Rockies can’t keep up with Red Sox

BOSTON — The Red Sox continue to pound the baseball at Fenway Park, making the Colorado Rockies their latest victims en route to an 8-3 victory on Tuesday night.

David Ortiz had four RBIs, Jackie Bradley Jr. ran his hitting streak to 28 games and David Price (7-1, 5.34 ERA) produced his third straight strong performance to earn the win. Boston is 12-2 in its last 14 home games and has recorded 10-plus hits in 16 of 18 games at Fenway since April 20.

Bradley is six games shy of Dom DiMaggio (1949) for the longest hitting streak in Red Sox history, and halfway to Joe DiMaggio’s all-time record of 56 games, set in 1941.

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Bradley extended his streak on the first pitch he saw, lacing a double against Rockies starter Jorge De La Rosa in the second. Over seven innings, Price gave up five hits and three runs, walking one and striking out six.

Ortiz ripped a two-run double in the first, and the Red Sox led for the rest of the night. Charlie Blackmon hit a solo homer against Price in the third on a mostly quiet night for the Rockies.

MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDBogaerts also on tear: With all the attention on Bradley’s streak, the fact that Xander Bogaerts is also red-hot has been a bit overshadowed. Bogaerts ran his career-long hitting streak to 17 games with two hits, including a double. The shortstop leads the American League with a .349 average.

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