Rockies hit midseason on pace to avoid 100 losses after comeback win over Red Sox

Rockies Report, Game 81:

ROCKIES BOTTOM LINE: This time, it was the Rockies who shredded a foe’s bullpen.

Two nights after thundering back for a 3-2 win with a three-run ninth that saw Boston closer Aroldis Chapman fail to record an out, Colorado stormed back from a 6-3 deficit with three runs in the sixth and two more in the eighth to defeat the Red Sox 8-6, sealing a second-consecutive series win and completing a 4-2 homestand.

The Rockies surged back in the seventh, capitalizing off Marcelo Mayer’s two-out error with three-consecutive RBI singles from Cole Carrigg, Jake McCarthy and Troy Johnston to force a 6-6 deadlock heading into the eighth.

The momentum continued into the eighth inning. Mickey Moniak led off with a single to right field, and Willi Castro delivered a ground ball single that skipped off and past Boston second baseman Andruw Monasteria. Two pitches later, Tyler Freeman’s successful safety squeeze down the first-base line scored Moniak from third base, putting the Rockies in front to stay.

Rumfield kept the momentum going with a soft single to center field, moving Castro to third base. Hunter Goodman’s 109-MPH screamer lined squarely into Monasterio’s glove for the second out, but Carrigg picked him up with an RBI double that dropped in the gap in rigt-center field, giving him his third RBI of the day and increasing his major-league OPS to .921 since his call-up.

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— Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) June 24, 2026

Jimmy Herget dusted off the Red Sox in the ninth to earn his second save of the season. Antonio Senzatela worked scoreless seventh and eighth innings to improve his ledger to 8-0.

Colorado improved to 32-49. Significantly, this allows the Rox to hit midseason on pace to avoid a 100-loss season — which would be their fourth in succession. It may not seem like much to some, but the team is on pace for a 21-win jump over last year’s 43-win disaster.

That’s undeniable progress.

ROCKIES STARTER’S REPORT

The seventh-inning rally took Kyle Freeland off the hook for the loss, but on the whole, it was not the day that the longtime Colorado starter wanted, as the Red Sox knocked him around for six earned runs on 11 hits and a walk over a six-inning, 84-pitch afternoon.

Eight of the 11 hits surrendered by Freeland were for extra bases, including two home runs — one each by Connor Wong and Monasterio. Freeland’s ERA climbed to 7.50 after he recorded arguably his finest start of the season to date in the homestand-opening win over Pittsburgh last Friday.

BITS AND PIECES

IT WAS DECIDED FOR THE ROCKIES WHEN: Herget retired the Red Sox 1-2-3 in the ninth to pick up his

NUMBER TO NOTE: .538 — Batting average Wednesday for the top three spots in the Rockies’ order, as Castro, Freeman and Rumfield combined to go 7-for-13.

WHAT’S NEXT: A day off before heading northeast to Minnesota for a weekend series against the Twins. Tomoyuki Sugano will start Friday night’s series opener, which is set for 6:10 p.m. MDT at Target Field. Minnesota’s starter has not yet been announced.

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