Boston Red Sox at Colorado Rockies

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Boston Red Sox

32-45, 20-20 Away

Final
5 - 2

Colorado Rockies

31-49, 17-22 Home

Red Sox beat the Rockies 5-2 behind Sonny Gray’s 11 strikeouts

Boston Red Sox vs. Colorado Rockies: Game Highlights

Gray (9-1) allowed a run on six hits with three walks in seven innings. The right-hander's 11 strikeouts were a season high and he matched his season high with 93 pitches — 65 for strikes.

Justin Slaten pitched a scoreless eighth, and Garrett Whitlock gave up Ezequiel Tovar's solo homer in the ninth to close it out.

Eaton, who went 3 for 4, walked to lead off the game against rookie left-hander Sean Sullivan (0-2) making his third start. Eaton stole second base and scored on Abreu's triple.

Eaton had a two-out RBI single for a 2-0 lead in the second inning, and Abreu homered for the 10th time to make it 3-1 in the fifth.

Eaton had an RBI double off Zach Agnos before scoring on Ceddanne Rafaela's single for a 5-1 advantage in the sixth.

Willi Castro hit his sixth home run — a one-out 435-foot shot to the upper deck in right field in the second — for Colorado’s first run.

Sullivan allowed three runs on five hits and five walks in five innings. Agnos gave up two runs on five hits in three innings.

Boston improved to 20-20 on the road one day after blowing a lead in the ninth for the first time this season on Jake McCarthy's bases-loaded triple in a 3-2 loss.

Up next Red Sox LHP Ranger Suarez (3-3, 2.93 ERA) starts Wednesday's rubber game opposite Rockies LHP Kyle Freeland (1-7, 7.36).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	McCarthy grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Julien struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Tovar homered to left (380 feet).
	9th Inning	Johnston grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Whitlock relieved Slaten
	9th Inning	Durbin grounded into fielder's choice to third, Contreras out at second.

Statistics

BOS		COL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	11
4	Strikeouts	12
5	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	8
3	Stolen Bases	1
6	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	34
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	15
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
19	Fly Balls	11
1	Caught Stealing	0
145	Pitches	114
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
18	Total Bases	15
42	Plate Appearances	37
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
4	Extra Base Hits	3
7.7	Runs Created	4.4
.306	Batting Average	.235
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.500	Slugging Percentage	.441
.417	Secondary Average	.324
.405	On Base Percentage	.297
.905	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.738
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
8.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.4
43.5	Batter Rating	25.0
36.0	At Bats Per Home Run	17.0
0.75	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.45	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.08
.194	Isolated Power	.206
1.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.25
.143	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.081
.111	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.088
10.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
92.8	MLB Rating	77.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0