Michael Chavis singled home Xander Bogaerts with the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning in a 6-5 walk-off victory over the Colorado Rockies.
The Red Sox had squandered a 5-2 lead in the seventh, with starter Eduardo Rodriguez loading the bases with no out and Matt Barnes allowing all three runners to score.
The Sox had built a quick 5-0 lead in the first two innings, with all the damage coming from the top three spots in the order, which combined for six hits and five runs scored.
WHO: Red Sox vs. Colorado Rockies
WHEN: 7:10 p.m.
WHERE: Fenway Park
SERIES TO DATE: Rockies 1-0
STARTING PITCHERS: LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (4-2, 4.53) vs. RHP German Marquez (4-2, 3.43)
TV/RADIO: NESN/WEEI 93.7 FM
IN-GAME OBSERVATIONS:
9:49 Fine play by Michael Chavis, who ranged toward the bag, gloves a high hop and makes an off-balance throw to first to nab Ryan McMahon for the final out of the inning.
9:41 Red Sox had the top of the order up with first and second and one out. But Benintendi was badly overmatched against lefty Mike Dunn and Mookie Betts fouled out to the catcher against righty Carlos Esteves
9:22 Decision to bring in Matt Barnes looked like the right call, but got the wrong result. Two-run single to Trevor Story and a run-scoring groundout to second and the three-run lead that Barnes inherited is gone.
9:06 Interesting to see that Rodriguez is being left in the game, with 104 pitches thrown, runners at second and third and no out.
9:02 Sox bats have cooled since the third inning, when they scored three. Marquez has retired 11-of-12.
8:35 Better inning for ERod, who needs just 11 pitches to get through the fifth after averaging 18.5 pitches through the first four.
8:30 More tough luck for Bradley, who belts a hard liner -- right at first baseman Mark Reynolds. Exit velocity was 104.7 mph.
8:04 Once again, the homers are coming in bunches for Martinez. Homers into the Red Sox bullpen, giving him four in the last three games.
7:50 These Rockies are a free-swinging bunch. In the last 14 innings, they've struck out 30 times.
7:45 It's just not going well for Jackie Bradley Jr. He bangs a line drive off The Wall, but is thrown out trying to stretch a single into a double for the third out of the inning.
7:29 Like a perfectly placed cue shot, J.D. Martinez pokes a slow roller through the right side, scoring Benintendi from third and sending Mookie Betts to third.
7:25 That's only the second hit Andrew Benintendi has managed while leading off a game for the Red Sox this season. Prior to that at-bat, he had been 1-for-31 in the first inning this season.
LINEUPS
RED SOX
Benintendi LF
Betts RF
Martinez DH
Moreland 1B
Bogaerts SS
Devers 3B
Chavis 2B
Bradley CF
Vazquez C
ROCKIES
Blackmon RF
Story SS
Arenado 3B
Reynolds 1B
Tapia LF
Desmond DH
Dahl CF
McMahon 2B
Wolters C
WHAT'S UP: The Red Sox saw their five-game winning streak snapped with an 11-inning, 5-4 loss Tuesday night....Even in defeat, the Red Sox pitching staff tied a franchise record with 24 strikeouts, the most ever for a team in games of 11 innings or fewer...Over the last 18 games, Red Sox pitchers have compiled a 2.83 ERA, the lowest in the American League...In the month of May, Red Sox pitchers have struck out 136 while walking just 20 for a ratio of 6.80. The next best among A.L. teams is Cleveland at 4.04....Sox pitchers have issued three walks or fewer in each of the last 13 games, the franchise's longest streak since 2017...Sox starters have allowed four earned runs or fewer in 29 straight games, including 25 games in which they've allowed three earned runs or fewer...In the last 14 starts made by Chris Sale, Eduardo Rodriguez and Rick Porcello, the Sox have an ERA of 2.43 while holding opposing hitters to a batting average of .193....Mitch Moreland is averaging one homer every 9.92 at-bats, the best mark in the American League....The Sox are 10-2 when he homers, including 8-0 in the last eight games....Michael Chavis has the five longest homers for the Sox this season, including two which were measured over 450 feet....J.D. Martinez has four homers in the last six games, matching his total for the first 34 games....Rafael Devers has 17 RBI in his last 17 games...Over the last 18 games, the Red Sox lineup is averaging just under seven runs per game (6.94) and lead the majors in OBP (.377)...In their first 24 games, the Red Sox failed to score as many as nine runs in any one game; since then, they've done so seven times in the last 18 games....The Sox are 14-0 the last 14 times they've scored five or more runs....The Sox lead the majors in average (.274) and OPS (.852) with two outs...Even after losing the game Tuesday, the Sox are 17-2 in games in which they led after seven innings....Andrew Benintendi is hitless in his last 14 at-bats...Mookie Betts is hitting only .163 (7-for-43) against lefties...Xander Bogaerts has hit safely in six straight....Rafael Devers has also hit in the last six straight, with eight RBI in that span....Christian Vazquez is hitting .462 in May...Eduardo Rodriguez enters the game with a scoreless streak of 12 innings....The Sox have won each of his last six starts....He's 4-0 with a 2.78 in that span....Only two Rockies -- Mark Reynolds (0-for-2, two strikeouts) and Chris Iannettaa (1-for-3 with two strikeouts) have faced Rodriguez before....Meanwhile, J.D. Martinez (1-for-2) is the only member of the Sox roster to have faced German Marquez.
PRE-GAME NOTES:
- Brian Johnson (elbow) and Brock Holt (shoulder impingement/scratched cornea) are due to beign rehab assignments with Pawtucket Wednesday night. Johnson is expected to throw two innings, while Holt will DH and get three or four at-bats.
- David Price (elbow) will throw another bullpen Friday and is expected to rejoin the rotation in Toronto next week.
- It's expected that RHP Hector Velazquez will start Saturday.