Anything you can do, I can do better.
A day after teammate and fellow Top 100 prospect Roman Anthony (BOS No. 1/MLB No. 2) clubbed his first career grand slam, Marcelo Mayer figured it was his turn to get in on the action.
MLB Pipeline's No. 11 prospect broke out of a slump with his first pro salami and drove in a career-high seven runs as Triple-A Worcester established club records in runs and hits (26) during a 20-7 win over Rochester at Innovative Field on Friday afternoon.
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The WooSox scored early and often, putting up a three-spot in the opening frame and adding five more in the second on a pair of homers, including Mayer's slam. Worcester tacked on two in the fourth, one in the fifth and poured it on late with nine runs over the final three innings.
Mayer, who entered the game in a 2-for-24 skid, added a pair of RBI groundouts and an run-scoring single to best his previous career-best of five RBIs, done in 2023 for High-A Greenville. The 108.1 mph homer was Mayer's third of the season but first since he went deep in the second of back-to-back games on April 2.
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Despite a slow start, the 22-year-old has driven in 17 runs in his first 15 games.
While Mayer paced the offense, he had plenty of help. Only 24 hours after going yard twice, Anthony added two more hits and scored twice. WooSox third baseman Vaughn Grissom and left fielder Tyler McDonaugh both went deep, and each set a career high with five hits.
Grissom -- whom the club acquired in the Chris Sale deal and saw time in the Majors in each of the past three seasons between Atlanta and Boston -- doubled four times and scored five runs.
Everyone in the Worcester lineup had at least one hit with all but two players collecting multihit games, and the club smacked six home runs from six different players.
The offensive outburst was the second time in 48 hours a Minor League team crossed home 20 times. Backed by a club-record eight homers, Triple-A Iowa defeated St. Paul, 20-6, on Wednesday.