It’s Wednesday, July 9 and the Rockies (21-71) are in Boston to take on the Red Sox (48-45). Antonio Senzatela is slated to take the mound for Colorado against Lucas Giolito for Boston.

The Boston Red Sox are riding high after finishing off their seventh consecutive win on Thursday. The team is now 50-45 and in sole possession of the final American League Wild Card spot. In addition, they are only five games back in the AL East. This is all happening after they had traded away Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants.

Brayan Bello struck out a season-high 10 in the first nine-inning complete game of his career, Trevor Story hit a three-run homer and the Boston Red Sox beat the Colorado Rockies 10-2 for their fifth straight win.

The Rockies — owners of a 21-72 record and a mind-boggling minus-251 run differential — were blanked for six innings by right-hander Lucas Giolito.

Carlos Narvaez, Wilyer Abreu, Romy Gonzalez and Jarren Duran each homered and Lucas Giolito pitched six scoreless innings to help the Boston Red Sox complete a three-game sweep of the visiting Colorado Rockies by posting a 10-2 victory Wednesday.

Yoshida strengthens the lineup at a time when Boston has been rolling, scoring 10 or more runs in six of its last 11 games.

Red Sox rookie Richard Fitts allowed five hits, two earned runs and struck out six over 5 2/3 innings to notch his first major league victory.

BOSTON — Jarren Duran and Marcelo Mayer are not in the Red Sox lineup Monday. For a third straight game, Boston will face a left-handed starting pitcher. And for the third straight game, right-handed hitter Nate Eaton will lead off.

The Red Sox will go for their fifth straight win when they continue their series with Rockies Tuesday night. The bats have come alive, recording at least 10 hits in each of their last five games, including the 14 they smacked in a 9-3 win over Colorado in the series opener Monday night.

The Boston Red Sox completed a three-game sweep with a 10-2 win over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night. Red Sox starter Lucas Giolito (6-1) went six scoreless innings, giving up four hits ...

As the Red Sox welcomed Masataka Yoshida back from the 60-day injured list for his season debut as the designated hitter for Wednesday night’s game against the Rockies, there were immediate questions