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Abreu Homers Three Times, Dalbec Goes Deep Twice in 13-4 Rout of Bisons

August 13, 2023 - International League (IL)
Worcester Red Sox News Release


WORCESTER, M.A. - A six home run afternoon powered the Worcester Red Sox (24-14, 63-50) past the Buffalo Bisons (20-18, 54-59) on Sunday, an offensive onslaught that gave the home team a 13-4 win at Polar Park.

Wilyer Abreu was the story of the afternoon, becoming the first WooSox player to three home runs and the first for a Red Sox Triple-A affiliate since Cole Sturgeon on September 2, 2019 on the last pitch ever thrown at McCoy Stadium.

Abreu, acquired in the Christian Vasquez trade with Houston last year, hit a 468-foot two-run shot in the first, a 457-foot solo homer in the fourth and a 418-foot two-run blast in the sixth, giving home a career-high 20 home runs.

Since the start of August, the 24-year-old is 18-for-40 (.450) with five walks, seven home runs, two doubles and 18 RBI over 11 games.

Bobby Dalbec put up a multi-homer day of his own, hitting solo homers in the first and eighth. With the swings, Dalbec reaches the 30-homer mark for the second time in his professional career (2018 with Salem/Portland).

Stephen Scott went back-to-back with Dalbec in the eighth, the last big swing of the 13-run, 14-hit day for Worcester. Scott's homer extended the team's International League-leading home run total, their 181st of the season.

The WooSox had nine total extra-base-hits, including RBI doubles by Christian Arroyo in the third and Enmanuel Valdez in the sixth. They scored in seven of eight offensive innings, also grabbing runs on a Ryan Fitzgerald RBI groundout in the third and a David Hamilton RBI infield single in the seventh.

On the mound, Rio Gomez tossed four innings of three-run ball, followed by Cam Booser who allowed one run over two innings and earned the win. Nick Robertson, Joe Jacques and Justin Garza combined to post a runless final three innings.

The WooSox are off Monday and continue the homestand with a six-game series, starting at 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday night, against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, affiliate of the New York Yankees. On the mound, Shane Drohan (4-4, 6.00) faces Will Warren (4-4, 5.24). Television coverage is on NESN+, while radio coverage is live on 100.1 FM The Pike, 98.9 Nash Icon and the WooSox Radio Network.

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