Below is the official Red Sox press release, adding 6 players from Pawtucket: Clay Buchholz, Jacoby Ellsbury, Craig Breslow, Brandon Moss, Royce Clayton and Bryan Corey.

RED SOX ADD SIX PLAYERS FROM TRIPLE-A PAWTUCKET

WITH SEPTEMBER ROSTER EXPANSION

BOSTON, MA—The Red Sox today added six players from Triple-A Pawtucket of the International League with the September expansion of active major league rosters.

Righthanded pitcher Clay Buchholz, who will start Saturday’s game versus Baltimore, lefthanded pitcher Craig Breslow and outfielders Jacoby Ellsbury and Brandon Moss have been recalled from Pawtucket. In addition, the contracts of righthanded pitcher Bryan Corey and infielder Royce Clayton have been purchased from Pawtucket. All six players will be in uniform for Saturday’s game with the Orioles.

The Red Sox also transferred righthanded pitcher Brendan Donnelly from the 15-day to the 60-day disabled list to accommodate Corey and Clayton on the 40-man roster.

The announcement was made by Executive Vice President/General Manager Theo Epstein. Boston currently has 31 players on its active roster.

All six players have major league experience with Buchholz, Ellsbury, and Moss seeing action with the Red Sox this season and Breslow and Corey pitching for the club in 2006. Clayton was signed to a Pawtucket contract on August 23 after being released by the Toronto Blue Jays on August 8.

Buchholz, 23, combined to go 8-5 with a 2.44 ERA and 171 strikeouts, fourth most in all of minor league baseball, in 24 games/23 starts with Double-A Portland and Pawtucket this season. He won his major league debut in a spot start on August 17 versus the Los Angeles Angels (6.0 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 3 ER). Breslow, 27, was 2-2, 4.01 in 48 games with Pawtucket this season and is 0-2, 2.86 in 27 career major league appearances with San Diego (2005) and Boston (2006). Corey, 33, was 6-8, 3.69 in 58 outings with the PawSox this season and is 2-1, 4.09 in 36 big league games with Arizona (1998), Los Angeles Dodgers (2002), Texas (2006), and Boston (2006).

Ellsbury, 23, has combined to bat .323 with two homers, 41 RBI, and 41 stolen bases in 104 games with Portland and Pawtucket. After hitting .452 in 17 games to open the year at Portland, the lefthanded batter has produced a .298 average with 33 stolen bases, tied for the International League lead, in 87 games with the PawSox. Ellsbury established a Pawtucket franchise record with a 25-game hitting streak that ended on Friday night. He is also 6-for-19 (.316) in seven games over two stints (June 30-July 5; August 17) with Boston.

Moss, 23, selected as Pawtucket’s 2007 Most Valuable Player, batted .282 with 16 homers, 78 RBI and an International League-leading 41 doubles in 133 games with the PawSox. The lefthanded batter was 1-for-7 in three games in his major league debut with Boston from August 6-9.

Clayton, 37, hit .143 with three RBI in seven games with Pawtucket. The righthanded batter had a .254 average with one homer and 12 RBI in 69 games with Toronto in 2007, his first year with the club. The veteran shortstop has a .258 average with 110 HR and 723 RBI in 2100 major league games with the Giants (1991-95), Cardinals (1996-98), Rangers (1998-2000), White Sox (2001-02), Brewers (2003), Rockies (2004), Diamondbacks (2005), Nationals (2006), Reds (2006), and Blue Jays (2007). Boston will be Clayton’s 11th team, tying Todd Zeile for the most of any major league position player since 1900.

Donnelly was placed on the 15-day disabled list on June 17 and underwent ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction on his right elbow on August 14.

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