I t's Tuesday, July 8 and the Rockies (21-70) are in Boston to take on the Red Sox (47-45). Kyle Freeland is slated to take the mound for Colorado against Brayan Bello for Boston. The Red Sox dominated game 1 of the series, 9-3, behind three homers, including the first at Fenway Park via No. 1 prospect Roman Anthony.

The Red Sox are favored (-236 moneyline odds to win) when they take on the Rockies (+194). The starting pitchers are Brayan Bello (4-3) for the Boston Red Sox, and Kyle Freeland (1-9) for the Colorado Rockies.

Whenever the third baseman does get put into the lineup, he did say he doesn't plan on playing in next week's All-Star Game despite being named for the first time since 2019.

It sounds like there's a chance Alex Bregman could return to the Red Sox lineup ahead of the MLB All-Star break.

Jordan Hicks allowed a run in the ninth but earned the save as the Red Sox took care of business in the first of two series against terrible teams. Up next is a three-game home set against the Rockies.

Trevor Story homered, and the Boston Red Sox completed a three-game sweep of the Washington Nationals with a 6-4 victory

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