The Red Sox had each alternative to place the Colorado Rockies away.
They had outdated good friend Connor Seabold on the ropes within the first inning, tagging the ex-Red Sox hurler for 3 straight singles out of the gate earlier than squandering the prime scoring alternative and coming away with nothing.
They took a 2-1 lead on a Christian Arroyo solo shot within the seventh, solely to right away enable Colorado to tie it proper again up the next inning.
Rafael Devers put a cost into what would have been the go-ahead two-run house run within the eighth, however Rockies outfielder Nolan Jones made an unbelievable catch on the bullpen wall to maintain the ball within the yard and the sport tied.
Finally, with two outs and the extra-innings ghost runner nonetheless at second, Nick Pivetta loaded the bases and walked within the go-ahead run. With a gentle rain devolving into an entire deluge, the Rockies added one other on a Triston Casas error at first and the grounds crew got here out to cease the motion with the Red Sox trailing 4-2 within the prime of the tenth.
Nearly an hour and a half later, the Red Sox wrapped up the night in becoming style, with Alex Verdugo grounding into the sport ending double play to cap off the dispiriting 4-3 loss.
As has occurred so usually, the Red Sox let one other sport slip away because of sloppy play and ill-timed miscues. They additionally squandered one other gem by beginning pitcher James Paxton, who was wonderful as soon as once more.
Paxton pitched into the seventh inning and allowed just one run on 5 hits and a stroll whereas placing out eight. His lone run was unearned, coming when Kiké Hernández dedicated his 14th error of the season on a play that will have ended the fourth inning.
Outside of the primary three batters Seabold additionally had an amazing evening for Colorado. Starting with the Devers 1-2-3 double play and Adam Duvall strikeout to flee the bases-loaded first inning jam, Seabold retired 14 of the following 16 batters he confronted into the sixth. He wound up permitting one run over six innings, with the Red Sox lastly attending to him after Alex Verdugo walked and Justin Turner tied the sport with an reverse subject RBI double.
Following Arroyo’s seventh inning homer, Colorado tied the sport within the eighth after Jurickson Profar doubled and got here round to attain on an Elias Diaz RBI single up the center off Josh Winckowski. The Rockies ultimately loaded the bases earlier than lefty Brennan Bernardino got here on and delivered by placing out Jones to finish the risk.
The Red Sox obtained their final finest probability within the backside of the ninth when Arroyo doubled with two outs to place the successful run in scoring place, however Boston couldn’t get him in as Daniel Bard, the previous Red Sox reliever who made it again to the massive leagues after seven years in baseball purgatory and was making his first look at Fenway Park since 2013, obtained Connor Wong to floor out to drive further innings.
Then the rain got here, each figuratively and actually, and put a damper on what may have been a satisfying evening at Fenway Park. When the clouds lastly lifted the Red Sox obtained a run again on a Rob Refsnyder RBI single to attain the extra-innings ghost runner, however Verdugo’s double play nipped the rally within the bud.
With the loss Boston falls to 33-34. They might be again Tuesday for a 7:10 p.m. first pitch.
Source: www.bostonherald.com