FINAL: Rockies 20, Red Sox 7 - Colorado Hits 4 Homers as Boston ends a Disastrous 1-5 West Coast Road Trip

The Red Sox fell to the Colorado Rockies 20-7 on Wednesday afternoon. Boston ends a miserable west coast road trip going 1-5. 

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• Nick Pivetta had a horrible performance going only 2.2 IP, 10 H, 7 ER, 7 K and 0 BB. Pivetta threw over 30 pitches in the 1st inning alone. 
• The Rockies hit 4 homers in the game. 

• There was a benches clearing brawl during the game but no punches appeared to have been thrown. 
• Colorado finished the game with 21 hits. 
• Jarren Duran hit his 13th homer of the season and finished a single shy of hitting for the cycle. 

The Red Sox return to Fenway Park on Friday night to face the New York Yankees at 7:10 p.m. 

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WHO: Red Sox (54-46) at Colorado Rockies (37-65)
WHEN: 3:10 p.m. 
WHERE: Coors Field, Denver.
SERIES TO DATE: 1-1
STARTING PITCHERS: RHP Nick Pivetta (4-6, 3.87 ERA) vs. RHP Cal Quantrill 6-7, 4.15 ERA)
TV/RADIO: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7
LIVE BOX
LINEUPS
RED SOX
Duran LF
Hamilton SS
Abreu RF
Devers DH
Smith 1B
Gonzalez 3B
McGuire C
Westbrook 2B
Rafaela CF

SP Nick Pivetta 

OPPONENT
Tovar SS
Cave RF
Doyle CF
McMahon 3B
Bryant DH
Rodgers 2B
Toglia 1B
Stallings C
Hilliard LF

SP Cal Quantrill 

WHAT'S UP

•  The Red Sox last night snapped a season-high-tying 4-game losing streak (3x, prev.: 5/15-18).
•  They're 1-4 since the All-Star break, after going after going 10-3 in their previous 13 games before the break.
• Last night was Boston's MLB-leading 12th shutout victory, including 4 of their last 12 games...The club had 5 such wins in 2023, tied for fewest in the AL.
• This is just the 2nd time in the Live-Ball Era (since 1920) that the Red Sox have shut out their opponent in as many as 12 of their first 100 games (also 12 in 2002).
• The Sox' most recent seasons with more than 11 shutout victories were 2018 (14), 2011 (13), and 2008 (16).
• The Red Sox are 10-2 in rubber games, winning each of their last 6 (6/13 vs. PHI, 6/16 vs. NYY, 6/23 at CIN, 7/7 at NYY, 7/11 vs. OAK, 7/14 vs. KC).
•  The Sox have outscored opponents in rubber games, 70-38 (+32). 

• Against RHP, Boston ranks 3rd in MLB in AVG (.259) and SLG (.440), while ranking 4th in OPS (.764).

•  Against LHP, BOS ranks 14th in AVG (.249), 15th in SLG (.403), and 13th in OPS (.728).

• The Sox are 24-11 in their last 35 games against right-handed starting pitchers, including 8-2 in their last 10.

• The Red Sox rank in MLB's top 5 in doubles (2nd, 189), triples (3rd, 25), hits (3rd, 886), SLG (3rd, .429).

•  BOS has hit 46 HR in its last 28 G, since 6/17, 2nd most in the AL during that span behind OAK (48).

• Sox starters have thrown 5.0+ innings in a season-high 12 consecutive games, their longest streak since 4/24-5/7/23 (13 games)...They're tied with SEA for the MLB lead in innings pitched (74.1) over that span, which began 7/7.

•  They've tossed 6.0+ innings in 10 of those 12 games, including 7.0 innings in 3.