to this translation, it starts today.
 

[SIZE=medium]The Final Series 2014 will begin on Sunday morning at the home of the Rangers 1 champions, best of five scheduled clashes in consecutive days and from 10:30 am.[/SIZE]

 
Yet the MiLB affiliates scoreboard still shows nothing. So who knows.

 

[mabrowndog]

DSL is in fact playing this morning, and the game's underway.
 
Box Score
Play by Play

 

[mabrowndog]

Any way to watch the GCL game tomorrow? 

 
Rob Bradford just tweeted the link to this live stream. No idea if it's reliable, or how long it'll be up.

 

[Korady]

 
Rob Bradford just tweeted the link to this live stream. No idea if it's reliable, or how long it'll be up.

 
Thank you!

 

[mabrowndog]

Samir El Halaby picked the perfect time to log his best outing of the season. He entered this morning's action with a 4.30 season ERA in 37.2 innings.
 
Today? Four scoreless innings in relief (4 H, 0 BB, 3 K). He came in with the bases loaded and no outs in the 6th, allowing one of the runners to score on a ground-out, but retired the side in order. Then he whiffed the final two batters to close out the Game 1 road victory for the DSL Sox, and got credit for the W.

 

[Cuzittt]

DSL Sox win 4-1.

Boxscore

Enmanuel de Jesus went 4 2/3 innings, giving up 4 hits, a HBP and 2 walks; striking out 3. Alejandro Rodriguez went 1/3rd of an inning, allowing a run on 2 hits and a walk. Samir el Halaby went the final 4, giving up 3 hits and 3 WPs; striking out 4.

Gerardo Carrizalez went 1/2 with 2 walks. Raiwinson Lameda went 1/3 with a double and 2 walks. Luis Alejandro Basabe and Carlos Tovar each went 1/4 with a double and a walk. Yoan Aybar went 1/4 with a double. Luis Yovera and Juan Hernandez each went 0/3 with a walk. Roldani Baldwin and Isaias Lucena each went 0/4 with a walk.

 

[Cuzittt]

GCL Sox lose 6-5, 3rd and final game tomorrow.

Boxscore

Gabe Speier went 4 2/3 innings, allowing 4 runs on 3 hits and 3 walks; striking out 5. Jalen Beeks went 2 1/3 innings, allowing 2 runs on 3 hits (1 HR) and a walk; striking out one. Taylor Nunez faced 2 batters, giving up a hit and a walk. Keivin Heras went 2 innings, giving up 2 hits, an intentional walk and a WP.

Rusney Castillo went 1/2 with a CS before being replaced by Michael Chavis who went 1/3 with a double. Trenton Kemp went 2/4. Victor Acosta went 1/3 with a double and a HBP and was picked off. Josh Ockimey and Rafael Devers each went 1/4. Devon Fisher went 0/2 with a walk and a HBP. Javier Guerra went 0/4 with a walk. Derek Miller and Luis Alexander Basabe each went 0/4.

 

[Cuzittt]

Seadogs win 6-2.

Boxscore

Eduardo Rodriguez went 6 innings, allowing a run on 5 hits and 2 walks; striking out 4. Robby Scott pitched a perfect 7th. Mike McCarthy pitched 1 1/3 innings, allowing a run on 3 hits, 2 walks and a WP. Noe Ramirez got the final 2 outs for his 18th save.

Mike Miller went 3/4 with a double and a HR. Jonathan Roof went 2/4 with a double. Heiker Meneses went 1/3. David Chester went 1/4. Stefan Welch went 0/2 with a walk and a SF. Ryan Dent, Carson Blair and Shannon Wilkerson each went 0/3 with a walk. Keury de la Cruz went 0/4.

 

[Cuzittt]

Salem wins 4-1.

Boxscore

Simon Mercedes went 7 innings, allowing a run on 4 hits and 2 walks; striking out 9. Madison Younginer went an inning, striking out one. Taylor Grover went an inning, giving up a hit and striking out one.

