MLB

Boston Red Sox at Colorado Rockies

· Major League Baseball
Boston Red Sox
54-48, 30-22 Away
Final
7 - 20
Colorado Rockies
38-65, 24-29 Home

Doyle hits 1st career grand slam, Rockies tie franchise record for runs in 20-7 win over Red Sox

Ezequiel Tovar homered and singled twice, extended his hitting streak to 11 games with his homer in the first inning. Jacob Stallings also homered, Brendan Rodgers had four hits and Kris Bryant singled three times for the Rockies.

Cal Quantrill (7-7) tossed six solid innings as Colorado took two of three from the scuffling Red Sox. Boston has lost five of its first six coming out of the All-Star break.

The Red Sox used four relievers to get through seven innings, and infielder Dominic Smith pitched the eighth, working a clean inning on eight pitches.

Following the game, Boston announced that manager Alex Cora agreed to a three-year contract extension through the 2027 season.

“I’m just glad we got a deal done and everybody can concentrate on what really matters,” Cora said.

Boston had a season-high four errors that led to six unearned runs. Three of the errors came with Nick Pivetta on the mound. Pivetta (4-7), who entered Wednesday with a 13.85 ERA in four career starts against the Rockies, gave up eight runs, seven earned, in 2 2/3 innings.

“I didn’t have my best stuff,” Pivetta said. “Breaking pitches weren’t breaking the way I needed them too and they were ready to put barrels on baseballs.”

Both benches and bullpens cleared in the fourth when Reese McGuire and Quantrill exchanged words. McGuire took exception when Quantrill pumped his fist after getting him to fly out to end the top of the fourth and the players had to be separated.

Things cooled down without incident or anyone being ejected.

“I know Reese from our (Pittsburgh) Pirates days and I knew Cal wasn’t yelling at Reese initially,” said catcher Jacob Stallings, who got between McGuire and Quantrill. “I just wanted to calm things down before anything got too crazy.”

Colorado led 5-1 after the second inning, went ahead 8-1 on Stallings’ three-run homer in the third, and scored five times in the fourth. Ryan McMahon, who missed the last two games with a sore hand, hit a two-run homer, his 15th, to spark the rally.

Jarren Duran hit a solo homer in the fifth, his 13th, and drove in two more runs with a triple in the ninth. Rafael Devers had three hits for Boston.

Doyle hit his 17th home run off former teammate Chase Anderson in the sixth, capping a six-run inning. Five of the runs were unearned.

“That’s two series wins in a row,” Stallings said. “We’re playing good ball.”

UP NEXT

Red Sox: RHP Brayan Bello (10-5, 5.27 ERA) opens a three-game home series against the New York Yankees on Friday night.

Rockies: LHP Kyle Freeland (2-3, 5.63) begins a 10-game road trip against the San Francisco Giants on Friday night. Freeland is 2-0 with a 1.95 ERA in six starts since being activated from the 60-day IL.

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Matchup Prediction

Rockies: 40.6%
Red Sox: 59.4%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning Hamilton flied out to center.
9th Inning Duran tripled to right, González scored and Rafaela scored.
9th Inning Rafaela singled to left, González to second.
9th Inning Westbrook lined out to second.
9th Inning McGuire struck out looking.
9th Inning González reached on infield single to third.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 1
12 Ground Balls 10
6 Strikeouts 10
6 Runs Batted In 20
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
11 Hits 21
0 Stolen Bases 0
2 Walks 2
0 Catcher Interference 0
7 Runs 20
2 Ground Into Double Play 0
1 Sacrifice Flies 2
35 At Bats 45
1 Home Runs 4
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 1
12 Runners Left On Base 17
1 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
3 Doubles 4
18 Fly Balls 27
1 Caught Stealing 0
130 Pitches 197
0 Games Started 0
1 Pinch At Bats 1
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 0
19 Total Bases 37
38 Plate Appearances 50
162.0 Projected Home Runs 648.0
5 Extra Base Hits 8
5.4 Runs Created 15.3
.314 Batting Average .467
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.543 Slugging Percentage .822
.257 Secondary Average .400
.342 On Base Percentage .480
.885 OBP Pct + SLG Pct 1.302
0.7 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.4
5.2 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 15.9
48.5 Batter Rating 121.0
35.0 At Bats Per Home Run 11.3
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.42 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.94
.229 Isolated Power .356
0.33 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.20
.053 Walks Per Plate Appearance .040
-.057 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average -.067
13.0 Runs Produced 40.0
0.9 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.6 Patience Ratio 0.8
0.4 Balls In Play Average 0.5
95.0 MLB Rating 149.8
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Coors Field

Location: Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 36,579 | Capacity:

2024 American League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
New York - 63 W3 0.5855263 89
Baltimore 5 68 L3 0.55263156 84
Boston 13 76 W1 0.5 76
Tampa Bay 15 78 L1 0.4868421 74
Toronto 17 80 L2 0.47368422 72

2024 National League West Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Los Angeles - 62 W1 0.59210527 90
San Diego 3.5 66 W1 0.5686275 87
Arizona 6 68 W1 0.55263156 84
San Francisco 16 78 W2 0.4868421 74
Colorado 31.5 94 L1 0.38562092 59
Full Standings