The Worcester Red Sox began a two-week homestand last week looking to continue their slow crawl up the International League’s East Division standings, but could only manage two wins in their six-game series against the Toldeo Mud Hens and now find themselves back below the .500 mark for the season.
Tuesday
WooSox 4, Mud Hens 0
WP: Connor Seabold (4-1)
Big hits:
Jaylin Davis 2nd inning home run
Jarren Duran 3rd inning homer
Davis 4th inning two-run home run
Unsung heroes: Christin Stewart 2-4, run; scoreless relief from Silvino Bracho (2IP, K), Andrew Politi (1IP, 3K), and Zack Kelly (1IP, K).
Wednesday
Mud Hens 5, WooSox 2
LP: Brayan Bello (3-2)
What went wrong: WooSox got only five hits, and none were very timely.
Unsung heroes: Christin Stewart 3-3, run.
Thursday
Mud Hens 10, WooSox 4
LP: Thomas Pannone (4-3)
Big hits:
Johan Mieses 5th inning homer
Jeter Downs 6th inning two-run blast
What went wrong: WooSox dug a hole early and couldn’t climb out.
Unsung heroes: Ronaldo Hernandez 2-4, double; scoreless relief from Eduard Bazardo (2IP, 2K) and Kaleb Ort (1IP, 3K).
Friday
Mud Hens 7, WooSox 4
LP: Brian Keller (1-3)
Big hits:
Yolmer Sanchez 2nd inning RBI double
Roberto Ramos 6th inning two-run homer
Sanchez 8th inning RBI double
What went wrong: Andrew Politi faced eight batters in the fifth and four of them scored
Saturday
Mud Hens 2, WooSox 1
LP: Silvino Bracho (0-3)
What went wrong: The offense failed to capitalize and wasted a decent outing from the pitching staff.
Unsung heroes:
Christin Stewart 4th inning sacrifice fly
Sunday
WooSox 5, Mud Hens 4
WP: Connor Seabold (5-1); S: Kaleb Ort (9)
Big hits:
Ryan Fitzgerald 5th inning three-run homer
Christin Stewart 8th inning RBI double
Ronaldo Hernandez 8th inning RBI single
Unsung heroes: Yolmer Sanchez 2-3, run.
210Sports’ WooSox of the week
Batter: Yolmer Sanchez, 8-18, four doubles, 2 RBI
Pitcher: Connor Seabold, 2-0, allowed just nine hits, one walk, and one earned run over 11 innings, had 10Ks.
Last week’s transactions
*Wednesday, June 15: Boston recalled Josh Winkowski and Jarren Duran from Worcester, and Baltimore claimed Jonathan Arauz off waivers from Boston.
*Thursday, June 16: Worcester added Devlin Granberg from Portland.
*Sunday, June 19: Boston optioned Kutter Crawford to Worcester
This week’s schedule
vs Charlotte Knights (Chicago White Sox)
Monday: off
Tuesday: 6:45pm
Wednesday: 6:45pm
Thursday: 6:45pm
Friday: 6:45pm
Saturday: 4pm
Sunday: 1pm
Schedule subject to change
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