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Ellsbury, Buchholz tabbed

A couple of future Sox hopefuls are heading to San Francisco for the All-Star festivities. Outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury and pitcher Clay Buchholz will represent the Sox in the 2007 XM All-Star Futures Game, the team announced today.

Ellsbury and Buchholz were selected to the United States team, which will face the World team in a seven-inning game on Sunday, July 8 as part of the All-Star activities at AT&T Park in San Francisco.

Ellsbury is hitting .279 with seven RBIs and 19 stolen bases in 41 games for the Pawtucket Red Sox. Ellsbury opened the season at Portland and batted .452 with 13 RBI in 17 games and was called up to the PawSox in April.

Buchholz is currently 5-2 with a 1.82 ERA and 100 strikeouts in 74 innings over 13 starts for the Double-A Portland Seadogs. He has the Eastern League’s lowest ERA among qualifiers and leads the league in strikeouts.

Material from a Red Sox press release was used in this report.