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Boston Red Sox at Colorado Rockies

Final
Coors Field89°, Partly Cloudy26,910

Recap

Player of the gameJake BennettBOS6.0ip 4h 0er 9k

DENVER – Jake McCarthy came to the plate in the bottom of the ninth, the bases loaded, with a chance to get the Colorado Rockies back in the game. He did more than give them a chance – his bases-clearing triple delivered a 3-2 walk-off win against Aroldis Chapman, one of the best closers in baseball. “That was surreal. It still hasn’t sunk in,” said McCarthy, soaked after a Powerade shower from his teammates. “Off a great pitcher like that, it all happened pretty fast.” McCarthy became the sixth player in the Divisional Era (since 1969) to hit a walk-off triple when trailing by two runs, and the first since Grady Sizemore in 2006. **Walk-off triples when trailing by 2 runs, Divisional Era (1969):** 6/22/26 Jake McCarthy 8/11/06 Grady Sizemore 9/26/87 Juan Beníquez 4/14/80 Dave Collins 9/3/71 Manny Mota 5/29/71 Joe Torre The Rockies finished the game with seven straight singles before McCarthy's triple. They're the first team since at least 1961 — the Expansion Era — with hits in each of their final eight plate appearances of a game, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. “Eight straight hits to end the ballgame against two world-class pitchers, \[Garrett\

Team stats

5Hits12
0Home runs0
6Walks0
2Strikeouts9
0Stolen bases1
99Pitches thrown141
9Pitching strikeouts2

Box score

BattersABRHRBIHRBBSO
Masataka YoshidaDH3000010
Connor WongPH-C1000000
Willson Contreras1B4111000
Ceddanne RafaelaCF4000000
Marcelo MayerSS4010000
Andruw MonasterioPH-2B2000000
Mickey GasperC2000010
Jarren DuranLF3000010
Wilyer AbreuRF2110020
Anthony Seigler2B2000001
Caleb Durbin3B3021011
Totals30252062
PitchersIPHRERBBSOHR
Tyron GuerreroP1.0000000
Garrett WhitlockP1.0400000
Aroldis ChapmanP0.0433000
Jake BennettP6.0400090