Owens Promoted to Triple-A Pawtucket
Published on August 1, 2014 under Eastern League (EL1)
Portland Sea Dogs News Release
Portland, Maine- Portland Sea Dogs' left-handed pitcher Henry Owens has been promoted to Triple-A Pawtucket by the Boston Red Sox.
Owens has produced a 14-4 record with a 2.60 ERA (35 ER/ 121.0 IP) and 126 strikeouts in 20 starts for the Sea Dogs this season. He leads the league in wins (14), strikeouts (126), complete games (3), shutouts (2), and average against (.201). The 22 year-old also ranks second in the league, behind teammate Brian Johnson, in ERA (2.60) and third in WHIP (1.12).
Owens is the first player in Sea Dogs franchise history to win 14 games in a single season. He also established new franchise records by hurling 27.2 consecutive scoreless innings from May 19 through June 14 and winning nine consecutive starts from May 24 through July 19. Owens opened the 2014 season by firing a rain-shortened complete game no-hitter against the Reading Fightin Phils. He was selected to play in the MLB All-Star Futures Game and was named an Eastern League All-Star.
Entering the 2014 season, Baseball America rated Owens as the top pitching prospect and No. 2 prospect overall in the Red Sox organization, the No. 40 prospect in baseball and the No. 2 left-handed pitching prospects.
In 26 career Double-A starts with the Sea Dogs, Owens has notched a 17-5 record and holds the franchise career record for ERA at 2.44 (41 ER/ 151.1 IP), surpassing the previous record held by Jon Lester at 2.61. Owens, a native of Huntington Beach, California, was selected by the Red Sox in the supplemental round (36th overall) of the June 2011 draft.
The Sea Dogs continue their series with the Trenton Thunder (Yankees) Friday night at Hadlock Field. Tickets are available for all remaining 2014 Sea Dogs home games. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Sea Dogs Ticket Office at 207-879-9500 or order online at www.seadogs.com. The Sea Dogs currently own the best record in the Eastern League at 71-42 and are looking for their first playoff appearance since 2008.
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