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WooSox Slug Louisville with Five Homers in 12-6 Win

June 4, 2023 - International League (IL)
Worcester Red Sox News Release


LOUISVILLE, KY - The Worcester Red Sox slugged five home runs - including two from Ronaldo Hernandez - in a 12-6 win over the Louisville Bats on Sunday afternoon at Louisville Slugger Field, ending their 12-game road trip with back-to-back wins after dropping eight of 10.

In his fifth game with Worcester, Red Sox rehabber Adam Duvall started the scoring with a two-run blast in the top of the fourth, slamming a 2-2 fastball from Jake Wong (L, 1-2) 421 feet to right center field.

Duvall finished the day 1-for-2 with a homer, two walks, and three runs scored. After starting his rehab stint 0-for-8 with five strikeouts, Duvall has gone 3-for-8 with two home runs, a double, three walks, and five runs.

Ronaldo Hernandez hit his first of two long balls later in the fourth, a solo shot to left center. The WooSox had built a 4-0 lead, and did not trail at any point during Sunday's game.

Red Sox prospect Shane Drohan (W, 1-1) picked up his first Triple-A win, holding Louisville's high-powered offense scoreless until the fifth inning, when a Henry Ramos home run and a Nick Martini two-run double narrowed the lead to 4-3. Drohan finished after five frames, having allowed three runs on seven hits with four walks and five strikeouts, highlighted by an 0-2 changeup that badly fooled Reds rehabber Joey Votto in the fourth.

A bases-loaded walk drawn by Bradley Zimmer extended Worcester's lead to 5-3 in the fifth, and the WooSox unloaded on the Bats bullpen for seven runs in the seventh inning to blow the game open.

Ryan Fitzgerald cranked a three-run homer 417 feet to right, and three batters later Hernandez and Zimmer went back-to-back. All three home runs came against former WooSox reliever Silvino Bracho.

Zimmer went 7-for-18 (.389) in the series, launching two home runs and reaching in 13 of his 24 plate appearances with the help of four walks and two hit-by-pitches.

Fitzgerald wrapped up the road trip on an absolute tear. He reached base in seven of his final nine plate appearances over the weekend with four doubles, two walks, and a homer.

Nick Sogard recorded another multi-hit game, and is now batting .409 (9-for-22) in his five games as Worcester's leadoff man.

Including Saturday's 14-1 win, Worcester outscored Louisville 26-7 over the final two games of the series, but finished the 12-game road trip with a 4-8 record.

The WoooSox will return home for the first time since May 21 to start a six-game homestand against the Rochester Red Wings at Polar Park on Tuesday.

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