BOSTON — Imagine if you will …
A team sets a franchise record for nine innings by striking out 21 times, ultimately whiffs 24 times and doesn’t draw its first walk until the 11th inning.
This tied a franchise record for any game, it was set earlier this season in an 18-inning loss at San Fransisco.
Now imagine that the team in question is the Rockies. And imagine further that Red Sox starter Chris Sale strikes out 17 batters over the first seven innings to set a career high.
Finally, imagine that the Rockies somehow took a 4-3 lead, lost the lead, and ultimately won the game 5-4 on Mark Reynolds’ RBI single off Ryan Brasier in the 11th to score Trevor Story.