The Sox got to Rockies starter Rico Garcia in the top of the first inning although Mr. Mookie Betts whiffed to start. Rafael Devers walked and moved to second on the Xander Bogaerts grounder before he scored on the JD Martinez base hit. Mitch Moreland walked but Brock "The Hitman" Holt flied out to center to end the inning with the Sox up 1-0.
Porcello got the ball in the bottom of the first inning and Charlie Blackmon doubled to right to begin. Trevor Story whiffed before Nolan Arenado lined out to right. Daniel Murphy lined out to right to end the inning.
Christian Vazquez lined out to center to start the top of the second inning but JBJ crushed a 478 foot bomb to increase the lead. Porcello himself whiffed but Mr. Mookie walked. Devers flied out to left to end the inning but it was 2-0 Sox.
Porcello cruised in the bottom of the second inning as Ryan McMahon whiffed to start. Ian Desmond popped up to second and Sam Hilliard struck out swinging to end the inning.
Bogaerts walked in the top of the third inning but Martinez banged into a double play. Moreland grounded out to short to end the inning. Tony Wolters flied out to right to begin the bottom of the third before Garcia looked at strike three. Blackmon singled to right before Story whiffed to end the inning.
The Sox poured it on in the top of the fourth as Holt singled to right to begin before Vazquez blasted his 19th home run of the year to increase the lead. JBJ walked but Porcello somehow bunted into a double play. Mr. Mookie lined out to center to end the inning but it was 4-0 Sox.
Arenado singled to start the bottom of the fourth but was doubled off on the Murphy liner to first. McMahon hit a ground rule double to right but Desmont flied out to left to end the inning.
Devers grounded out to second to start the top of the fifth but Bogaerts belted his 28th home run of the year to increase the lead. Martinez grounded out to third but Moreland and Holt hit back to back doubles for another run scored. Vazquez grounded out to third to end the inning but it was 6-0 Sox.
Porcello fell apart in the bottom of the fifth although Hilliard grounded out to first to begin. Wolters singled to left before Yonathan Daza pinch hit for Garcia and got a base hit to left. Blackmon singled home Wolters to put the Rockies on the board. Story beat out a double play ball but Arenado doubled home Daza. Murphy grounded out to short to end the inning but it was 5-2 Sox. That was it for Porcello as he ran out of gas after 5 innings of 2 run ball.
Yency Almonte came in for the top of the sixth and JBJ walked to start. Chris Owings pinch hit for Porcello and naturally banged into a double play. Mr. Mookie flied out to center to end the inning. Darwinzon Hernandez came in for the bottom of the sixth and punched out McMahon to start. Desmond lined out to center but Hilliard walked to begin. Wolters singled to center as Garrett Hampson pinch hit for Almonte. Hernandez punched out Hampson to end the inning.
The Sox effectively ended it in the top of the seventh against Jake McGee. Devers walked and Bogaerts doubled him to third. Martinez singled home Devers for another run before Moreland hit a routine grounder to second. McMahon threw the ball away to score Bogaerts and advance both runners. Holt singled to center but the ball went under Hilliard's glove. Both runners scored and Holt made it to third on the error. Bryan Shaw came in for McGee and Vazquez grounded out to second. JBJ grounded out to third before Marco Hernandez pinch hit for Darwinzon Hernandez. Marco grounded back to the mound to end the inning with the Sox ahead 10-2.
Ryan Brasier came in for the bottom of the seventh and Blackmon grounded out to first to start. Story singled but was erased on the Arenado force. Murphy lined out to center to end the inning.
Mr. Mookie whiffed to open the top of the eighth and Devers flied out to center. Bogaerts grounded out to short to end the inning. Josh Smith came in to crap himself in the bottom of the eighth. McMahon whiffed but Desmond singled to right. Hilliard croaked his 1st home run of his career to cut the lead. Wolters grounded out to first as Yonder Alonso pinch hit for Shaw. Alonso grounded out to second to end the inning with the Sox ahead 10-4.
Wade Davis came in for the top of the ninth and Martinez whiffed to start. Moreland hit another routine grounder to second and once again McMahon threw the ball away. Holt walked but Vazquez banged into a double play to end the inning. Smith returned for the bottom of the ninth and Blackmon grounded out to second. Story singled to left but Arenado blasted his 34th home run of the season. Sox manager Alex Cora had seen enough of Smith and brought in Josh Taylor to end it. Murphy singled but McMahon took strike three. Desmond grounded into a force to end the game. The Sox had held on to win 10-6.
Hero of the Night is a tough one considering everyone contributed but I'll go with Brock Holt. He was 3 for 4 with a walk and drove in 2 of the runs.
The Good:
Rafael Devers walked twice and scored twice in 5 plate appearances.
Xander Bogaerts was 2 for 4 with a walk, 2 runs scored and a home run.
JD Martinez was 2 for 5 with a 2 runs batted in and a run scored.
Jackie Bradley Jr was 1 for 2 with two walks and smashed a solo home run.
Rick Porcello got the win with 5 innings of 2 run ball.
Darwinzon Hernandez pitched a scoreless 6th inning.
Ryan Brasier pitched a scoreless 7th inning.
Josh Taylor got the final two outs of the ninth inning.
The Bad:
Chris Owings banged into a double play as a pinch hitter.
Marco Hernandez was 0 for 1 as a pinch hitter.
Josh Smith allowed 4 runs in just 1 1/3 innings.
The Ugly:
Mookie Betts was 0 for 4 with 2 strikeouts but walked.
Mitch Moreland was just 1 for 4 but walked and scored 2 runs.
Christian Vazquez was just 1 for 5 but the one hit was a 2 run home run.
Final Thoughts:
Its sad to say but every win seems to either come against a bad team or after a huge loss. The Sox really needed to beat Philadelphia and the loss to the Padres considering what was at stake still hurts. Tonight was a good win but the Sox didn't gain ground on anyone. What good is scoring 10 runs one night but not scoring anything the next day like against San Diego. Knowing the Sox, the Rockies will shut them out tomorrow night. Still, there's only 29 games left in the season so there's not much trudging we have to do to make it to the end. The win improved the Sox to 71-62, 6 games back of the Oakland A's for the second wild card. Tomorrow night the Sox wrap up this two game series against the Rockies when they send Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5, 3.92 ERA) to the mound against Peter Lambert at 8:40 PM Eastern time at Coors Field.
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