April 4, 2008 at 5:39 AM
Colon throws 5 scoreless innings in PawSox Opener
4/4 Cup of Coffee: Yesterday saw Sox affiliates split their openers with the AAA and AA teams both recording victories while the two A affiliates took losses. Pawtucket behind the 5 scoreless innings of Bartolo Colon shut out Indianapolis 3-0. The former Cy Young winner gave up just 1 hit over five innings and did not allow a BB. He had 5 Ks. Craig Hansen threw 2 scoreless, hitless frames allowing 2 BB while fanning 3. Dan Kolb threw a hitless inning allowing 1 BB. Lee Gronkiewicz threw a perfect ninth. Jon Van Every went 1 for 3 with a home run and 2 RBI. Brandon Moss went 1 for 3 with a RBI.
Portland shut out New Britain by the identical 3-0 score. Justin Masterson threw 4 scoreless innings. He gave up 3 hits but did not allow a BB. He had 3 Ks. Daniel Haigwood went 1 2/3 innings giving up 1 hit and 3 BB. He had 2 Ks. Jose Vaquedano earned the win. He went 1 1/3 innings allowing 1 hit and 0 BB. He had 1 K. Hunter Jones went 1 2/3 frames. He did not allow a hit but gave up 2 BB. He had 1 K. Beau Vaughn faced 1 hiiter and retired him to end the game. Zach Daeges went 2 for 4 and scored a run. Iggy Suarez went 3 for 4 with a RBI.
High Desert edged Lancaster 9-8 in a come from behind win. Travis Beazley started and went 5 innings. He allowed 3 runs on 5 hits. He did not allow a BB while fanning 4. James Russ went an inning allowing 1 run on 1 hit and 2 BB. He had 2 Ks. Terry Large threw 2 innings allowing 2 runs on 2 hits and a BB. He had 2 Ks. Josh Papelbon blew the save and took the loss allowing 3 runs on 4 hits and 2 BB in 1/3 of an inning. Zak Farkes went 3 for 5 with 2 runs scored. Jorge Jimenez went 3 for 5 with a run scored and a RBI. Lars Anderson went 2 for 5 with a run scored and 2 RBI. Reid Engel went 2 for 5 with a run scored and 2 RBI.
Kannapolis edged Greenville 3-2. Chris Province started and went 5 innings. He allowed 1 run on 2 hits. He did not allow a BB while recording 3 Ks. Dan Bard threw a scoreless inning giving up 1 hit and a BB. He had 3 Ks. Eammon Portice took the loss giving up 2 runs on 5 hits and a BB in 3 innings of work He had 2 Ks. Yamaico Navarro went 2 for 4 and scored a run. Josh Reddick went 2 for 4 with 2 RBI.
Player of the Night: Bartolo Colon who threw 5 scorless, 1 hit innings allowing 1 BB while fanning 5