Wednesday's local roundup, results: WooSox rally late for split on road

Baseball

International League

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 8, WooSox 1; WooSox 7, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 4: Bobby Dalbec clouted a three-run homer in the four-run seventh inning of the nightcap for visiting Worcester, which rallied to gain a doubleheader split with the RailRiders.

Tyler Heineman (2 for 3) drove in Worcester's first three runs in the second game, including a tying home run in the sixth inning. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre scratched home a run in the bottom half to go back ahead, before the WooSox rallied in the seventh.

In the first game, Chase Meidroth doubled in Daniel Lugo, who also had doubled, in the fifth inning, but those were Worcester's only hits.

Futures Collegiate League

Brockton at Bravehearts: Wednesday night's game at Fitton Field was postponed because of field conditions. The team had announced a weather delay from 6:30 p.m. to 7:15, before the organization announced the postponement just before the rescheduled game time.

The team announced that fans with tickets for Wednesday night's game can use them at any other Bravehearts home game this season.

Softball

Major League

New England Regional

Rhode Island 6, Burkett 5: The District 4 champions fell to 2-1 in the double-elimination format, losing to Cranston Western in Bristol, Connecticut. Jesse Burkett led, 5-2, before allowing four runs in the fifth inning.

Burkett faces Milford, Connecticut, at noon Thursday, with the winner advancing to the regional title game against Cranston Western (3-0) at noon Friday.

Friday's winner moves on to the Major League Softball World Series, which begins Aug. 4 in Greenville, North Carolina.

Wednesday's results

LOCAL

Baseball

International League

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 8, WooSox 1, 1st

WooSox 7, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 4, 2nd

Central New England Association

Blackstone Valley 6, Auburn 1

Lunenburg 8, Shrewsbury 8, tie

Futures Collegiate League

Brockton at Bravehearts, ppd., field conditions

American Legion

Zone 4 playoffs

Best-of-three final

Hudson 8, North County 0, Hudson wins series, 2-1

Softball

Little League

Senior League East Regional

At Vernon Hill

Final

Delaware 11, District 4 7

Major League New England Regional

At Bristol, Conn.

Winners' bracket final

Rhode Island 6, Burkett 5

Golf

Tournaments and results

At BEDROCK

1, Tony Neggars-Dave Daoust-Jim Brinks-Charlie Bromage, plus 3½. 2, Bob Juneau-John Palermo-Dave Meyers-Joe DeProe, plus 1½. 3, Ken Engstrand-Tim Hackett-Phil Plainte-Bob Russell, plus 1½.

At LEICESTER

Wednesday A.M. League

Blue Division

Gross: 1, Tony Maio, 76. 2, Harry Kustigian, 81. 3, Dave Burbine, 88. Net: T1, Bill Wall Jr., John Curtis, Matt St. Louis, 69.

Red Division

Gross: 1, Tom Clark, 82. 2, Bill Coffey, 83. T3, Ken Paradis, John Rafferty, 87. Net: 1, Paul Graham, 67. T2, Tom Wall, George Keenan, 68.

This article originally appeared on Telegram & Gazette: Wednesday's local roundup, results: WooSox rally late for split on road