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Workman Watch: July 23 edition
Former Bowie High School pitcher Brandon Workman excelled in his second start since returning to the Pawtucket PawSox.
In Saturday’s 3-1 victory over the Buffalo Bisons at Pawtucket, R.I., Workman struck out six and walked only two in five innings of work. He didn’t allow any earned runs and just three hits over that span.
Overall, Workman threw 99 pitches, 59 of them for strikes. Pawtucket scored one run in the fourth and another in the fifth. That was all the PawSox staff needed to beat Buffalo.
The win improved Workman’s record in the minors to 5-1 this season, and lowered his earned-run average to 4.81.
Workman now has 43 strikeouts and 14 walks in 48-2/3 innings pitched, surrendering 26 earned runs on 53 hits. He has started nine times for the PawSox.
Workman was demoted earlier this month by the parent club, the Boston Red Sox.
As of press time, the Red Sox have not committed whether to bring Workman back to Boston.
In a Saturday story written by Jimmy Toscano from Comcast New England, Red Sox manager John Farrell was asked about Workman’s status.
“He needs to continue what he was working on between starts here,” Farrell said, “and that is more consistent command in the bottom of the strike zone. When he’s been down, that’s when he’s been most effective.
“Coming back from the time suspended, and the delay that was in there,” Farrell continued, “he was having a little bit more of a difficult time getting to the bottom of the strike zone. And we saw the home runs as a result of that. So, that’s what we’re focusing on.”
Workman gave up six home runs during his final four starts with the team before his demotion, losing three of those games.
Boston Red Sox pitcher Brandon Workman. (Photo courtesy Boston Red Sox media relations)
Bowie softball had a historic season, where the squad made the postseason for the first time since 2019 and knocked a top seed from the playoffs, come to an end April 29.
No-4 ranked Tuscola Jim Ned got out to a quick start and took an 11-1, five inning win in the area round of the Class 3A Division I playoffs. Bowie had its season end at 19-15.
With a large crowd at Weatherford High rooting them on, Bowie took the field looking to knock out another top seed, as they did with Early last week.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie will have two track athletes at the State track and field meet May 14 with top two finishes at the Region 1-3A track meet at Abilene Christian University May 1-2.
Tyler Richey finished 2nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4th in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 9:29.71.
Several other Rabbits and Lady Rabbits competed at the regional meet. The 800-meter relay foursome of Colton Dosch, Richey, Finn Riddle and Jaxon White finished 6th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8th with a time of 3:30.76.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Saint Jo’s boys and girls track teams took top honors at the Region III-A track meet at Hewitt Midway High School May 1-2 and will send several athletes to the state track and field meet May 16 in Austin.
The boys were led by Damon Byrd who won both the long jump with a 22’9 ¾” leap and triple jump with a 45’ 10 ½”. Byrd also won the 100-meter dash with a time of 1.03 and was a member of the victorious 800-meter relay along with Trent Gaston, Barrett Johnson and Lee Yeley with a time of 1:30.80.
Yeley won the high jump with a 6’ leap. Byrd, Yeley, Dominic Luna and Gaston combined for a 2nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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