April 20, 2007 at 5:54 AM
Jon Still homers twice and drives in 4 in Drive win
4/20 Cup of Coffee: Finally, the Red Sox affiliates were all in action last night. Pawtucket split a doubleheader with Rochester. They took the first game 4-0. Mike Burns went 2 scoreless innings. He did not allow a baserunner and had 2 Ks. Craig Breslow got the win going 3 scoreless innings. He gave up 1 hit and had 3 Ks. Javier Lopez went 2/3 of an inning. He gave up a hit and a BB. He had 1 K. Edgar Martinez went the last 1 1/3 innings. He allowed 2 hits and a BB while striking out 3. Brandon Moss went 2 for 3 with a home run and 2 runs scored. Kerry Robinson went 2 for 4. In the second game, they went down to a 3-0 defeat. Devern Hansack went 5 1/3 innings. He gave up 3 runs on 8 hits and a BB. He struck out 3. Craig Hansen pitched the last 1 2/3 innings. He did not allow a run on 1 hit and a BB. He had 2 Ks. David Murphy and Jeff Bailey went 1 for 3. Chad Spann went 1 for 2.
Portland finally got a game in but the rust showed as they fell 6-1 to New Hampshire. Clay Buchholz went 5 innings. He gave up 1 run on 3 hits and a BB. He had 8 Ks. Barry Hertzler took the loss. He did not record an out while allowing 1 run and a BB. Chris Smith went 2 innings allowing 4 runs on 3 hits and 2 BB. He had 2 Ks. Bryce Cox threw a scoreless inning while giving up a hit and a BB. Jacoby Ellsbury went 3 for 3 raising his average to .452. Dusty Brown went 1 for 3. Jed Lowrie went 1 for 4 with a home run.
On the west coast, Vasalia defeated Lancaster 3-1. Justin Masterson took the loss going 5 innings giving up 2 runs on 6 hits and 2 BB. He had 3 Ks. Jason Blackey went the final 3 innings giving up 1 run on 4 hits. He had 1 K. Mark Wagner and Ryan Khoury both went 1 for 4.
In a slugfest, Greenville defeated Savannah 13-9. Jordan Kraft went 4 1/3 innings allowing 2 runs on 3 hits and 4 BB. He had a K. Kyle Fernandes got the win going 1 2/3 innings. He did not allow a run while giving up a hit and a BB. He had 2 Ks. Eric Beattie went 2/3 of an inning. He gave up 4 runs on 2 hits and 2 BB. He had 1 K. Josh Papelbon went 2 1/3 innings. He allowed 3 runs on 5 hits. He had 3 Ks. Pedro Vasquez went 3 for 4 with a home run, 4 runs scored and 2 RBI. Lars Anderson went 3 for 5 with 2 RBI. Jon Still went 2 for 5 with 2 homers and 4 RBI. Zak Farkes went 2 for 5 with 2 home runs and 3 RBI.
Player of The Night: Jon Still who hit 2 home runs and had 4 RBI in helping Greenville to victory.