Roman Anthony, MLB’s top prospect, makes dazzling first impression on Rockies in Boston’s series-opening win over Colorado

Roman Anthony had Austin Gomber yelling at himself Anthony the highly-hyped rookie who is the top prospect in baseball blasted a two-out two-run -foot no-doubter to center field in the fifth that was the turning point in the series opener on Monday at Fenway Park The Red Sox rode that homer to a - win dropping the Rockies to - as they remain on pace to surpass the White Sox as the worst company in modern baseball history Anthony finished with three hits on the night He followed his fifth-inning homer with another single in the seventh after which he manifested off his five-tool projection by scoring from first on a single to right field He was stealing on the play but still didn t break stride as he was waved around third and beat the throw home with a perfect slide to extend Boston s lead Meanwhile old friend Trevor Story had an off night in his first match against his former unit after missing the previous matchups due to injury The Rockies shortstop and a two-time all-star from - was for and also had an error in the second inning that led to an early - lead for Colorado After taking that lead Gomber gave it right back amid a mediocre outing from the southpaw Gomber allowed five runs four earned on seven hits a walk and five strikeouts over innings Boston starter Richard Fitts outpitched him going innings with one earned run for his first MLB win Fitts was living on that top rail tonight and we couldn t get to that heater and his slider was good too interim manager Warren Schaeffer stated reporters We just had no answer for his fastball Boston plated three runs in the bottom of the second after a leadoff walk by Rob Refsnyder got the Red Sox going Wilyer Abreu had an RBI double and Abraham Toro followed with a two-RBI double After Anthony s homer in the fifth made it - Refsnyder s infield single the next batter chased Gomber who was heated and cussing as he walked off the mound Gomber then proceeded to chuck his glove in the dugout and take his anger out on a cooler before Jimmy Herget stopped the bleeding by striking out Story to end the frame Gomber just left that heater up to Anthony and I think he was really upset about that Schaeffer declared Overall I thought he pitched well and gave us a chance to win He was one or two pitches away from getting out of that inning Obviously it didn t work out tonight but it could have The Rockies got a pair of runs back with two outs in the sixth Michael Toglia grounded to third and Nate Eaton thought about tagging Thairo Estrada who was coming from second Estrada was initially ruled out of the baseline but the umpires changed the call resulting in a run scoring on the play Ryan McMahon then ripped an RBI single to make it - Related Articles Rockies demote struggling rookie right-hander Chase Dollander to Triple-A Mickey Moniak breaks out as Rockies rally to beat White Sox Rockies catcher Hunter Goodman named National League All-Star Rockies fail in the clutch lose again to White Sox Rockies Coors Field misery continues vs road-challenged White Sox But Boston took the momentum back for good in the seventh After Anthony scored on Jarren Duran s single Carlos Narv ez s RBI knock plated Duran to make it - The Red Sox put on an exclamation point in the eighth with a pair of eye-popping homers off southpaw Ryan Rolison First Ceddanne Rafaela hammered Rolison s piped fastball feet to left field The homer would ve traveled out to Lansdowne Street had it not hit an advertisement at the back of the seats atop the Green Monster Two batters later Romy Gonzalez s bomb topped Rafaela Gonzalez blasted Rolison s hanging curveball feet to center It came off the bat at mph and exited the stadium making it - The Rockies meanwhile only managed one hit over the final three innings Tuesday s pitching matchup Rockies LHP Kyle Freeland - at Red Sox RHP Brayan Bello - p m Tuesday Fenway Park TV Rockies TV streaming Comcast Xfinity channel DirecTV Spectrum or depending on region Radio AM FM Trending The series in Beantown pits the two worst defensive teams in baseball against each other Entering Monday the Rockies led the National League with errors while the Red Sox led the American League with errors Pitching probables Wednesday Rockies RHP Antonio Senzatela - at Red Sox RHP Lucas Giolito - p m Thursday Off day Friday Rockies RHP German Marquez - at Reds RHP Chase Burns - p m Patrick Saunders The Denver Post Want more Rockies news Sign up for the Rockies Insider to get all our MLB analysis