The Worcester Red Sox spent last week in Moosic, Pennsylvania at PNC Field for a series against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, and went 2-5 in the series to drop to next to last place in the International League's East Division second half standings. Tuesday Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 8, WooSox 4 LP: Jorge Benitez (2-3) Game stories WooSox: WooSox... Continue Reading →
Worcester Hockey History: A Primer
(Note: the following article originally appeared in the program for the ECHL/SPHL Booster Club Jamboree last weekend, hosted by the Worcester Railers Booster Club in Southbridge, Massachusetts, and was edited for length. This is the entire submitted text, which was significantly longer than the space available to print it.) While the ECHL/SPHL Jamboree is celebrating... Continue Reading →
WooBall Weekly: Bravehearts walk off into All-Star break
The Worcester Bravehearts began their week with a Tuesday game at Fitton Field against the Vermont Lake Monsters, and despite a mid-innings comeback to tie the score they couldn't get over completely over the hump and drop a 5-3 contest. Down 3-0 in the bottom of the seventh WooBall tied it on a Shea Grady... Continue Reading →
WooSox Rewind: Worcester drops two of three against Lehigh Valley
The Worcester Red Sox came out of the International League's All-Star break with a short series against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs at Coca-Cola Park in Allentown, PA and after winning the opener dropped the next two games to fall to 10-10 in the East Division second half standings. FridayWooSox14, Lehigh Valley 3WP: Grant Gambrell (4-6)Game... Continue Reading →
WooBall Weekly: Bravehearts still over .500 with one week to go before the All-Star break
After the usual Monday off for the Worcester Bravehearts it was Brockton coming to town Tuesday and early on it was all Rox until WooBall exploded for five runs in the bottom of the ninth to tie it before Worcester would finally succumb 7-6 in a home run derby. The Bravehearts' first run came in... Continue Reading →
WooSox Rewind: Another 3-3 week for Worcester gains them no ground in standings
The Worcester Red Sox took on the Rochester Red Wings at Polar Park last week, and once again went 3-3. They now find themselves 3.5 games out of the top spot in the Interantional League's East Division second half standings heading into their All-Star break. Tuesday Rochester 5, WooSox 1 LP: Jason Alexander (4-5) Game... Continue Reading →