Worcester Red Sox notebook: Home sweet home (runs) at Polar Park
Updated May 12, 2021;
Posted May 12, 2021
The Worcester Wall was a popular home run spot on Opening Day at Polar Park. (KATIE MORRISON / MASSLIVE)
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WORCESTER From here on out, there won’t be any more ribbon cuttings. No more “first wins” or “first hits” or “first home runs.” No more anticipation building to Opening Day.
With minor league baseball at Polar Park officially underway with Worcester’s 8-5 win over the Syracuse Mets on Tuesday, the WooSox will only have one thing to turn their attention to now: baseball.
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Worcester Red Sox notebook: Jarren Duran, Jeter Downs look to overcome slow starts as WooSox begin first homestand
Posted May 11, 2021
April 4, 2021. Polar Park, Worcester, MA. Worcester Red Sox sim game. Jeter Downs scores a run. (KATIE MORRISON / MASSLIVE)
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Tuesday marks the much anticipated homecoming for the Worcester Red Sox. Polar Park will open its gates to welcome fans for the first-ever Worcester Red Sox home game as they host the Syracuse Mets.
Polar Park will be a welcome sight for the WooSox, as they dropped four of six games in the opening road trip against Buffalo.
While none of the WooSox got off to a particularly hot start, mustering just four runs over the first three games of the season, it was an especially bumpy beginning for prospects Jeter Downs and Jarren Duran, who combined to go 0-for-21 with 10 strikeouts atop the Worcester lineup.
Updated: 7:52 AM EDT May 11, 2021 The Worcester Red Sox are coming home to inaugurate their brand new ballpark in the heart of the city. Polar Park the newly completed, $118 million ballpark opens Tuesday for a 3:05 p.m. game against the Syracuse Mets. It s the start of a 12-game homestand that stretches through May 23. The WooSox originally planned to have their Polar Park debut on April 13 against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs before the Triple-A season was delayed.The Worcester Red Sox are now scheduled to play 60 games at Polar Park this season. The home of the WooSox has a 22-foot Worcester Wall, modeled after Fenway s Green Monster, but the park only has half the foul territory of Fenway bringing fans closer to the players and eliminating many rally-killing foul popups. Tickets start at $8 and $9. The new ballpark also features local foods and local beer, spacious clubhouses for the teams and even a designated changing room for the new mascot, Smiley Ball, named a