Red Sox Beat Rockies 10-2 With Bellow's Complete Game

The Boston Red Sox won their 5th consecutive game, beating the Colorado Rockies 10-2 as Brayan Bellow pitched a complete game, the 1st by a Red Sox started since Tanner Houck did it on April 17, 2024.

Bello's complete game was the 1st 9-inning complete game of his career. He needed 107 pitches. He retired the 1st 10 batters he faced and 18 of the 1st 20 batters through the 5th inning. He ended up allowing 5 hits and 2 runs, striking out 10 and walking 1. He allowed 4 of the hits and the 2 runs in the 9th inning. He is now 5-3 on the season with his ERA down to 3.27.

Boston's offense is as hot as a summer day. The have scored 10 or more runs in 5 of their last 10 games, and have recorded 10 hits or more in 6 straight games, the longest streak since July 29-August 5 (7 games) in 2024.

Trevor Story was 2-4 with a 3-run homer in the 7th inning. The homer was his 15th of the season. After a dreadful start, since June 1st, 33 games, Story is hitting .315 with 8 doubles, 8 homers and 34 runs batted in, to lead the majors during that time period.

Jarren Duran was 2-4 wth a 456-foot solo home run in the 7th inning. That homer, the 7th of the season, was the longest home run by a Red Sox player this season.

Ceddanne Rafaela was 1-3 with a double, driving in 2 runs in the 6th inning.

Romy Gonzalez was 3-4 with a triple and extending his career-long hitting streak to 8 games.

Roman Anthony was 1-3 and is batting .253.

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Boston is now a season-high tying 3 games over .500 at 48-45. They are 1 game out of the 3rd Wild Card Playoff Spot and in 4th place in the AL East, 6.5 games behind the Toronto Blue Jays.

Boston and Colorado will play the final game of the 3-game series on Wednesday night, July 9th. The pregame starts at 6:10 with the 1st pitch at 7:10 on AM 1370 WDEA.