Craig Breslow (born August 8, 1980 in New Haven, Connecticut) is a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who currently plays for the Boston Red Sox. He throws left handed and is largely considered a lefty specialist. A relief pitcher warms up in the bullpen as the game goes on A relief pitcher or reliever is a baseball or softball pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher is removed due to injury, ineffectiveness and/or fatigue. ... July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 161 days remaining. ... The following are the baseball events of the year 2005 throughout the world. ... Major league affiliations National League (1969-present) West Division (1969-present) Current uniform Ballpark PETCO Park (2004-present) Major league titles World Series titles (0) None NL Pennants (2) 1998 â€¢ 1984 West Division titles (4) 2005 â€¢ 1998 â€¢ 1996 â€¢ 1984 Wild card berths (0) None The San Diego Padres are a... A record can refer to: a type of sound recording, i. ... In baseball, a strikeout or strike out (denoted by K or SO) occurs when the batter receives three strikes during his time at bat. ... In baseball statistics, earned run average (ERA) is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. ... Major league affiliations National League (1969-present) West Division (1969-present) Current uniform Ballpark PETCO Park (2004-present) Major league titles World Series titles (0) None NL Pennants (2) 1998 â€¢ 1984 West Division titles (4) 2005 â€¢ 1998 â€¢ 1996 â€¢ 1984 Wild card berths (0) None The San Diego Padres are a... The following are the baseball events of the year 2005 throughout the world. ... August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... This article is about the city in Connecticut. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A relief pitcher warms up in the bullpen as the game goes on A relief pitcher or reliever is a baseball or softball pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher is removed due to injury, ineffectiveness and/or fatigue. ... Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901-present) East Division (1969-present) Current uniform Ballpark Fenway Park (1912-present) Major league titles World Series titles (6) 2004 â€¢ 1918 â€¢ 1916 â€¢ 1915 1912 â€¢ 1903 AL Pennants (11) 2004 â€¢ 1986 â€¢ 1975 â€¢ 1967 1946 â€¢ 1918 â€¢ 1916 â€¢ 1915 1912 â€¢ 1904 â€¢ 1903 East Division titles (5) 1995... In baseball, a left-handed specialist (also called, somewhat derisively, a LOOGY or Lefty One Out Guy) is a left-handed relief pitcher who specializes in getting left-handed batters out. ...

High School Years

Breslow attended Trumbull High School in Trumbull, Connecticut and was a standout in soccer and baseball. In soccer, he helped lead the Trumbull High soccer team to their first ever state tournament victory. He was known for having an uncanny ability to score from very difficult and wide angles and ranks among the schools all-time scorers. Trumbull High School is the sole public high school in Trumbull, Connecticut, Fairfield County, Connecticut. ...

College and Pro Career

Breslow was captain for the Yale University baseball team before being drafted in the 26th round by the Milwaukee Brewers in 2002. The lefty has spent most of his young career climbing through the minor leagues and even had a stint with the independent New Jersey Jackals, but in 2005 appeared in 14 games for the San Diego Padres posting an ERA of 2.20. In 2006, he was named an International league (AAA) All-Star for his steady relief work with the Pawtucket Red Sox and was called up to Boston on July 13, 2006. His July promotion made him the fourth Jewish player (in addition to Kevin Youkilis, Gabe Kapler and Adam Stern) to play for the Red Sox that year. Breslow was again sent down to AAA after only 1.2 innings of work, against the Oakland A's. In that game, Breslow hit Frank Thomas for his first Hit By Pitch of his career. Yale redirects here. ... Major league affiliations National League (1998-present) Central Division (1998-present) Current uniform Ballpark Miller Park (2001-present) Major league titles World Series titles (0) None NL Pennants (0) None AL Pennants (1) 1982 Central Division titles (0) None AL East Division Champs (1) [1] 1982 Wild card berths (0... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The New Jersey Jackals are a baseball team in the independent Can-Am League. ... Major league affiliations National League (1969-present) West Division (1969-present) Current uniform Ballpark PETCO Park (2004-present) Major league titles World Series titles (0) None NL Pennants (2) 1998 â€¢ 1984 West Division titles (4) 2005 â€¢ 1998 â€¢ 1996 â€¢ 1984 Wild card berths (0) None The San Diego Padres are a... In baseball, the Pawtucket Red Sox (known colloquially as the PawSox) are the AAA affiliate of the Boston Red Sox and belong to the International League. ... Boston is a town and small port c. ...

After continuing to pitch well, Breslow was called up for a second time on August 15th, 2006 and again pitched 1.2 innings allowing only 1 hit and striking out three; but before an unusual 5-game series in four days against the Yankees at Fenway, he was sent back down to the minors in order to make room for newly acquired infielder converted into outfielder Eric Hinske. The Red Sox lost all five games.

In his first ever major league appearance, he struck out Jason Michaels and Jimmy Rollins before getting Kenny Lofton to groundout. In the following frame, he got Chase Utley to ground out, walked Bobby Abreu, gave up a single to Pat Burrell, and got Ryan Howard to strikeout before being relieved. Edwin Encarnacion was the first player to hit a home run off Breslow on June 29th, 2005, in his second major league appearance. Breslow owns a 1.83 Career ERA. Left handed batters are 1 for 16 against Breslow with 5 Ks and 5 BBs. He has pitched 19.2 innings and struckout out 19 batters. He pitched 3.2 innings in a 20-1 loss against the Rockies, giving up two runs and striking out three, on September 20th, 2005.

External links

• ESPN player card
• biographical article
• scouting report