By Stephen Ur
The Worcester Red Sox and Buffalo Bison played a doubleheader, the first of two they will play this series, at Polar Park in Worcester, MA on Friday night. The second game was the make-up of a game postponed in Buffalo on July 2. Both were seven-inning games.
The first game was played as a seven-inning game, and the second game started 40 minutes after the first ended.
Buffalo took the first lead in the top of the fourth as Orelvis Martinez homered to center field, bringing in Ernie Clement and Addison Barger. Bobby Dalmec would hit his 28th home run of the season in the bottom of the sixth to make it a 3-1 game.
The Bisons would add four more in the top of the seventh to break the game open, taking a 7-1 lead after Clement scored on a sacrifice fly from Tanner Morris. They would close out Worcester for the 7-1 victory.
In Game 2, Worcester would get out of a bases-loaded jam in the top of the third inning before Ceddane Rafaela hit a three-run homer to right field. They’d add another in the bottom of the fourth as Stephen Scott scored on a single from Bradley Zimmer, making it a 4-0 game.
Wilber Abreyu, who was hit by a pitch earlier in the game, knocked a home run into center field in the bottom of the fifth to extend the Worcester lead to 5-0.
Defense would close it out for the WooSox as they won the second game by a final score of 5-0. The two teams will face off again tomorrow with first pitch being set for 4:05 p.m. ET.