After a two-week road trip where they went a woeful 4-8 the Worcester Red Sox returned to Polar Park for a series against the Rochester Red Wings (Washington) and won their six-game series 4-2, inching themselves closer to the .500 mark. The WooSox record now sits at 31-32.
Tuesday
Rochester 11, WooSox 6
LP: Cam Booser (1-1)
Key Plays for Worcester:
6th inning Nico Goodrum two-run homer and Bradley Zimmer RBI triple.
8th inning Narciso Crook solo home run.
WooSox Highlights:
What went wrong: Bullpen couldn’t keep Red Wings off the board.
Wednesday
Rochester 12, WooSox 10
LP: Joe Jacques (1-3)
Key Plays for Worcester:
1st inning Ryan Fitzgerald two-run double
4th inning Ronaldo Hernandez two-run homer and Yu Change RBI single
6th inning Narciso Crook RBI single
WooSox Highlights:
What went wrong: Pitching couldn’t get anyone out.
Thursday
WooSox 5, Rochester 4
WP: Brendan Nail (1-0); S: Andrew Politi (4)
Key Plays for Worcester:
5th inning Bradley Zimmer solo home run
7th inning RBI singles by Nico Goodrum and Bobby Dalbec
WooSox Highlights:
Friday
Ppd, rain.
Saturday
Game One
WooSox 5, Rochester 2 (7 innings)
WP: Shane Drohan (2-1); S: Kaleb Ort (1)
Key Plays for Worcester:
1st inning Ronaldo Hernandez sacrifice fly
4th inning Enmanuel Valdez solo home run and Christian Koss sac fly
6th inning Bradley Zimmer RBI single and Koss safety squeeze
WooSox Highlights:
Game two
WooSox 3, Rochester 2 (8 innings)
WP: Andrew Politi (6-1)
Key Plays for Worcester:
2nd inning Nick Sogard two-run single
8th inning Ronaldo Hernandez walk-off sacrifice fly
WooSox Highlights:
Sunday
WooSox 5, Rochester 2
WP: Brandon Walter (1-5); S: Ryan Sherriff (1)
Key Plays for Worcester:
1st inning Enmanuel Valdez solo homer
2nd inning Narciso Crook RBI single
3rd inning Valdez RBI single
8th inning Ryan Fitzgerald sacrifice fly and Ronaldo Hernandez RBI single
WooSox Highlights:
210Sports’ WooSox of the week
Batter: Andrew Politi 3 games, a win and a save, allowed no hits or runs, and struck out two with no walks.
Pitcher: Ronaldo Hernandez 5-15, 2B, HR, 6 RBI, 4R
Last week’s transactions
*Tuesday, June 6: Boston recalled Chris Murphy from Worcester, optioned Kaleb Ort to Worcester, and placed Yu Chang in Worcester on a rehab assignment. Worcester activated Oscar Rangel from the development list.
*Thursday, June 8: Boston selected Matt Dermody from Worcester and optioned Chris Murphy to Worcester. Worcester added Brendan Nail from Portland.
*Friday, June 9: Boston selected Joe Jacques from Worcester and optioned Enmanuel Valdez to Worcester. Worcester added Stephen Scott and Tyler Dearden from Portland and
placed Chase Shugart (oblique) on the 7-day injured list.
*Saturday, June 10: Portland added Tyler Dearden from Worcester.
*Sunday, June 11: 6/11/23 Boston outrighted Matt Dermody to Worcester.
This week’s schedule
at Norfolk Tides (Baltimore)
Tuesday: 6:30pm
Wednesday: 6:30pm
Thursday: 12pm
Friday: 6:30pm
Saturday: 6:30pm
Sunday: 1pm
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