Toledo erupts past Worcester, extends winning streak to six
Trailing 5-0 after two innings, Toledo hit back with 15 runs at Polar Park and stretched its winning streak to six with a second straight rout of Worcester.
Toledo answered an early hole with another offensive avalanche, ripping past Worcester 15-6 at Polar Park and extending its winning streak to six. The Mud Hens fell behind 5-0 through two innings, but the game flipped fast once the lineup started stacking doubles, home runs and walks against Worcester.
Corey Julks got Toledo on the board in the third, Tomás Nido and Max Clark followed with back-to-back doubles, and Max Anderson launched a two-run homer to cut into the deficit. Trei Cruz then tied it with an RBI single before Jace Jung drew a go-ahead walk, turning a 5-0 lag into a lead that never slipped away. Toledo added a six-run sixth inning, with Anderson, Gage Workman, Eduardo Valencia and Cruz all delivering doubles in the frame, and Jung later broke the game open again with his second straight homer. Anderson finished the afternoon with a second home run in the ninth as the Hens reached 15 runs for the second straight night against the Worcester Red Sox.
The back-to-back outbursts gave Toledo 28 runs across the final two games of the series, after a 13-1 win on June 26 that featured Jung’s grand slam in the first inning and Valencia’s four-hit, two-homer, six-RBI night. Toledo entered at 39-40 and Worcester at 36-40.
Anderson was the headliner on June 27, going 5-for-6 with four runs, two homers and three RBIs. MLB.com had him with 11 hits over his previous three games, the most in the minors over that span, and his Triple-A line climbed to .309/.354/.528 after the performance. Jung homered for the second straight game.
Ty Madden started for Toledo and was tagged early, including being hit by three pitches, before Beau Brieske took over after 2.1 innings. The relief group held Worcester long enough for the bats to finish the job, and the finale of the six-game set is scheduled for Sunday at 1:05 p.m. ET.
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