Red Sox 5, Rockies 2

 

The beleaguered Boston Red Sox, who despite their humble record (32-45) are one of the finest baseball teams playing the game today, defeated the Colorado Rockies, 5-2, last evening. There is joy in Beantown, quite arguably the greatest city in the United States and a beacon of hope, wisdom, and the arts for the entire world.

Sorry I said y'all sucked, but it really hurt losing game one of this series.

Sonny Gray pitched seven innings, striking out 11 Colorado batters and giving up only one run on six hits. Wilyer Abreu tripled in the first, scoring one run, and hit a solo homer in the fifth. Nate Eaton had two RBI hits, a single in the second and a double in the sixth, and Rafaela brought him home later that inning. In fact, every player on the team got at least one hit, except Jarren Duran, the Designated Hitter, and Andruw Monasterio, who was walked in the second and brought home with Eaton's RBI single.

The despicable New York Yankees (boo!) finally managed to get a win last night after three straight losses, so the Red Sox remain 14½ back. Boston's six games out of contention for a Wild Card spot, with seven teams now in the standings above them for the last slot.

With the Rocky Mountain series tied at one game each, the Sox again have a seemingly invincible advantage in this afternoon's (3:10 pm) pitching matchup. Ranger Suarez (3-3, 2.93) will lead Boston against Colorado's Kyle Freeland (1-7, 7.36). Suarez last faced the Rockies May 22 last year when he was with the Phillies, and struck out six over 6⅔ shutout innings. Freeland also struck out six the last time he faced the Red Sox, but gave up three runs in what turned out to be a 10-2 Boston blowout. 

The Sox can avenge Monday's embarrassing loss to Colorado by at least winning this series. They'll need all the wins they can get, because starting tomorrow they have a long, four-game weekend series in the dreaded Fenway Park, where they're 12-25, against the fucking Yankees (47-31).