Bello strikes out 10 in complete-game effort as Red Sox beat Rockies 10-2 for 5th straight win

BOSTON AP Brayan Bello struck out a season-high in the first nine-inning complete contest of his career Trevor Story hit a three-run homer and the Boston Red Sox beat the Colorado Rockies - on Tuesday night for their fifth straight win Bello - who had seven strikeouts after one trip through the Colorado lineup gave up five hits and one walk He threw a rain-shortened six-inning complete championship on Sept a - loss to the Yankees Ceddanne Rafaela hit a two-run double during a four-run rally in the sixth followed by a six-run outbreak in the seventh when Story homered and Jarren Duran added a solo shot Boston had or more hits for the sixth straight meeting Hunter Goodman ended the shutout bid with a two-run homer in the ninth inning but Bello struck out Ryan McMahon for the final out Goodman s infield single on a hard grounder that handcuffed third baseman Nate Eaton in the fourth was Colorado s only hit until Brenton Doyle blooped a single to left in the eighth The Rockies tied last year s Chicago White Sox as the only teams to lose games before the All-Star break Kyle Freeland - pitched five shutout innings before running into trouble in the sixth when Story singled to shallow right to dive in Romy Gonzalez with the competition s first run Freeland allowed three runs on four hits in innings He also struck out six and walked two Key moment After Story s single to right in the sixth Rafaela lined a two-out double down the line in left to put Boston up - during a four-run rally Key stat Colorado third baseman McMahon played in his th career match making him the ninth athlete to reach the milestone with the Rockies Up next Rockies RHP Antonio Senzatela - ERA faces Red Sox RHP Lucas Giolito - on Wednesday night AP MLB https apnews com hub mlb