Red Wings fall twice as WooSox rally behind grand slams

Rochester Red Wings let a late three-run lead slip away as the Worcester Red Sox stormed back with a sixth-inning grand slam to take the seven-inning opener of Wednesday's doubleheader 5-4 at Polar Park.

Yohandy Morales carried Rochester’s offense early, homering to center in the first inning and again to right in the fifth to stake the Red Wings to a 2-0 lead. Riley Adams stretched the margin with a homer to right-center in the sixth, and Abimelec Ortiz forced in another run with a bases-loaded walk to make it 4-1.

The WooSox mounted their decisive rally in the bottom of the sixth against reliever Kyle Nicolas. Nicolas walked Jason Delay, gave up a single to Allan Castro and issued a one-out walk to Kristian Campbell before striking out Brett Harris for the second out. With the bases still loaded, Tyler McDonough drilled a grand slam to right-center, flipping the game to 5-4.

WooSox finish doubleheader sweep

The WooSox completed a sweep of the doubleheader against Rochester with a 10-2 victory in the second game.

Worcester took control in the first inning. Vinny Capra singled, stole second and scored ahead of Mickey Gasper and Kristian Campbell on Brett Harris’ grand slam to left field, giving Worcester a 4-0 lead.

Rochester responded in the second inning when Trey Lipscomb's RBI single, aided by a throwing error, brought home Andrew Pinckney to cut the deficit to 4-1.

Worcester broke the game open with five runs in the third. Mickey Gasper hit a solo homer, Max Ferguson added an RBI single, Braiden Ward drew a bases-loaded walk and Vinny Capra capped the inning with a two-run double to give the WooSox a 9-1 lead.

Brady House hit a solo home run to left field in the fourth inning for Rochester, but the Red Wings managed just two runs.

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