It's official: Third baseman Andrew Pinckney, who was released by the Red Sox Friday, signed with the Blue Jays Saturday and was assigned to the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats.

Pinckney played 1 1/2 seasons with Portland and had some of his best games in Manchester. Pinckney, a left-handed pull hitter, called MerchantsAuto.com Stadium, with its large hitter's eye and short right-field wall "my dream park."

Pinckney will get to see his old teammates when the Fisher Cats come to Hadlock Field July 8-10.

Meanwhile, the Sea Dogs are getting ready to play Trenton tonight at misty Hadlock.

Here are the lineups for the Red Sox and Sea Dogs tonight:

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

SEA DOGS
Bubba Bell, LF
Ryan Khoury, 2B
Zach Daeges, RF
Sandy Madera, DH
Aaron Bates, 1B
John Otness, C
Jorge Jimenez, 3B
Iggy Suarez, SS
Mickey Hall, CF
(Matt Goodson, P)

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