Red Sox Colorado Rocked - Blow 6-3 Lead to Rockies Because Apparently No Lead Is Safe
Boston's bullpen turns a comfortable afternoon into another episode of "How Did They Lose THAT One?"
If you had “blow a three-run lead to one of baseball’s worst teams” on your Red Sox Bingo card... congratulations. You’ve been paying attention.
The Red Sox carried a 6-3 lead into the seventh inning on Wednesday afternoon at Coors Field. Ranger Suárez had done his job, Connor Wong finally remembered he’s allowed to hit home runs, Andruw Monasterio joined the party, and Boston looked poised to leave Denver with a series win.
Then the bullpen arrived.
Colorado scored five unanswered runs over the final two innings, taking advantage of shaky relief pitching and a costly Marcelo Mayer fielding error that extended the seventh inning. The Rockies completed an 8-6 comeback victory, handing Boston yet another loss that felt almost impossible just an hour earlier.
The Good
Ranger Suárez: 6 innings, 9 strikeouts, only one earned run. Another outing wasted by the bullpen.
Connor Wong: Hit his first home run since September 2024, ending a 311-at-bat drought. You almost forgot he had power.
Ceddanne Rafaela: Nearly hit for the cycle and continued to be one of the few players providing consistent offense.
Andruw Monasterio: Homered and drove in a run.
The Bad
The bullpen somehow made Coors Field look like it has a 600-foot fence.
Boston entered the seventh inning up 6-3.
Final score?
Rockies 8. Red Sox 6.
If you’ve watched this team long enough, you knew exactly what was coming the moment the starter walked toward the dugout.
The Ugly
Marcelo Mayer’s error didn’t officially lose the game.
It merely opened the door, rolled out a red carpet, handed Colorado a gift basket, and politely asked if they’d like to score five unanswered runs.
To make matters worse, Caleb Durbin exited after injuring his left pinky while sliding into first base, adding another name to Boston’s growing injury list.
Red Sox Digest Final Thoughts
This team has become remarkably efficient at wasting quality starts.
Sonny Gray dominates? Great.
Ranger Suárez strikes out nine? Doesn’t matter.
Score six runs? Still not enough.
Every time this club appears ready to build momentum, somebody lights the bullpen on fire and hands ownership another excuse to start talking about selling at the trade deadline.
The Yankees arrive at Fenway next.
Because of course they do.
Think this team is still buying at the trade deadline?
Or has Craig Breslow already started bubble-wrapping the veterans for shipping?
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