The Worcester Red Sox continued their two-week homestand at Polar Park with a series against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, and while Boston was sweeping the New York Yankees in a match-up of major league clubs their AAA affiliates split their series, dropping the WooSox out of first place in the International League’s East Division’s second-half standings.
Tuesday
RailRiders 6, WooSox 5
LP: Ryan Fernandez (2-2)
Key Plays for Worcester:
6th inning Stephen Scott three-run homer and Ceddanne Rafaela two-run triple
WooSox Highlights:
What went wrong:
Bullpen couldn’t hold a five-run lead.
Wednesday
WooSox 8, RailRiders 1
WP: Oddanier Mosqueda (4-2)
Key Plays for Worcester:
3rd inning David Hamilton three-run home run
5th inning Wilyer Abreu three-run homer and Stephen Scott solo home run
WooSox Highlights:
Thursday
RailRiders 2, WooSox 1
LP: Andrew Politi (7-4)
Key Plays for Worcester:
8th inning Ceddanne Rafaela solo home run
WooSox Highlights:
What went wrong:
Hard to win getting only three hits
Friday
WooSox 3, RailRiders 1
WP: Kyle Barraclough (8-0); S: Justin Garza (2)
Key Plays for Worcester:
2nd inning Enmanuel Valdez two-run home run
5th inning Wilyer Abreu RBI single
WooSox Highlights:
Saturday
WooSox 14, RailRiders 12
WP: Ryan Fernandez (3-2)
Key Plays for Worcester:
2nd inning Yu Chang two-run home run
3rd inning Ronaldo Hernandez grand slam
8th inning Wilyer Abreu three-run homer
WooSox Highlights:
Sunday
RailRiders 13, WooSox 1
LP: Shane Drohan (4-5)
Key Plays for Worcester:
None
WooSox Highlights:
What went wrong:
Everything that could go wrong went wrong.
210Sports’ WooSox of the week
Batter: Wilyer Abreu 7-19, 2 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 7 R, 7 BB, 2 SB
Pitcher: Kyle Barraclough 6.2 IP, W, 2 H, 1 ER, 11 K
Last week’s transactions
*Monday, August 14: Worcester Dinelson Lamet elected free agency.
*Tuesday, August 15: Worcester placed Nick Sogard on the 7-day injured list (left index finger contusion), placed Rio Gomez on the development list, and released Dan Altavilla.
*Saturday, August 19: Worcester placed Franklin German in the FCL on a rehab assignment.
This week’s schedule
at Rochester Red Wings (Washington)
Tuesday: 6:45pm
Wednesday: 6:45pm
Thursday: 1pm
Friday: 6:45pm
Saturday: 6pm
Sunday: 1pm
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