An incredibly sturdy season brought Mike Shawaryn one step from the Majors. He had something of a shaky introduction to the Triple-A Red Sox, but the third time was the charm in the International League.Boston's ninth-ranked prospect allowed two hits and a walk over seven innings en route to his

Trenton, N.J. - Right-hander Brian Keller (8-7) fanned a season-high nine batters over six innings, leading the Trenton Thunder (59-47) to a 4-1 win over the Portland Sea Dogs (44-61) on Sunday evening at Arm & Hammer Park.

Portland, Maine - The Portland Sea Dogs (42-58) have four shutout wins on the homestand, defeating the Harrisburg Senators (51-50), 1-0, Tuesday night at Hadlock Field. Portland has won five of their last six games and clinched a winning homestand.

Binghamton, NY - The Portland Sea Dogs (38-57) earned a split of a four-game series with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies (45-5) with a 2-1 victory on Wednesday afternoon at NYSEG Stadium. Portland's last four wins are one-run victories.

Hartford, Conn. - The Hartford Yard Goats (43-44) scored three times off Mike Shawaryn (4-7) in the third inning and never looked back, defeating the Portland Sea Dogs (34-53), 4-1 on Sunday afternoon at Dunkin' Donuts Park.

Portland, Maine - Mike Shawaryn allowed just two runs on three hits over seven innings as the Sea Dogs (30-49) defeated the Binghamton Rumble Ponies (38-41) 8-2 in front of 6,095 fans on Saturday night at Hadlock Field.

Portland, Maine - Austin Rei hit a two-run single with two outs in the bottom of the eighth and the Sea Dogs (28-46) took the rubber match over the Trenton Thunder (42-32) 5-4 in front of 6,476 fans on Sunday afternoon at Hadlock Field.

Portland, Maine -The Reading Fightin Phils (29-40) swept both sides of a Tuesday night doubleheader over the Sea Dogs (26-43) at Hadlock Field. Reading won game one 7-1 and took game two 6-5.

Richmond, VA - The Portland Sea Dogs (23-41) held on for a 4-2 win over the Richmond Flying Squirrels (33-30) on Thursday night in front of 7,415 fans at the Diamond. Portland snapped a three-game losing streak, and head to Bowie, Maryland for a three-game weekend series.

Manchester, NH - New Hampshire catcher Ryan Hissey snapped a 3-3 tie, blasting a solo-homer on the first pitch in the bottom of the eighth inning, leading the Fisher Cats (33-18) to a 5-3 win over the Portland Sea Dogs (17-34) on Wednesday night at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium.

Portland, Maine - The Reading Fightin Phils (17-27) hit a season-high six home runs and battered the Sea Dogs (16-29) en route to an 11-5 win in front of a sellout crowd in the series opener on Friday night at Hadlock Field.

Coming off arguably his worst start of the season, Mike Shawaryn faced a tough task to rebound. The ninth-ranked Red Sox prospect took the mound Wednesday to face the only Minor League team with two players among MLB.com's top 12 prospects: the New Hampshire Fisher Cats.But Blue Jays phenoms Vladimir

Manchester, NH - Mike Shawaryn (2-3) fanned a season-high eight batters over seven scoreless innings, as the Portland Sea Dogs (7-1) defeated the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (18-11), 7-1 on Wednesday night at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium. 

Hartford, CT -The Hartford Yard Goats (15-12) rallied back from an early deficit for the second straight night, defeating the Portland Sea Dogs (7-16), 5-4 on Friday night at Dunkin' Donuts Park.

Trenton, NJ - Trailing 5-2 after seven innings, the Portland Sea Dogs (6-7) scored four times over the final two innings and beat the Trenton Thunder (7-7), 6-5 on Friday night at Arm & Hammer Park.

Portland, Maine- Mike Shawaryn worked six scoreless innings and the Sea Dogs (3-5) shutout the Binghamton Rumble Ponies (3-5) 3-0 in front of a sellout crowd on Saturday afternoon at Hadlock Field.

Binghamton, NY - Portland put together four straight, two-out hits, scoring three times in the eighth inning, but Binghamton held on for a 4-3 win in the series finale on Sunday afternoon at NYSEG Stadium. Portland was swept in the three-game series and resumes their trip on Monday night in

Dane Dunning authored a brilliant final chapter to his first full professional season.  The No. 10 White Sox prospect allowed one hit over seven innings to lead Class A Advanced Winston-Salem over Salem, 2-0, in Game 1 of Sunday's doubleheader.

Cardinals LHP Marco Gonzales, Triple-A Memphis: 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 1 HR, 95 pitches, 62 strikes -- The Cardinals' No. 19 prospect tossed his fourth straight quality start Wednesday in a 6-4 win over Round Rock and now owns a 2.56 ERA

A month into his Carolina League career, Mike Shawaryn is starting to figure out the competition."Obviously, with every jump you make, guys are going to get better, so you've just got to make adjustments to your game and their game as well," Shawaryn said. "When you first get up here,

Around the end of each month of the Minor League season, Toolshed will explore the most eye-popping statistics from the previous month. This edition explores MiLB leaders in various categories from May 1-30..117, Triston McKenzie, Class A Advanced Lynchburg, average-against: Carolina League batters are finding it incredibly difficult to hit the

Yankees OF Clint Frazier, Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre: 2-for-5, HR, 2B, RBI, R, CS -- The Yankees' No. 2 prospect hit his eighth homer of the season in the first inning and added his International League-leading 15th double in the third of the RailRiders' 5-0 win at Columbus. With 23 extra-base hits, Frazier

Coming into his start Saturday night, Michael Shawaryn was averaging more than a strikeout per inning.And that was before adding a new pitch to his mix.Working with a cutter for the first time, the No. 12 Red Sox prospect struck out a career-high 12 in six innings to help Class A Greenville

If there were any doubts about Michael Shawaryn's ability to make it as a starter since turning pro, they are slowly fading away.After going at least five innings in each of his previous three starts, the 12th-ranked Red Sox prospect turned in the longest outing of his career on Saturday

In his first Class A start Saturday, Michael Shawaryn surrendered nine runs in just two innings.Putting that debut behind him, the No. 12 Red Sox prospect turned in the best performance of his career Thursday night. Shawaryn allowed one hit and recorded a career-high eight strikeouts over five scoreless innings in Greenville's