IL Worcester Red Sox

Worcester Rallies for Two in Ninth, Beats Rochester 4-3

Published on September 1, 2021 under International League (IL)
Worcester Red Sox News Release


ROCHESTER, N.Y. - For the second straight night, the Worcester Red Sox (56-47) came through with a late comeback to take down the Rochester Red Wings (43-57), a 4-3 win on Wednesday night.

The WooSox trailed 3-2 with three offensive outs remaining, needing another late-inning rally to extend the game. Franchy Cordero smacked a leadoff ground-rule double to left and moved to third on a flyout, representing the tying run. A pair of walks followed, loading the bases for Jhonny Pereda. The catcher saw two pitches go by, then cracked a hard ground ball that snuck past third and rolled in to left-Cordero and Johan Mieses sprinted home to cap off Pereda's go-ahead two-run double.

Durbin Feltman tossed a scoreless ninth, sealing the road team's eighth win in nine games. Before Tuesday, Worcester had won two games in 41 tries when trailing after six innings; it has now done it twice in as many nights at Frontier Field.

Pitching also dominated the first seven frames of the game-WooSox starter Daniel Gossett allowed just one run over five innings, the right-hander's longest outing since returning from an injured list stint in early August. Rochester got its only run against Gossett in the first, a Victor Robles RBI triple.

In the bottom of the sixth, Donovan Casey delivered a sac-fly, driving home Daniel Palka to make it 2-0 Red Wings. The run came against Eduard Bazardo, part of his second outing as part of an MLB rehab assignment.

Half an inning later, Johan Mieses came to the plate for Worcester with a man on, still trailing 2-0. Mieses worked the count full, then ripped a game-tying two-run homer over the left field wall, a blast that gave the 26-year-old his third homer over the last six games.

Rochester took the lead right back in the eighth inning, thanks to leadoff man Nick Banks, who stepped up to the plate against brand-new WooSox reliever Durbin Feltman. Banks jumped on the first pitch, sneaking a fly ball just over the left field wall for a go-ahead, three-run home run, his second career Triple-A long ball.

That gave the Red Wings a 3-2 lead coming in to the top of the ninth, where Worcester came through with its second two-run inning of the night to notch the victory.

The WooSox continue a six-game series Thursday at 7:05 p.m. against the Rochester Red Wings at Frontier Field. Radio coverage starts live at 6:45 p.m. on 98.9 Nash Icon and the WooSox Radio Network. On the mound, Worcester's Kutter Crawford (2-3, 5.52) faces Luis Reyes (0-2, 6.75).

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