Yoshida leads Red Sox to sweep of Rockies with 10-2 win
BOSTON -- — Masataka Yoshida went 3 for 4 with a double and an RBI in his season debut after undergoing shoulder surgery in October, and the Boston Red Sox completed a three-game sweep with a 10-2 win over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night.
Carlos Narváez, Wilyer Abreu, Romy Gonzalez and Jarren Duran homered for the Red Sox, who matched a season best with their sixth straight win.
Lucas Giolito (6-1) went six scoreless innings, giving up four hits and no walks with six strikeouts.
Narváez led off the second inning with his eighth home run of the season. Abreu added a two-out, two-run homer in the fifth.
Gonzalez hit a two-run homer in the eighth, scoring Yoshida after his ground-rule double, and Jarren Duran added a three-run shot in the inning.
Yoshida, the designated hitter, also singled in the second and fourth innings.
Colorado's Kyle Farmer hit two-run homer in the eighth inning off right-handed reliever Isaiah Campbell.
Tyler Freeman’s single leading off the fourth inning for the Rockies extended his career-best on-base streak to 23 games, the longest active streak in the majors.
With two outs and Freeman on first base in the fourth inning, the Rockies had a chance to tie the score on Michael Toglia’s double off the wall in left-center. Instead, the Red Sox executed a perfect relay from center fielder Duran to shortstop Trevor Story to catcher Narváez to cut down Freeman at the plate.
Right-hander Antonio Senzatela (3-13, 6.60 ERA ) extended his major league lead in losses, going five innings, giving up four runs.
The Red Sox host the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday, with RHP Walker Buehler (6-6, 6.25 ERA) opposing RHP Taj Bradley (5-6, 4.79). The Rockies are off on Thursday before opening a three-game set in Cincinnati.
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BOS wins 3-0
Game Information
- Umpires:
- Home Plate Umpire - Lance Barrett
- First Base Umpire - Tom Hanahan
- Second Base Umpire - Alfonso Marquez
- Third Base Umpire - Carlos Torres
2025 National League West Standings
Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Los Angeles | 56 | 38 | .596 | - | L6 |
San Francisco | 51 | 43 | .543 | 5 | L1 |
San Diego | 49 | 43 | .533 | 6 | L1 |
Arizona | 46 | 47 | .495 | 9.5 | W1 |
Colorado | 21 | 72 | .226 | 34.5 | L3 |