Stewart, Fitzgerald Record Multi-Hit Days in Loss to Rochester
WORCESTER, M.A. — Despite a late rally, the Worcester Red Sox (15-20) dropped their ninth in a row, a 9-5 loss to the red-hot Rochester Red Wings (23-12) in front of 9,042 at Polar Park. Rochester scored in four different offensive innings, starting with a two-run third frame. In the
WORCESTER, M.A. — Despite a late rally, the Worcester Red Sox (15-20) dropped their ninth in a row, a 9-5 loss to the red-hot Rochester Red Wings (23-12) in front of 9,042 at Polar Park.
Rochester scored in four different offensive innings, starting with a two-run third frame. In the second, Luis Garcia came to the plate with a man on and lifted a home run over the berm in left. That swing continued Garcia’s torrid stretch this week, and after a 3-for-5 day today, is 9-for-20 in the series.
An inning later, the Red Wings strung together three straight RBI hits. Richard Urena chased WooSox starter Carlos Martinez with a run-scoring single. Worcester went to the bullpen for Michael Feliz, who gave up a two-run double to Alfredo Rodriguez and an RBI single to Andrew Stevenson to make it 6-0 Rochester.
Martinez took the loss, charged with five earned runs in 3.2 innings. The right-hander struck out four and walked one in his second start with the Boston organization.
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The WooSox grabbed a run back in the fifth on an RBI double by Ryan Fitzgerald, a hit that marked the first run of the week allowed by the Rochester bullpen. In the seventh, Fitzgerald brought in the home team's second run on a groundout that plated Triston Casas. Stevenson got the run back for the Red Wings in the eighth with an RBI double to right.
Trailing 6-2 entering the bottom of the eighth, the WooSox offense continued to fight back; in the inning, Triston Casas worked a base-loaded walk, Rob Refsnyder delivered a run-scoring groundout, Jeter Downs sprinted home on a wild pitch, making it a 7-5 game through eight.
But Rochester scored two in the ninth on a wild pitch and a passed ball, all with Worcester closer Kaleb Ort on the mound.
The WooSox continue the two-week homestand on Sunday afternoon at 1:05 p.m. against the Rochester Red Wings. On the mound, Connor Seabold (3-1, 2.93) faces Jackson Tetreault for the second time in the series. Television coverage is on NESN+, while radio coverage is live at 12:45 p.m. on 98.9 Nash Icon and the WooSox Radio Network.