Jake Romanski went 4/4. Kendrick Perkins and Reed Gragnani each went 2/4; Gragnani with a triple and a CS. Mario Martinez, Dreily Guerrero and Jose Vinicio each went 1/4; Martinez with a triple. Carlos Asuaje went 0/3 with a walk and a CS. Matty Johnson went 0/4 with a walk. Matt Gedman went 0/4.

 

[Cuzittt]

Spinners lose 5-3.

Boxscore

Jeffry Fernandez went 5 innings, allowing 4 runs (3 earned) on 4 hits (1 HR), 2 walks, a HBP and a WP; striking out one. Williams Jerez went 3 innings, allowing a run on 6 hits; striking out 2.

Bryan Hudson went 3/4 with a walk and a SB. Raymel Flores went 2/5. Nick Moore went 1/3 with a SF. Joseph Monge, Cisco Tellez and Alixon Suarez each went 1/4; Suarez with a double. Mauricio Dubon went 1/5. Jordan Betts went 0/3 with a walk. Mike Meyers went 0/4.

 

[Cuzittt]

Pawsox win 10-4.

Boxscore

Henry Owens went 6 innings, allowing 4 runs on 3 hits (1 HR) and 2 walks; striking out 9. Dalier Hinojosa went an inning, giving up a hit and striking out one. Drake Britton went 2 innings, giving up 3 hits and striking out 2.

Alex Hassan went 3/3 with a walk. Corey Brown went 2/4 with a double. Ryan Lavarnway and Justin Henry each went 2/5. Ivan De Jesus went 1/3 with a walk and a sacrifice. Jackie Bradley and Bryce Brentz each went 1/4 with a walk; Bradley with a CS. Garin Cecchini went 1/5. Dan Butler went 0/3 with a walk.

 

[Cuzittt]

Drive win 3-2.

Boxscore

Daniel McGrath went 6 innings, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits (1 HR) and a walk; striking out 3. Jason Garcia went 3 innings, giving up 2 hits and a walk, striking out 3.

Tzu-Wei Lin went 2/3 with a double and a walk. Jordan Procyshen went 2/4. Cole Sturgeon and Danny Bethea each went 1/3 with a walk. Sam Travis, Franklin Guzman and Jimmy Rider each went 1/4; Guzman with a double. Wendell Rijo and Danny Mars each went 0/4; Mars with a pair of SBs.

 

[RoDaddy]

Nice start to Rusney Castillo's SOSH minor league forum career!

Mauricio Dubon getting it done in Lowell, now batting third and up to a .321 average. We have a growing list of SS talent in the low minors including Guerra, Chavis, Dubon and Lin

Alex Hassan's OBP now up over .370, familiar territory for him. Just wish he was left handed given the glut of RH bats in Boston

 

[Cuzittt]

Approaching a 2 hr. Delay in Pawtucket. I understand why they haven't called it... but they really should call it.

 

[mabrowndog]

Drake Britton nails it down in the 9th with a pair of whiffs, and a grounder to the newest member of the team as DeJesus throws to first for the clincher.
 
Congrats to the PawSox, 2014 IL Wild Card champs.

 

[mabrowndog]

Pawtucket hosts Syracuse Wed. & Thur. at 7:05 pm in Games 1 & 2 of semi-finals.

 

[HomeRunBaker]

Approaching a 2 hr. Delay in Pawtucket. I understand why they haven't called it... but they really should call it.

Attended game left in 6th once game was official and rain was beginning to come down hard.

* Brentz began game with diving catch on the warning track in left for the first out then made a diving catch of a low sinking LD for the second out of the inning.

* JBJ did have a chance in the OF but appeared overmatched at the plate. One weak infield pop-up and off balance on breaking pitches. Did reach on a single then proceeded to get thrown out by 3 steps at 2nd. Didn't appear to be happy at McCoy by his body language.

* Owens change up had batters off balance all night but when he makes a mistake they took him deep for a couple homers and a couple more warning track shots. Excellent mound presence overall.

* Peanuts were fresh and the watermelon Del's refreshing.