The Worcester Red Sox spend last week in Syracuse for a series against the Mets and went 4-2 for the week, giving them a second-half record of 19-13 and within striking distance of the top spot in the International League’s East Division.
Tuesday
Syracuse 5, WooSox 4 (10 innings)
LP: Nick Robertson (1-1)
Key Plays for Worcester:
1st inning Ceddanne Rafaela solo home run
8th inning Trevor Story two-run homer
10th inning Niko Kavadas RBI double
WooSox Highlights:
What went wrong: Two blown saves.
Wednesday
WooSox 7, Syracuse 6
WP: Oddanier Mosqueda (3-2); S: Justin Hagenman (1)
Key Plays for Worcester:
4th inning Stephen Scott three-run home run and Trevor Story RBI double
6th inning Ceddanne Rafaela solo homer
8th inning Wilyer Abreu two-run home run, and right fielder Abreu to catcher Stephen Scott putout to end the inning.
WooSox Highlights:
Thursday
WooSox 17, Syracuse 9
WP: Shane Drohan (3-4)
Key Plays for Worcester:
1st inning Drohan inning ending bases loaded strikeout of Tomas Nido
3rd inning Nick Sogard RBI double, David Hamilton three-run home run, Ceddanne Rafaela solo homer, Ronaldo Hernandez solo homer, and Ryan Fitzgerald solo homer.
4th inning Bradley Zimmer two-run homer
5th inning Stephen Scott three-run home run
9th inning Fitzgerald RBI double, and Scott three-run homer
WooSox Highlights:
Friday
WooSox 5, Syracuse 1
WP: Kyle Barraclough (7-0)
Key Plays for Worcester:
3rd inning Narciso Crook solo homer and Ceddanne Rafaela sacrifice fly
8th inning Rafaela two-run homer and Bobby Dalbec solo home run
WooSox Highlights:
Saturday
WooSox 6, Syracuse 3 (10 innings)
WP: Andrew Politi (7-3)
Key Plays for Worcester:
6th inning Caleb Hamilton solo homer
9th inning Ceddanne Rafaela sole home run
10th inning C.Hamilton two-run single and David Hamilton two-run homer
WooSox Highlights:
Sunday
Syracuse 9, WooSox 8 (10 innings)
LP: Brendan Nail (2-1)
Key Plays for Worcester:
1st inning Trevor Story two-run homer.
2nd inning Niko Kavadas RBI single
3rd inning Bobby Dalbec solo home run.
6th inning Ceddanne Rafaela RBI single
7th inning Ronaldo Hernandez solo homer.
8th inning Rafaela RBI double
WooSox Highlights:
What went wrong: Chase Shugart choked away a three-run lead in the bottom of the ninth.
210Sports’ WooSox of the week
Batter: Ceddanne Rafaela 9-24, 2B, 5 HR, 9 RBI, 4 BB, 6 R
Pitcher: Chris Sale 6.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 10 K
Last week’s transactions
*Monday, July 31: Boston recalled Joe Jacques from Worcester. Worcester released Norwith Gudiño.
*Tuesday, August 1: Boston acquired Luis Urías from Milwaukee in exchange for Bradley Blalock and optioned him to Worcester, and placed Chris Sale in Worcester on a rehab assignment. Worcester activated Bradley Zimmer from the 7-day injured list and activated Rio Gomez from the development list.
*Wednesday, August 2: Worcester transferred the rehab assignment of Dan Altavilla from the FCL to Greenville.
*Thursday, August 3: Worcester transferred Eddy Alvarez from the 7-day to the 60-day injured list.
*Friday, August 4: Boston recalled Luis Urías from Worcester.
*Saturday, August 5: Boston placed Tanner Houck in Worcester on a rehab assignment.
*Sunday, August 6: Boston recalled Nick Robertson from Worcester and optioned Joe Jacques to Worcester. Worcester activated Enmanuel Valdez from the 7-day injured list.
This week’s schedule
vs Buffalo Bison (Toronto)
Tuesday: 6:45pm
Wednesday: 12:15pm
Thursday: 6:45pm
Friday: 4:45pm, doubleheader
Saturday: 4pm
Sunday: 1pm
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