Bowden readjusts pitching angle, recovers dominance

Over his last two starts, this has been the Michael Bowden that the Boston Red Sox have come to know and love ... the Michael Bowden that earlier this season dominated International League batters and the pitcher Baseball America rated the No. 2 prospect in the organization. And to a large extent it's because of a 13-day layoff. In his two starts since returning to the mound, Bowden: Pitched five hitless, scoreless innings on July 19 against Indianapolis and received a no-decision.Pitched seven innings of four-hit, two-run ball on July 24 against Columbus (replete with zero walks and five strikeouts) only to come out on the short end of a 3-1 score. "In this organization with these young pitchers we always pick a time of the year to shut them down," said Pawtucket Red Sox manager Ron Johnson. "We've done this for several years."They like to pick a time with these young guys and I think it works great. He was probably going through hi...