If there was an opening for the role of closer for the Rockies, Pierce Johnson might’ve just snatched it right back.
Facing a potentially disastrous collapse in the 10th inning of a back-and-forth affair at Fenway Park, the right-hander entered a one-run game with the tying run on first base and promptly recorded back-to-back outs to deliver a 7-6 Rockies victory Tuesday night.
It was the Rockies’ third straight win on the heels of a six-game losing skid, and second straight extra-inning victory in the franchise’s first visit to Boston in four years.
Colorado took a three-run lead in the top of the tenth off Randal Grichuk’s two-run double and Jurickson Profar’s sacrifice fly.