Mud Hens erupt for 13 runs, extend win streak to five
Jace Jung’s grand slam and Eduardo Valencia’s two-homer night powered Toledo’s 13-1 rout, a fifth straight win that pushed the Mud Hens to 38-40.
The Mud Hens kept the pressure on Worcester all night and walked out of Polar Park with a 13-1 rout that stretched their winning streak to five. Toledo scored first with a grand slam in the opening inning, then buried the WooSox with two separate five-run frames, both of them coming with two outs.
That first burst came after Max Clark challenged the first pitch of the game, Max Anderson doubled for his ninth hit of the type this season, and Eduardo Valencia lined an RBI single before Jace Jung unloaded the bases with the grand slam. Worcester answered with a solo homer in the bottom of the first, but that was the last time the home side got on the board. From there, Toledo kept stacking pressure, turning nearly every escape into a bigger inning.
Valencia was the centerpiece of the avalanche. He finished 4-for-4 with three runs, two homers and six RBIs, giving Toledo damage from the middle of the order every time Worcester had a chance to breathe. Jung drove in four with the grand slam, while Anderson went 3-for-4 with three runs, an RBI and a walk. Toledo’s 11 hits came without an error, a clean night that made the one-sided score look even harsher than the box score already did.
Carl Edwards Jr. handled the game’s middle in relief, throwing five scoreless innings after Brenan Hanifee started. Worcester managed only five hits in front of 5,060 fans, and the Red Sox never found a way back into the game after that first-inning hole deepened. The final margin matched the tone: Toledo controlled the count, controlled the innings and controlled the pace from the first swing to the last out.
The win gave Toledo a 3-1 series lead and followed earlier road victories of 4-1 on June 23 and 3-2 in 10 innings on June 25. It also extended a run that started from much lower ground. A June 22 Mud Hens weekly release listed Toledo at 34-40 and seventh in the International League West; three days later, the club was 38-40 and suddenly looking far more dangerous.
Game five is set for Saturday, June 27, at 4:05 p.m. EDT, and if Toledo keeps producing innings like these, Detroit has to be watching Valencia, Jung and Anderson a little more closely.
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