The Worcester Red Sox walked off the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders on Thursday, can clinch a series draw at Polar Park on Friday night
The Worcester Red Sox (20-22) picked up their second victory in three games against the visiting Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (28-13) on Thursday night. On Friday night at Polar Park, Worcester looks to secure no worse than a tie in the six-game series with International League-leading Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. The RailRiders’ lead in the first half standings shrunk to just a single game over the Omaha Storm Chasers with the loss. The Red Sox stand in a three-way tie for 11th place, eight-and-a-half games behind S/W-B, the Triple-A affiliate of the New York Yankees. Neither roster features a player currently ranked among the top 100 prospects in baseball, per MLB Pipeline.
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The WooSox grabbed a 12-8 lead with a six-run outburst in the sixth inning before the visitors tied the game with three runs in the eighth. Nick Sogard’s second homer of the game with two gone in the bottom of the ninth ended it for Worcester in a 13-12 triumph. Catcher Nathan Hickey, the Boston Red Sox’ 16th-ranked prospect, went 1-for-4 and hits .215/.318/.346 in 36 games with three homers and 19 RBI. Niko Kavadas leads the club with a .310/.454/.670 slash line, nine home runs and 25 RBI.
Former Red Sox prospect Jeter Downs tied the game with an eighth-inning single for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre while Taylor Trammell drove in three runs. Everson Pereira, the fifth-ranked prospect for New York, finished 1-for-5 and scored three runs. Slashing .257/.339/.513 in games, Pereira leads the team with 10 home runs and has 26 RBI. First baseman T.J. Rumfield hits .317/.368/.452 and second baseman Caleb Durbin tops the club with 31 RBI.
Richard Fitts (3-1), a 24-year-old right-hander acquired from the Yankees last winter in the Alex Verdugo trade, is Boston’s No. 10 prospect and draws the start on Friday. In seven appearances and six starts, Fitts owns a 3.51 ERA and 1.29 WHIP in 33.1 innings. The RailRiders had not declared a Friday starting pitcher.
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