WooSox take shortened series in Buffalo

The Worcester Red Sox visited Sahlen Field last week to take on the Buffalo Bison (Toronto), but due to poor field conditions only got five of the six scheduled games played, taking the series 3-2. The missed game will be made up during a later series.

Tuesday
The game was postponed due to field conditions.

Wednesday
The doubleheader was postponed due to field conditions.

Thursday
The doubleheader was postponed due to field conditions.

Friday
Game One
WooSox 3, Buffalo 1
WP: Chase Shugart (1-0); S: Andrew Politi (1)
Key Plays for Worcester:
*Chase Shugart 1st inning striking out Rob Brantley with bases loaded
*David Hamilton 4th inning double and scored on an infield out
*9th inning wild pitches allowed Hamilton and Bobby Dalbec to score.
*9th inning Dalbec to Hamilton to Dalbec double play ends the game.
WooSox Highlights:

Game Two
WooSox 9, Buffalo 5
WP: Jake Thompson (1-0)
Key Plays for Worcester:
*David Hamilton 3rd inning RBi triple
*Bobby Dalbec 5th inning RBI single
*Narciso Crook 6th inning solo home run
*9th inning Nick Sogard double, Jarren Duran triple, Dalbec double, Jorge Alfaro single, Daniel Palk walk, and Ryan Fitzgerald single help score six runs.
WooSox Highlights:

Saturday
WooSox 13, Buffalo 4
WP: Matt Dermody (1-0)
Key Plays for Worcester:
1st inning back-to-back homers by Bobby Dalbec and Daniel Palka
2nd inning Greg Allen home run
4th inning Jarren Duran homer
6th inning RBI doubles from Duran and Jorge Alfaro
WooSox Highlights:

Sunday
Game One
Buffalo 2, WooSox 1
LP: Ryan Sherriff (0-1)
Key Plays for Worcester:
1st inning Brandon Walter pitching out of bases loaded, no outs jam
7th inning Ryan Fitzgerald solo homer
WooSox Highlights:

What went wrong: Back-to-back Buffalo doubles in the 7th, and a fielding error by Nico Goodrun kept Bison inning alive.

Game Two
Buffalo 2, WooSox 1
LP: Norwith Gudiño (1-1)
Key Plays for Worcester:
5th inning David Hamilton RBI single
WooSox Highlights:

What went wrong: Aren’t going to win many games by scoring just one run.

210Sports’ WooSox of the week
Batter: Bobby Dalbec 5-14, 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 4R
Pitcher: Matt Dermody W, 5 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 2 K

Last week’s transactions
Thursday, April 6: Boston transferred the rehab assignment of Garrett Whitlock from Worcester to Portland. Portland added Rio Gomez from Worcester.

This week’s schedule
vs Columbus Clippers (Cleveland)
Tuesday: 6:45pm
Wednesday: 6:45pm
Thursday: 6:45pm
Friday: 6:45pm
Saturday: 4pm
Sunday: 1pm

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