BOSTON — Randal Grichuk lined a two-run double in a three-run tenth inning and Colorado held on to beat the Boston Red Sox 7-6 on Tuesday night time, giving the Rockies their second straight win at Fenway Park.
Jurickson Profar added a sacrifice fly within the tenth and because the Rockies improved to 13-21 on the street. They had misplaced eight of 10 away video games earlier than arriving in Boston.
“It was a good team win. A lot of guys in a lot of different spots helped out,” Colorado supervisor Bud Black mentioned.
With an automated runner on second, Justin Garza (0-1) walked Nolan Jones beginning the tenth and Grichuk lined the primary pitch he noticed down the left-field line and Profar boosted the result in 7-4.
“It was good to see Randal get the big hit there,” Black mentioned. “I know he’s been frustrated a couple different times over the last couple of weeks with some opportunities. He’s too good of a player not to contribute and get some big hits for us. And I still think there’s more to come.”
Rafael Devers led off the underside half towards Matt Carasiti along with his second two-run homer of the sport, his seventeenth house run this season. After a one-out stroll, Pierce Johnson retired Christian Arroyo on a flyout and struck out Reese McGuire for his twelfth save in 14 possibilities.
PHOTOS: Grichuk’s 2-run double in tenth lifts Rockies over Red Sox 7-6
Elias Díaz hit a three-run double within the third and Brenton Doyle added an RBI double within the fourth as Colorado constructed a 4-0 lead towards Kutter Crawford.
Boston, prolonged to additional innings in three straight video games for the primary time since June 25-28, 2000, went 2-for-11 with runners in scoring place and left 9 on base. The Red Sox dropped to 33-35, final within the AL East.
“We’ve just got to play well. That’s it,” Boston supervisor Alex Cora mentioned. “Two extra-inning games – it’s kind of like a flip of a coin, right? A man at second with no outs and you go throw from there. Obviously, yesterday we didn’t play well. Today, we played OK. We played better. We didn’t pitch the way we’ve been pitching lately.”
Colorado’s Chase Anderson allowed three runs and 5 hits in 4 1/3 innings.
THE BARD
Colorado reliever Daniel Bard (3-0), a 2006 first-round draft decide by the Red Sox who pitched for Boston from 2009-13, received the win for the second straight night time in his return to Fenway, sitting the Red Sox down so as within the ninth.
“I couldn’t script it any better. It’s still kind of surreal. I don’t know if I’ll throw tomorrow. That’d be wild,” Bard mentioned.
Bard began the ninth by putting out Verdugo, then retired Masataka Yoshida on a groundout and Justin Turner on a flyout.
“I liked how he was sort of prowling around the mound,” Black mentioned. “There was a confidence there. There was a body language that showed with Daniel and that’s a really good sign.”
Black was additionally happy with Doyle, who caught Verdugo on the plate within the fifth on a throw clocked at 99.2 mph,.
“That was a great throw,” Black mentioned.
FIELDING FOIBLES
Red Sox: Cora mentioned he’s taking INF Kiké Hernández out of the rotation at shortstop sooner or later after Hernández dedicated his main league-leading 14th error. “I told him this is where we’re at right now and he understands,” Cora mentioned. The Red Sox are nonetheless with out SS Trevor Story, who’s recovering from offseason elbow surgical procedure and mentioned this week he hopes to have the ability to return as DH in July, presumably taking the sector in August.
UP NEXT
Rockies LHP Austin Gomber (4-5, 7.57 ERA) goes up towards Red Sox RHP Garrett Whitlock (3-2, 4.78 ERA) on Wednesday night time within the finale of the three-game collection.
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