The Worcester Red Sox took on the Lehigh Valley IronPigs last week at Polar Park and came out on top of four of the six contests to win the series and improve the WooSox record to 23-22, good enough for third place in the International League’s East Division.
Tuesday
WooSox 9, Lehigh Valley 4
WP: Kutter Crawford (1-0)
Key Plays for Worcester:
2nd inning Bobby Dalbec solo homer
3rd inning David Hamilton solo home run
4th inning Greg Allen RBI double and Nick Sogard two-run single
5th inning Ryan Fitzgerald two-run homer
WooSox Highlights:
Wednesday
Lehigh Valley 10, WooSox 3
LP: Chase Shugart (1-1)
Key Plays for Worcester:
1st inning Jorge Alfaro two-run homer
4th inning Nick Sogard RBI single.
WooSox Highlights:
What went wrong: Couldn’t get anyone out in the top of the ninth.
Thursday
WooSox 10, Lehigh Valley 9
WP: Brennan Bernardino (1-0); S: Andrew Politi (3)
Key Plays for Worcester:
1st inning Bobby Dalbec RBI single, Ryan Fitzgerald two-run single, and Daniel Palka two-run single.
2nd inning Jorge Alfaro RBI double and Dalbec RBI single.
4th inning Alfaro solo home run.
8th inning David Hamilton solo home run and Dalbec RBI double.
WooSox Highlights:
Friday
WooSox 9, Lehigh Valley 8 (10 innings)
WP: Kaleb Ort (1-1)
Key Plays for Worcester:
1st inning Nico Goodrum and Bobby Dalbec solo homers
2nd inning Daniel Palka solo home run
4th inning two bases loaded strikeouts by Brandon Walter
6th inning Goodrum RBI single
8th inning David Hamilton RBI single
9th inning Ronaldo Hernandez two-run single
10th inning Dalbec walk-off two-run single
WooSox Highlights:
Saturday
Ppd, rain.
Sunday
Game one
WooSox 5, Lehigh valley 4 (8 innings)
WP: Andrew Politi (5-1)
Key Plays for Worcester:
3rd inning Jorge Alfaro RBI double
5th inning Nico Goodrum solo home run
7th inning Goodrum RBI single
8th inning Bobby Dalbec walk-off RBI single
WooSox Highlights:
Game two
Lehigh Valley 12, WooSox 6
LP: Chris Murphy (1-2)
Key Plays for Worcester:
3rd inning Caleb Hamilton RBI double
4th inning Bobby Dalbec solo homer
6th inning Wilyer Abreu two-run homer and Jorge Alfaro solo homer
7th inning C.Hamilton solo homer
WooSox Highlights:
None
What went wrong: Gave up 8 runs in the 4th, and that was that
210Sports’ WooSox of the week
Batter: Bobby Dalbec 11-24, 2B, 3 HR, 10 RBI, 7 R
Pitcher: Garrett Whitlock 8.2 IP, 1 ER, 8 K
Last week’s transactions
*Tuesday, May 16: Boston optioned Brennan Bernardino to Worcester, recalled Justin Garza from Worcester, selected Ryan Sherriff from Worcester, and placed Kutter Crawford and Garrett Whitlock in Worcester on rehab assignment.
*Thursday, May 18: Boston optioned Ryan Sherriff to Worcester. Worcester added Shane Drohan from Portland and released Edwin Díaz and Jake Thompson.
*Friday, May 19: Boston assigned Bradley Zimmer to Worcester.
This week’s schedule
at Scranton Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (NY Yankees)
Tuesday: 6pm
Wednesday: 11am
Thursday: 6:30pm
Friday: 6:30pm
Saturday: 4pm
Sunday: 1pm
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