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May 30, 2007
Joe McDonald, who has been at McCoy Stadium covering the Pawtucket Red Sox, is today's guest on Projo SoxTalk with Art Martone. Click here to liste to the audio file. McDonald breaks a bit of news: that relief pitcher Craig Hansen, whom the Sox would like to bring back up to Boston at some point, left last night's game with soreness in his forearm. McDonald also has lots of praise for Jon Lester's effort last night, and some discouraging reports about Mike Timlin's attempts to get back to Fenway.
Following are some excerpts from the conversation.
On Hansen last night: "When Craig Hansen came in to pitch, he did not look good at all, and then all of a sudden [PawSox manager] Ron Johnson went out to the mound and took him out. And RJ said afterwards that [Hansen had] experienced cramping in his high forearm, near the elbow. So it's going to be interesting to see what happens with that today -- if Hansen's fine, or if he can pitch tonight."
On Lester: "Last night he threw 79 pitches -- he was scheduled for 80, but he threw 79 pitches -- he went five full innings, scoreless innings again, and once he's able to get up to 95-100 pitches, Boston should call this guy up. ...
Last night his curveball was probably the best I've ever seen, including when he was with Boston last year."
On Timlin's shaky appearance last night: "You could tell he struggled. He said that he felt good; he said that he felt that he had his legs under him. But it's been two appearances in a row where he hasn't looked that sharp. He's scheduled to pitch for Pawtucket again on Thursday, so we'll see what happens."
McDonald says an extended rehab might be in Timlin's future if the Red Sox don't see improvement.
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