Worcester, Game 1: W, 6-4 (F/10)
(BOX SCORE)
(Continued in 9th inning from yesterday)
Fans in Buffalo (Blue JaysAAA) were treated to some extra baseball on Friday as beneficiaries of the game being called off in a gridlocked tie in the ninth. Vinny Capra’s home run in the top of the tenth made it so they didn’t have to stick around for too much and Seth Martinez slammed the door. Capra’s quick home run (and third hit of the game) was a great way to end a game that also boasted a ton of offense from the likes of Romy Gonzalez, Franklin Arias,
and Mikey Romero.
Worcester, Game 2: W, 10-0
(BOX SCORE)
Franklin Arias technically had a six-hit day as box scores are concerned, but two came the night before. It’s just as impressive, though, that he had four hits in the full game played last night. All in all, the team had nineteen hits as Arias, Nathan Hickey and Tsung-Che Cheng all had at least three hits on the night, and a fourth inning in which Hickey and Braiden Ward home runs left the yard catapulted the WooSox to a very comfortable lead. John Holobetz throwing six scoreless definitely made it much easier to coast to a W, as well.
Portland: L, 1-3 (BOX SCORE)
Infielder Henry Godbout has really seen the ball well since originally stumbling upon his promotion to Double-A. He’s got seven home runs since his call-up exactly a month ago, and he followed up a two-home run game and an RBI knock. Unfortunately, that RBI was the only time Portland would get on the board while overlooking Chesapeake Bay (OriolesAA), and that run came in all the way with two out in the top of the eighth. That was also the only hit the team had with runners in scoring position on the night, and though Morgan McSweeney had a two-run performance against his old organization across four innings, he gave up an early home run that paid dividends for the BaySox.
Greenville: L, 2-3 (F/10) (BOX SCORE)
The Drive were subject to a second consecutive walkoff in Bowling Green (Rays High-A) but it would have never gotten to that point without five key workhorse innings out of the pen by Shea Sprague. Another Tar Heel on the Drive roster, the lefty had a rough 2026, but a nice Friday night. The team, though, couldn’t drive any runs in after Stanley Tucker’s home run in the third; even with the Hot Rods stranding fourteen runners, they had plenty of chances to drive that third run home and win the game in dramatic fashion.
Salem: W, 11-4 (BOX SCORE)
The RidgeYaks rode home runs from Adonys Guzman and Josue Brito into a five-run third inning, and with that, an early lead that never dissipated, especially with three more runs in each of the fifth and sixth innings. Salem left the bases loaded leaving Lynchburg (Guardians A) an opportunity to maybe cut into the lead, but both teams were certainly capable of leaving some runners on. But, when Salem scores eleven, it’s tough to complain about a few stragglers.
