Allentown, Pennsylvania (September 12, 2026) – The Lehigh Valley IronPigs (32-35, 67-75) continued their long ball barrage, blasting three more homers en route to a 7-5 victory over the Worcester Red Sox (36-30, 72-65) 4-1 on Saturday night at Coca-Cola Park.
It was a homer for Worcester that opened the scoring as Allan Castro went deep in the first for a 1-0 lead before a Carter Kieboom RBI double in the bottom half equalized for the ‘Pigs.
Payton Henry slugged a solo homer to put the ‘Pigs ahead in the second before Gabriel Rincones Jr. hit a two-run shot to extend the lead to 4-1.
A Tsung-Che Cheng RBI triple got a run back for the WooSox in the fourth and he then scored on a Tomas Nido RBI groundout to make it 4-3. Braiden Ward slugged a solo homer right after to tie the game at 4-4.
The game didn’t stay knotted for long as Otto Kemp ripped a two-out, two-run single to put the ‘Pigs in front for good in the last of the fourth.
A Paul McIntosh solo homer restored the ‘Pigs three-run edge in the sixth, but the WooSox got back to within two on a Castro RBI groundout in the seventh.
Lou Trivino III (S, 8) picked up a pair of punchouts in the ninth to close the game, stranding the tying run at first base.
Drake Fellows (W, 6-4) earned the win for the ‘Pigs allowing four runs over six frames, striking out six, while Michael Sansone (L, 2-6) took the loss for the WooSox, allowing six runs in 3.2 innings.
The ‘Pigs and WooSox wrap up their series on Sunday, September 13th at Coca-Cola Park with first pitch slated for 1:15 p.m. The ‘Pigs hand the ball to Casey Lawrence while Worcester counters with Gage Ziehl.
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