Red Sox hit 3 home runs, power past Rockies 9-3 to post 4th straight victory

BOSTON (AP) — Roman Anthony hit a two-run home run, Ceddanne Rafaela homered for the third straight game and the Boston Red Sox beat the Colorado Rockies 9-3 on Monday night.

Boston rookie Richard Fitts (1-3) allowed five hits, two earned runs and struck out six over 5 2/3 innings to notch his first major league victory.

Romy Gonzalez added a solo homer, and Abraham Toro had a two-run double to help Boston post its fourth straight win and seventh in nine games.

Rockies starter Austin Gomber (0-2) exited after 4 2/3 innings, yielding five runs and seven hits, including Anthony’s homer.

Colorado’s first run of the game was set up by a throwing error on Boston shortstop Trevor Story. In the sixth inning, the Rockies pulled to 5-3 on a fielder’s choice RBI by Michael Toglia and RBI single by Ryan McMahon.

But Boston added to its lead an inning later via RBI singles by Jarren Duran and Carlos Narváez

With the score tied 1-1 in the second, Toro hit a line drive double over the head of Toglia, scoring Tyler Freeman and Carlos Narváez. It capped a three-run inning.

Gonzalez’s home run, which cleared the Green Monster, traveled 454 feet according to Statcast, trying Mike Trout (June 2) for the longest this season at Fenway Park.

Rockies LHP Kyle Freeland (1-9, 5.49 ERA) will face Red Sox RHP Brayan Bello (4-3, 3.42) on Tuesday.

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Colorado Rockies pitcher Austin Gomber, right, reacts as Boston Red Sox's Roman Anthony, back left, rounds the bases on a two-run home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park, Monday, July 7, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora, right, argues a call with umpire Alfonso Marquez, left, during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies at Fenway Park, Monday, July 7, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Boston Red Sox's Roman Anthony, right, celebrates with Romy Gonzalez (23) after his two-run home run against the Colorado Rockies during the fifth inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park, Monday, July 7, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Boston Red Sox's Roman Anthony watches the flight of his two-run home run against the Colorado Rockies during the fifth inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park, Monday, July 7, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Boston Red Sox's Abraham Toro celebrates after his two-RBI double during the second inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies at Fenway Park, Monday, July 7, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded three others in the Russian city of Voronezh, local officials said Sunday.

A young woman died overnight in a hospital intensive care unit after debris from a drone fell on a house during the attack on Saturday, regional Gov. Alexander Gusev said on Telegram.

Three other people were wounded and more than 10 apartment buildings, private houses and a high school were damaged, he said, adding that air defenses shot down 17 drones over Voronezh. The city is home to just over 1 million people and lies some 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

The attack came the day after Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles overnight into Friday, killing at least four people in the capital Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials.

For only the second time in the nearly four-year war, Russia used a powerful new hypersonic missile that struck western Ukraine in a clear warning to Kyiv and NATO.

The intense barrage and the launch of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile followed reports of major progress in talks between Ukraine and its allies on how to defend the country from further aggression by Moscow if a U.S.-led peace deal is struck.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday in his nightly address that Ukrainian negotiators “continue to communicate with the American side.”

Chief negotiator Rustem Umerov was in contact with U.S. partners Saturday, he said.

Separately, Ukraine’s General Staff said Russia targeted Ukraine with 154 drones overnight into Sunday and 125 were shot down.

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This photo provided by the Ukrainian Security Service on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, shows a fragment believed to be a part of a Russian Oreshnik intermediate range hypersonic ballistic missile that hit the Lviv region. (Ukrainian Security Service via AP)

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, listens to British Defense Secretary John Healey during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)