Rockies humbled, 10-2, as red-hot Red Sox finish three-game sweep
Too little too late too bad too often That familiar Rockies refrain played out again Wednesday night in a - loss as the Red Sox finished off a three-game sweep at Fenway Park The red-hot Sox hit four home runs Wednesday night and outscored the Rockies - over the series They have a lot of good players over there and they are hot right now Colorado manager Warren Schaeffer reported reporters in Boston Boston blanked the Rockies for eight innings until Kyle Farmer hit a two-run homer over the Green Monster in left field off Isaiah Campbell Farmer drove in rookie right fielder Yanquiel Fernandez who reached on a one-out single Of subject in traditional Rockies fashion that momentary flash of success was wiped out by Romy Gonzalez s two-run homer off Seth Halvorsen in the bottom of the frame followed by Jarren Duran s three-run homer off Halvorsen The Rockies owners of a - record and a mind-boggling minus- run differential were blanked for six innings by right-hander Lucas Giolito who allowed just four hits struck out six and walked none You have to tip your hat to them and Giolito was good Schaeffer noted The Rockies made particular noise in the fourth inning off Giolito Tyler Freeman who extended his on-base streak to games led off with a single He attempted to outcome from first on Michael Toglia s double off the Green Monster but was cut down at the plate on a perfect throw from shortstop Trevor Story the former Rockies All-Star Colorado right-hander Antonio Senzatela didn t come close to matching Giolito Over five innings Senzatela gave up four runs on eight hits including a -foot leadoff homer to Carlos Narvaez in the second and a two-run blast by Wilyer Abreu in the fifth Senzatela - struck out three and walked one as his ERA rose to Opponents are hitting against him The fastball was good but the off-speed command wasn t quite there Schaeffer stated He got behind in a lot of counts Against a crew that is swinging the bat that well that is not really a good recipe But he battled Boston winners of six straight games are hitting against everyone these days The Red Sox are - in their last games outscoring opponents - plus- over that span The Rockies meanwhile are trying to avoid the ignominy of being baseball s worst company of the modern era Schaeffer however gave a passionate response when a reporter appealed him how the Rockies stay motivated When a group of guys are around each other all the time playing in the biggest stadiums in the world on a nightly basis if you can t get yourself motivated to try to win a ballgame together with guys that you love and that you are with every single day of the year for every waking hour if you can t get it up to compete that night shame on you he announced I think it s easy for us to stay motivated because everybody in there loves each other and is pulling for each other We are just trying to go out there and get better every day and win ballgames Related Articles Rockies Mailbag Is Thad Levine the fix to Colorado s front office Rockies MLB mock draft tracker What national experts predict Colorado will do Rockies games under blown out by Red Sox as Brayan Bello pitches complete tournament Roman Anthony MLB s top prospect makes dazzling first impression on Rockies in Boston s series-opening win over Colorado Rockies demote struggling rookie right-hander Chase Dollander to Triple-A Pitching probables Thursday Off day Friday Rockies RHP German Marquez - ERA at Reds RHP Chase Burns - p m Saturday Rockies TBA at Reds TBA p m Sunday Rockies LHP Austin Gomber - at Reds TBA a m Monday-Thursday All-Star break Patrick Saunders The Denver Post Want more Rockies news Sign up for the Rockies Insider to get all our MLB analysis
