WooSox sweep Jumbo Shrimp, jump to first place

The Worcester Red Sox played a mini-series against the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp at 121 Financial Ballpark, and swept all three games, jumping them to the top spot in the International League East’s second half standings.

Friday
WooSox 8, Jacksonville 2
WP: Kyle Barraclough (4-0)
Key Plays for Worcester:
3rd inning Enmanuel Valdez grand slam
5th inning Bobby Dalbec two-run home run and Wilyer Abreau solo homer
WooSox Highlights:

Saturday
WooSox 8, Jacksonville 5
WP: Theo Denlinger (2-0); S: Brendan Nail (3)
Key Plays for Worcester:
1st inning Wilyer Abreau RBI single and Nick Sogard grand slam
4th inning bases loaded strikeout by Oddanier Mosqueda of Charles LeBlanc
9th inning Narciso Crook inside the park two-run homer
WooSox Highlights:

Sunday
WooSox 9, Jacksonville 8
WP: Norwith Gudiño (4-4); S: Cam Booser (1)
Key Plays for Worcester:
1st inning Bobby Dalbec solo home run
2nd inning Stephen Scott RBI double, and David Hamilton and Ceddanne Rafaela RBI singles.
3rd inning Scott RBI single
5th inning Nick Sogard RBI single
WooSox Highlights:

210Sports’ WooSox of the week
Batter: Nick Sogard 6-12, HR, 5 RBI, 3 R, 2 BB, SB
Pitcher: Kyle Barraclough 5 IP, W, 2 ER, 4 K

Last week’s transactions
*Friday, July 14: Worcester activated Rio Gomez from the development list, added Niko Kavadas from Portland, placed Marcus Wilson and Oscar Rangel on the development list, and placed Ryan Fitzgerald in the FCL on a rehab assignment.
*Sunday, July 16: Boston selected Jake Faria from Worcester. Worcester activated Marcus Wilson from the development list and placed Dan Altavilla in the FCL on a rehab assignment.

This week’s schedule
at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (NY Yankees)
Tuesday: 6:30pm
Wednesday: 6:30pm
Thursday: 6:30pm
Friday: 6:30pm
Saturday: 6pm
Sunday: 1pm


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