Red Sox 10, Rockies 2

 

Six straight win and second consecutive 10-2 blowout! Over that winning streak, the Sox have won the games by a cumulative score of 56-16. I love playing the worst teams in MLB. 

Macho Man Masataka Yoshida, finally off the DL and back in the lineup, went 3-for-4, including an RBI single into right center in the fourth, his batting average at a dizzying but temporary .750. To fit the DH into the lineup, Cora played the numbers game and went with the batting averages, benching Refsnyder (.256), putting Abreu (.260) into right field, and moving Anthony (.263) from right to left and Duran (.262) from left to center. We'll see how platooning the players works out, as I'd hate to see the Sox trading any of these guys.

Meanwhile, Narváez, Abreu, Duran, and González all homered last night, and Giolito got six strikeouts over six innings. 

Despite this win streak, the Sox are still in fourth place in the AL East, but are now a mere one one- thousandth of a percentage point, .521 to .522, behind Seattle for the last Wild-Card playoff spot. 

But all good things, including the stretch of schedule against the MLB cellar-dwellers, come to an end. Tonight, the Sox (49-45) host the Tampa Bay Rays (50-43), starting with the questionable Walker Buehler (6-6, 6.25) against the equally unreliable Taj Bradley (5-6, 4.79). However, Buehler is 2-0 so far this season against the Rays, while Bradley hasn't faced Boston yet this year. Between Buehler's odds, Yoshida back in the lineup, the outfielders all competing to stay in the lineup, and the home-field advantage, we may actually have a shot at beating the Rays and of going into the All-Star break on a positive note.