(Reuters) — Willi Castro had three hits, Cole Carrigg had two hits and drove in three runs, and the Colorado Rockies rallied to beat the Boston Red Sox 8-6 in Denver on Wednesday.
Tyler Freeman, Jake McCarthy and TJ Rumfield also had two hits each for Colorado. Antonio Senzatela (8-0) pitched two innings of relief and Jimmy Herget picked up his second save for the Rockies.
Ceddanne Rafaela finished a home run short of the cycle, Connor Wong had two hits, including a home run, Andruw Monasterio also went deep and Anthony Seigler finished with two hits for Boston.
Ranger Suarez allowed three runs (two earned) on seven hits and struck out nine and walked one in six innings for the Red Sox, who lost third baseman Caleb Durbin to a finger injury in the third inning.
Colorado trailed 6-3 entering the seventh but rescued starter Kyle Freeland from the loss. With two outs, Mayer misplayed Hunter Goodman’s grounder to short for an error, keeping the inning alive. Carrigg, McCarthy and pinch-hitter Troy Johnston followed with RBI singles to tie it.
The Rockies went ahead in the eighth against Justin Slaten (0-4). Mickey Moniak and Castro led off with singles, Freeman’s sacrifice bunt brought home Moniak and Carrigg’s double padded the lead.
Boston took a 3-0 lead with a run in the first and two more in the second, the latter coming on Wong’s home run.
The Rockies cut into the deficit in the third inning when right fielder Wilyer Abreu dropped Carrigg’s liner with the bases loaded, allowing Rumfield to score, but he threw to second base to get a forceout on Goodman, turning it into a sacrifice fly.
The Red Sox got the runs back in the fourth on Monasterio’s solo home run and an RBI single by Rafaela.
The Rockies had three straight two-out singles in the fourth to make it 5-3 and Mayer and Seigler led off the fifth with consecutive doubles to give Boston a three-run game again.
Freeland allowed six runs on 11 hits over six innings but escaped a loss with Colorado’s seventh inning rally.
