Behind a four-run comeback in the top of the sixth inning, the Worcester Red Sox earned an impressive 5-2 win to sweep Thursday’s doubleheader against St. Paul.
During the opening game, Worcester starting pitcher Cooper Criswell hurled five scoreless innings and struck out six to improve his record to 4-2.
On the offensive side, meanwhile, Kristian Campbell ended his recent slump with a first-inning solo blast to help their team earn a 4-0 win.
After Nate Eaton evened the score with a run-scoring single to start the top of the sixth inning, Blaze Jordan followed with his own RBI single to help Campbell score the eventual game-winning run in Game 2.
Nathan Hickey then doubled home multiple insurance runs to help Worcester improve its record to 50-48. The Red Sox finished 4-for-12 with runners in scoring position, while they also recorded three two-out RBIs.
Complete statistics of the second game can be found here.
After a scoreless start at the top of the first inning, the Saints’ offense loaded the bases. For a moment, though, it seemed like it wasn’t enough as Carson McCusker struck out swinging for the first out.
But Jonah Bride said otherwise, as he took Red Sox starting pitcher Isaac Coffey’s 0-2 pitch into left field for a two-run single that plated Payton Eeles and Luke Keaschall.
The opposing cushion was short-lived, though, as Tyler McDonough earned a double to right field that cut Worcester’s deficit to 2-1 through three innings of action.
After the Red Sox stranded one of their three runners on base during the top of the fifth inning, the road team made sure their luck changed in the sixth inning.
Moments after Vaughn Grissom failed to advance the previous runners past first and second base, Jordan countered with a run-scoring single to left field to move Worcester ahead for good.
Hickey’s multiple insurance runs proved essential, as the Saints earned an opportunity to gain an impressive comeback win once they loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning.
Before that could happen, though, Worcester manager Chad Tracy replaced relief pitcher Alex Hoppe with Jose Adames. And it was the right decision, as McCusker grounded into a 5-4-3 double play to seal the three-run win.
Worcester and St. Paul will continue its series on Friday from CHS Field at 8:07 p.m. EST.
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