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Matt Barnes Making The Best Of His Gift [Hartford Courant]
Pawtucket Red Sox
Ryan Lavarnway’s three-run homer helped the PawSox clinch their division in a 12-7 win over the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees.
PawSox Clinch I.L. North Title! [PawSox.com]
Pawtucket clinches division title [Providence Journal]
Young pitchers gaining valuable lessons from veterans [Providence Journal]
Lavarnway lifts PawSox to division title [Projo Sox Blog]
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees @ Pawtucket Red Sox 9.3.11 box score [MiLB.com]
International League standings
The New Hampshire Fisher Cats spanked the Sea Dogs 11-0.
Fisher Cats Leave Sea Dogs in the Dark [PortlandSeaDogs.com]
Fisher Cats get a Hadlock celebration [Portland Press Herald]
If end is near, a cornfield will appear [Portland Press Herald]
New Hampshire Fisher Cats @ Portland Sea Dogs 9.3.11 box score [MiLB.com]
Salem Red Sox:
Salem got four runs in the 9th to steal a 5-4 win from the Myrtle Beach Pelicans.
Miles Head’s 9th-inning heroics propel Salem Sox past Pelicans [Roanoke Times]
Head’s Homer Surges Sox to 5-4 Victory [OurSports Central]
Salem Red Sox @ Myrtle Beach Pelicans 9.3.11 box score [MiLB.com]
The Drive split a doubleheader with the Hickory Crawdads. They won the first 9-2 and lost the second 3-0. The Drive’s magic number to clinch a playoff spot is two games with two games remaining.
Drive Split Twinbill Saturday with the Crawdads [OurSports Central]
Greenville Drive @ Hickory Crawdads 9.3.11 game 1 box score [MiLB.com]
Greenville Drive @ Hickory Crawdads 9.3.11 game 2 box score [MiLB.com]
South Atlantic League standings
Lowell Spinners:
The Connecticut Tigers beat the Spinners 4-1.
Spinners Skidding Toward End [LowellSpinners.com]
Lowell Spinners @ Connecticut Tigers 9.3.11 box score [MiLB.com]
Gulf Coast League Red Sox
The season is over for the GCL Red Sox.
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