WooSox set franchise highs in runs and hits, defeat Red

In arguably their best offending efficiency in franchise history, the Worcester Red Sox (9-8) beat the Rochester Red Wings (3-14) 20-7 on Friday afternoon at Innovative Field, winning their fifth-consecutive game and recording a series victory.The WooSox set a brand-new franchise high with 26 hits, going beyond the 20 hits they generated against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders on June 30, 2024. The 20-run output matches the 20 runs the WooSox scored against the Norfolk Tides at Polar Park on May 21, 2024. The Red Sox Triple-A record for runs in a game is 26, which was set by the Pawtucket Red Sox on April 29, 1989 against Scranton at McCoy Stadium.The WooSox set a new season high with six home runs, coming from Abraham Toro, Tyler McDonough, Marcelo Mayer, Nathan Hickey, Alex Binelas, and Vaughn Grissom.Mayer knocked in a career high 7 runs. It’s the most RBI in a game for a WooSox player since Niko Kavadas drove in 7 runs on July 12, 2024. Both McDonough and Grissom set new career highs with five hits.All ten batters that stood for the WooSox had at least one hit

, with 8 of them tallying multi-hit performances. The WooSox scored in seven of their nine offending innings.The scoring begun with 3 in the first. Mayer opened the scoring with a groundout that brought in Roman Anthony. Later on in the inning, Toro belted a two-run shot.Worcester set up five in the 2nd. McDonough led off the inning with his very first homer of the

season. Mayer belted the second WooSox grand slam in as numerous days later in the inning.The WooSox plated a pair in the fourth on a passed ball and an RBI knock from McDonough.They got another in the 5th on Mayer’s second RBI groundout of the day.Three more crossed the plate in the seventh. Toro had an RBI single, and

Hickey blasted a two-run, opposite-field homer.In the 8th, Mayer drove home Binelas with

a single, and Toro hit a sacrifice fly that generated Grissom.Worcester scored 4 times in the ninth, as Binelas belted a three-run

shot, and Grissom squashed a solo shot to go back-to-back with Binelas.On the mound, Robert Stock made his 2nd start

, and the right-hander made his second triumph. Stock tossed five scoreless innings, enabling a hit and strolling 2 while striking out three.The WooSox and Red Wings play the penultimate game of their six-game series tomorrow afternoon at 1:05 p.m. Radio protection begins at 12:45 p.m. on 98.9 Nash Icon and the rest of the WooSox Radio Network.