The Worcester Red Sox ended the first half of the International League’s regular season with a series at Polar Park against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, and with a 4-2 series victory finished the half with a 39-36 record, in third place in the East Division and 9.5 games behind the Norfolk Tides.
Tuesday
WooSox 7, Lehigh Valley 5
WP: Theo Denlinger (1-0); S: Brendan Nail (1)
Key Plays for Worcester:
2nd inning Nico Goodrum solo home run
4th inning Bobby Dalbec solo homer
7th inning Daniel Palka RBI single and Christian Koss fielder’s choice RBI
8th inning Goodrum RBI single and Palka two-run single
WooSox Highlights:
Wednesday
WooSox 5, Lehigh Valley 0
WP: Kyle Barraclough (1-0)
Key Plays for Worcester:
1st inning Ronaldo Hernandez RBI single
2nd inning Nick Sogard RBI single
5th inning Narciso Crook RBI single
6th inning Wilyer Abreau RBI single
WooSox Highlights:
None
Thursday
Lehigh Valley 7, WooSox 3
LP: Taylor Broadway (1-1)
Key Plays for Worcester:
3rd inning Wilyer Abreau RBI single
5th inning Nico Goodrum RBI double
WooSox Highlights:
None
What went wrong:
Bullpen gave up too many crooked number innings.
Friday
Lehigh Valley 7, WooSox 6
LP: Rio Gomez (0-1)
Key Plays for Worcester:
3rd inning Ronaldo Hernandez RBI single
4th inning Narciso Cook two-run homer
7th inning Stephen Scott RBI single
8th inning Hernandez sacrifice fly
WooSox Highlights:
What went wrong: The comeback fell just a little short
Saturday
WooSox 8, Lehigh Valley 7
WP: Oddanier Mosqueda (2-1): S: Andrew Politi (6)
Key Plays for Worcester:
2nd inning Stephen Scott RBI double and Narciso Crook two-run double
5th inning Wilyer Abreau two-run single
6th inning Daniel Palka solo home run
7th inning Crook two-run double
WooSox Highlights:
Sunday
WooSox 9, Lehigh Valley 2
WP: Chase Shugart (2-1)
Key Plays for Worcester:
3rd inning Wilyer Abreau RBI double, Narciso Crook RBI triple, and Daniel Palka and Stephen Scott RBI doubles
5th inning Scott and Nick Sogard two-run homers
WooSox Highlights:
210Sports’ WooSox of the week
Batter: Niko Goodrum 10-21, 4 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 7 BB, 8 R in 6 games
Pitcher: Oddanier Mosqueda 1-0, 5 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 6 K in 3 appearances
Last week’s transactions
*Tuesday, June 20: Boston signed Kyle Barraclough to a minor league contract and assigned him to Worcester, and placed Joely Rodríguez in Worcester on a rehab assignment. Worcester placed Jake Faria on the temporary inactive list and placed Oscar Rangel on the developmental list.
*Wednesday, June 21: Boston recalled David Hamilton from Worcester. Worcester activated Wilyer Abreu and Chase Shugart from the 7-day injured list and placed Bradley Zimmer (right ankle sprain) and Ryan Fitzgerald (left oblique strain) on the 7-day injured list.
*Thursday, June 22: Boston recalled Brandon Walter from Worcester and selected Caleb Hamilton from Worcester. Worcester placed Ryan Sherriff (left flexor strain) on the 7-day injured list, activated Oscar Rangel from the development list, and added Corey Rosier from Portland.
*Friday, June 23: Boston recalled Bobby Dalbec and Chris Murphy from Worcester, and optioned Brandon Walter and Tayler Scott to Worcester. Worcester added Max Ferguson from Greenville and activated Jake Faria from the temporary inactive list.
This week’s schedule
at Buffalo Bisons (Toronto)
Wednesday: 1pm
Thursday: 7pm
Friday: 7pm
Saturday: 6pm
Sunday: 1pm
Monday: 6pm
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