Rox Break Out The Bats, Bludgeon Tornadoes, 13-3
Published on May 29, 2010 under Canadian American League (Can-Am)
Brockton Rox News Release
Brockton, Mass. - Brockton RF Keith Brachold went 4-for-6, leading the Rox charge with two runs scored and three RBI as they whipped the Worcester Tornadoes, 13-3, in a Can-Am League affair at Campanelli Stadium on Saturday evening.
After the two teams sat through a one hour, thirty-five minute rain delay before the game, Brockton took a lead that it would never relinquish with a four-run second inning, aided by three Worcester errors and a bases-clearing single from Brachold.
Worcester (1-1) responded with a pair of runs in the third on RBI singles from 2B Mark Minicozzi and 1B Nick Salotti, but the Rox came back with two more runs in their half of the frame to take a 6-2 lead.
The score remained that way until the sixth when Brockton (1-1) broke the game wide open, plating five runs courtesy of a two-run single from Brachold and a bases-clearing double by 3B Phillip Cuadrado. The Rox finished their scoring in the eighth on a sacrifice fly by C Chris Grossman and a bases-loaded walk to SS Dominic Ramos, making it a 13-2 game. Worcester tacked on a single tally in the ninth for the game's final run.
The offensive explosion overshadowed a good start for former major-leaguer Mike Smith, (1-0) who allowed two runs on six hits, fanning five in five and one-third innings of work. Buster Lussier had an excellent outing out of the bullpen in relief for Smith, fanning three and allowing no runs in two and two-thirds innings. Baron Short (0-1) was saddled with the loss for Worcester, giving up six runs in five innings.
One night after mustering just five singles in the season-opening 3-2 loss, five different Brockton players had multiple-hit evenings. Cuadrado was 3-for-4 with four RBI, while Valencia, Grossman and 1B Melvin Falu had a pair of hits each. LF Vinny Pennell, Minicozzi and Salotti each had two-hit nights for the Tornadoes.
The two clubs will meet in the rubber match of the three-game set on Sunday at 1:05 p.m., with Brockton lefthander Mike Wlodarczyk toeing the slab in his first start of the season against Worcester's John Kelly. It's the first Sunday Family Fun Day of the year at the ballpark, with kids playing catch on the field before the game and running the bases afterward.
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