Except for that swing by Troy Glaus, Chris Smith's major League debut looked just fine.

Of course, the highlights show Smith giving up the grand slam to Glaus in the second innings (the bases loaded, courtesy of Daisuke Matsuzaka) ... Smith ate up four innings for the Red Sox, allowing 3 hits, 1 run, 0 BB, 3 K.

Before we get to the minor league results from Saturday, here are the lineups for the Red Sox and Sea Dogs today:

RED SOX
Jacoby Ellsbury, LF
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
J.D. Drew, RF
Manny Ramirez, DH
Mike Lowell, 3B
Kevin Youkilis, 1B
Jason Varitek, C
Coco Crisp, CF
Julio Lugo, SS
(Jon Lester, P)

SEA DOGS
Bubba Bell, CF
Tony Granadillo, 2B
Jeff Corsaletti, LF
Sandy Madera, 1B
Zach Daeges, RF
Aaron Bates, DH
Andrew Pinckney, 3B
John Otness, C
Ryan Khoury, SS
(Kyle Jackson, P)

Back to Saturday's results:

In Pawtucket Jeff Bailey hit his 20th home run ... David Pauley ran his record to 9-2, with 7 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 5 K.

Portland outfielder Jeff Corsaletti upped his average to .294, going 3-for-4 ... Bubba Bell (2-5, .297) hit his 11th home run.

In Lancaster, first baseman Lars Anderson (3-5, .304) continues to hit and shortstop Argenis Diaz (2-3, .271) keeps improving his numbers. Those are two guys that may get to Portland before the year's end.

Lowell lost a 1-0 game in 10 innings ... Starter Hunter Strickland (5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K) and reliever Kyle Wiland (3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K) were lights out ... Alex Hale (2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K) gave up a home run in the 10th.

I'll check back after the Sea Dogs game.

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