The Worcester Red Sox spent last week at Coolray Field in Lawrenceville, Georgia for a series against the Gwinnett Stripers (Atlanta) and only managed a 3-3 split, keeping them in fifth place in the International League’s East Division second-half standings but dropping them farther behind first-place Durham.
Tuesday
WooSox 6, Gwinnett 5
WP: Justin Garza (2-0)
Key Plays for Worcester:
9th inning David Hamilton RBI single and Ronaldo Hernandez RBI single
WooSox Highlights:
Wednesday
WooSox 3, Gwinnett 2
WP: Chris Murphy (2-3); S: Andrew Politi (13)
Key Plays for Worcester:
2nd inning Chris Murphy bases=loaded strikeout of Joe Dunand to end inning.
5th inning Bradley Zimmer two-run homer and Bobby Dalbec RBI single
WooSox Highlights:
Thursday
Gwinnett 5, WooSox 4
LP: Ryan Fernandez (3-3)
Key Plays for Worcester:
2nd inning Bobby Dalbec solo homer
5th inning Narciso Crook solo home run
8th inning Niko Kavadas two-run homer
WooSox Highlights:
What went wrong:
Another blown save for the bullpen.
Friday
Gwinnett 7, WooSox 1
LP: Brian Van Belle (4-3)
Key Plays for Worcester:
None
WooSox Highlights:
What went wrong:
Can’t win by getting just three hits.
Saturday
Gwinnett 3, WooSox 2
LP: Luis Guerrero (0-1)
Key Plays for Worcester:
5th inning three Justin Hagenman strikeouts with bases loaded
8th inning Niko Kavadas solo homer run
9th inning Bobby Dalbec solo homer
WooSox Highlights:
What went wrong:
Another blown save
Sunday
WooSox 6, Gwinnett 4
WP: Cam Booser (4-3); S: Andrew Politi (14)
Key Plays for Worcester:
4th inning Ronaldo Hernandez two-run double, Niko Kavadas RBI double, Bradley Zimmer RBI double, and Narciso Crook RBI double.
WooSox Highlights:
210Sports’ WooSox of the week
Batter: Narciso Crook 4-12, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 4 R
Pitcher: Justin Hagenman 4.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 7 K
Last week’s transactions
*Monday, September 4: Boston claimed Logan Gillaspie off waivers from Baltimore and optioned him to Worcester. Worcester placed Shane Drohan on the development list.
*Wednesday, September 6: Worcester added Luis Guerrero from Portland, activated Chase Shugart from the temporarily inactive list, and placed Brendan Nail on the development list.
*Friday, September 8: Boston placed Pablo Reyes in Worcester on a rehab assignment.
*Saturday, September 9: Boston placed Corey Kluber in Worcester on a rehab assignment, optioned Brandon Walter and Joe Jacques to Worcester, and recalled Zack Weiss and Nick Robertson from Worcester.
This week’s schedule
vs Syracuse Mets (NY Mets)
Tuesday: 6:45pm
Wednesday: 6:45pm
Thursday: 6:45pm
Friday: 6:45pm
Saturday: 4pm
Sunday: 1pm
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