Showing posts with label pawtucket red sox. Show all posts
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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Saltalamacchia gets tests on stomach

According to ESPN's Pedro Gomez, Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia is at a NY hospital getting tests done on his stomach.  The Red Sox want to rule out anything but the flu for their catcher.

For Wednesday night's game in NY, the Red Sox will use Jason Veritek to catch knuckleballer Tim Wakefield.  No decision yet has been made on whether to call up another catcher from Pawtucket.

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Lackey's rehab in Pawtucket

Red Sox pitcher John Lackey completed his rehab stint Tuesday night in Pawtucket with the PawSox. Lackey went 5 2/3 innings, giving up three hits and a solo home run for his only run allowed. Lackey did not walk anyone while striking out 4.

Lackey should be in line to pitch Sunday in Boston.

Monday, May 30, 2011

PawSox to honor Boston Bruins

From the PawSox, we get the following news on how they will honor the Stanley Cup Finalist, Boston Bruins on Wednesday. Here's the release from our friends at McCoy Stadium...

The Pawtucket Red Sox announced today that they have moved their game time for this coming Wednesday, June 1 to 6:05 pm. The PawSox are playing the Norfolk Tides at McCoy Stadium on Wednesday (originally scheduled for 7:05 pm) and the club pushed the game time up one hour to help fans get ready for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Boston Bruins and the Vancouver Canucks that will take place in Vancouver on Wednesday at 8:15 pm.

The PawSox have also announced that fans wearing Bruins attire to the game on Wednesday at McCoy can purchase 2 tickets for the price of 1 at the McCoy Box Office (the deal includes both box seats and general admission tickets). Gates open at 4:00 pm. Fans are invited to watch the Bruins game from various locations throughout the ballpark and stay after the PawSox game is over to continue to watch the Bruins on the video board and on the left field terrace at McCoy (where food and drink will be available).

Further details will be forthcoming on other special events planned for Wednesday at McCoy as PawSox fans celebrate the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup Finals.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Lackey and Jenks to Pawtucket

There will be a couple of familiar faces around McCoy Stadium over the next few days.  Boston Red Sox pitchers Bobby Jenks and John Lackey will both do rehab stints in Pawtucket, the team announced Thursday.

Jenks will start Friday night against Indianapolis, throwing around 20-25 pitches.  Lackey will start Tuesday against Norfolk.

Also, Boston announced Thursday that outfielder Josh Reddick is being called up to take Darnell McDonald's place on the roster while McDonald heads to the disabled list with a left quad injury.

Boston plays in Detroit Thursday afternoon.

Thursday, May 19, 2011

NESN adds PawSox Games

From NESN -

NESN Adds 4 Pawtucket Red Sox Road Games to Minor League Schedule

NESN recently picked up four additional Pawtucket Red Sox road games. Each of these four games will be produced by television stations in the home markets of the PawSox opponent. These four road games will be added to the NESN produced games that have already been scheduled - three Pawtucket home games and one Portland Sea Dogs game to give the network a total of 8 minor league baseball games this season.

NESN’s first minor league game of the season will air this Sunday, May 22 at 2:00 PM when the PawSox travel to Toledo to take on the Mud Hens, the AAA affiliate of the Detroit Tigers.

NESN’S 2011 Minor League Baseball Broadcast Schedule (subject to change)
Sunday May 22 Pawtucket at Toledo 2:00 PM
Tuesday May 24 Pawtucket at Toledo 10:30 AM
Sunday June 5 Pawtucket at Durham 5:00 PM
Monday June 13 Pawtucket vs. Charlotte 7:00 PM
Monday June 27 Portland vs. New Britain 7:00 PM
Monday July 4 Pawtucket at Rochester 7:00 PM
Thursday July 14 Pawtucket vs. Durham 7:00 PM
Thursday July 21 Pawtucket vs. Lehigh Valley 7:00 PM