LoDo Magic appeared out of thin air on Monday night at Coors Field.
Jake McCarthy hit a bases-loaded triple down the left-field line off Boston closer Aroldis Chapman to lift the Rockies to a wild, redemptive, 3-2 win over the Red Sox.
Jake McCarthy clears the bases with a WALK-OFF TRIPLE 😱
— MLB (@MLB)
Redemptive, because a Keystone Cops eighth inning appeared to have cost the Rockies a chance to rally.
With one out and two men on, Edouard Julien was out at plate trying to score on Willi Castro’s bloop single to centerfielder Ceddanne Rafaela. Julien got a green light from third base coach Andy Gonzalez, but Julien was thrown out by four steps.
Then Tyler Freeman singled to right. This time, Mickey Moniak got the stop sign at third, but Castro motored past second base, got caught in no-man’s land and was easily thrown out.
The wild ending came on the back of a tight pitcher’s duel.
Boston finally broke through against Rockies right-hander Ryan Feltner with two outs in the sixth. Wilyer Abreu reached on a low roller to third baseman Kyle Karros and Wilson Contreras ripped Feltner’s 2-2 fastball into the right-field corner to score Abreu. Feltner walked Jarren Darren, advancing Contreras to second, setting up Caleb Durbin’s run-scoring single to left.
Feltner rode a rollercoaster but pitched well enough for Colorado to win. He worked six innings, giving up two runs on four hits. He struck out two and walked four.
Feltner walked Mickey Gasper to open the game, but Gasper was erased on a double play. Then Feltner walked Abreu but got out of the inning unscathed when Contreras flew out to center fielder Cole Carrigg.
Colorado had no solution for Red Sox lefty Jake Bennett, who allowed just four hits (all singles), struck out nine and walked none. The Rockies’ mini-threat in the third was snuffed out by a diving catch in center by Rafaela. Karros hit a one-out single to left and Ezequiel Tovar followed with a dying line drive to center, but Rafaela made his catch for the second out. Castro lined out to center for the third out.
Pitching probables
Tuesday: Red Sox RHP Sonny Gray (8-1, 3.12, ERA) at Rockies LHP Sean Sullivan (0-1, 10.29), 6:40 p.m.
Wednesday: Red Sox LHP Ranger Suarez (3-3, 2.93) at Rockies LHP Kyle Freeland (1-7, 7.36), 1:10 p.m.
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