The Worcester Red Sox maintained a three-run lead against Iowa as both teams entered the bottom of the sixth inning on Friday night.

It wasn’t enough, though, as Forrest Wall countered with a grand slam to help the Cubs earn an impressive come-from-behind 9-6 win at Principal Park.

Worcester starting pitcher Richard Fitts allowed five hits, two earned runs, and struck out three in five innings of action.

Such effort wasn’t enough, though, as relief pitchers David Sandlin (four), Zack Kelly (two), and Bryan Mata (one) allowed seven earned runs in three innings of relief.

The Red Sox moved to 60-57 as they finished 4-for-13 with runners in scoring position.

Complete game statistics can be found here .

After two combined innings of scoreless action, Jhostynxon Garcia changed that fo

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