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The Boston Red Sox suffered a brutal 3-2 walk-off loss to the Colorado Rockies on Monday night after Aroldis Chapman failed to record an out in the ninth inning at Coors Field.
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The Red Sox carried a 2-1 lead into the ninth inning before Chapman allowed four consecutive hits, capped by Jake McCarthy 's bases-clearing walk-off triple that gave the Rockies a 3-2 victory.
MLB took to X, formerly Twitter, sharing the final swing that completed Colorado's comeback.
"Jake McCarthy clears the bases with a WALK-OFF TRIPLE 😱"
The loss wasted a strong outing from Red Sox rookie starter Jake Bennett, who threw six scoreless innings while allowing four hits and striking out nine. The Red Sox built a 2-0 lead in the sixth inning after Willson Contreras hit an RBI double and Caleb Durbin followed with an RBI single.
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The Rockes began pressuring the Red Sox's bullpen in the eighth, when Garrett Whitlock allowed four straight one-out singles. The Red Sox escaped that inning without allowing a run after the Rockies had runners thrown out at home and second base.
The ninth inning went much differently. Chapman entered with Boston clinging to a one-run lead, then allowed three straight singles, including a bunt, to load the bases. McCarthy followed by driving a ball down the left-field line for the official three-run walk-off triple.
The Red Sox allowed eight consecutive hits across the final two innings, with the first seven going for singles. The collapse added to what has been a difficult season for Boston , which fell to 31-45 on the year as the 38-year-old flamethrower took the blown save and loss.
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