WORT IMPRESSES IN BRIEF BIG-LEAGUE SHOWCASE
Source: American Association News
Patrick Johnson has gotten most of the attention during the offseason because of being grabbed early by a major league organization after his brilliant 15-1 season at Sioux City when he was selected as the top starting pitcher on the postseason all-star team. Now Explorers teammate Rob Wort, an 11-game winner as a reliever (11-3, 1.79), has made a strong statement in his initial major league exhibition game. The box score shows Wort hurled 1.1 hitless innings with two strikeouts for his new Boston teammates in the Red Sox’ 5-1 Grapefruit League win over Philadelphia Sunday although that is only part of the story. The 27-year-old right-hander needed only one pitch to get a ground out with runners on third and second to end the eighth inning. And he needed only seven pitches–all strikes–to set the Phillies down in order in the eighth, striking out seasoned major leaguers Darin Ruf and J. P. Arencibia on three pitches apiece with another ground out in between. Wort has been a strikeout machine throughout his professional career, which included 2009-13 in the Washington farm system and a brief stint with Arizona two years ago. He fanned 150 American Association hitters in only 102…
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