Corey Rosier goes deep, leads Worcester Red Sox past Toledo
The Worcester Red Sox defeated the Toledo Mud Hens, 5-2, on Friday afternoon.
Corey Rosier opened the WooSox account with an RBI single in the second. After Roman Anthony drove in another run with a sac fly, Vaughn Grissolm drove in two runs with a single to left field.
Rosier launched a solo home run to right-center field in the fifth inning.
Cooper Criswell hurled six shut out innings for the WooSox, striking out eight batters. Criswell allowed just one walk and one hit, a solo home run to Akil Badoo in the sixth.
The Mud Hens cut the deficit to three in the eighth off another solo home run from Andrew Navigato, but Nick Burdi came out of the bullpen and secured a five-out save.
Worcester (16-14) will face Toledo in the fifth game of its six-game series with the Mud Hens on Saturday, May 3 at 4:05 p.m.
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