Jake McCarthy’s walk-off triple caps Rockies’ wild 9th-inning rally to beat Red Sox, 3-2

The Colorado Rockies ran into a long stretch of futility against the Boston Red Sox, managing nothing through eight innings. But in the ninth, Colorado finally broke through in the only way it could, with a rally that began immediately after three straight singles and ended on a walk-off moment that gave the Rockies a 3-2 victory in Denver.

The comeback hinged on an inning where the Red Sox bullpen did not have its answers. Colorado loaded the bases by collecting three singles off reliever Aroldis Chapman, turning a scoreless runway into first-and-third pressure and then forcing a decisive swing with runners waiting in scoring position.

With the game on the line, Jake McCarthy provided the capstone. He cleared the bases with a triple inside the bag at third, turning the rally into an instant finish. The walk-off hit meant Colorado did not have to wait for the next half-inning, and it flipped the outcome from a held-down game into a late, decisive win.

The scoring snapshot underscores the narrow margin. The Rockies won 3-2, which suggests their late production was both timely and sufficient, even as the Red Sox had pushed the game close enough to keep it from being decided until the final swings. Colorado’s inability to score earlier made the ninth-inning eruption even more consequential.

For Boston, the inning was the kind it cannot afford once a game is tight. Chapman’s role as the reliever facing the tying and go-ahead run became the focal point, as the Rockies used successive hits to take control and then cashed in when McCarthy drove the ball into a decisive, scoring-driving spot.

For Colorado, the win carries a different kind of value than a steady, wire-to-wire performance. In a game where scoring did not come until late, the Rockies demonstrated they could regroup and keep pressure on after extended stretches, and they did it with the bases loaded, a scenario that requires both patience at the plate and timing once the pitch gets put in play.

What to watch next is whether this becomes a turning point for how Colorado handles late-game leverage. A ninth-inning rally that starts with bullpen contact and ends with a walk-off triple is the sort of result that can tighten a clubhouse mindset, but the long-term proof will be in whether Colorado can replicate offense earlier in games, not only when the margin is smallest.