![]() With no outs and runners at the corners, it looked disastrous for the Red Sox. Houck struggled with his control against Carlos Correa, eventually plunking him on his first pitch. Yordan Alvarez (would it be anyone else?) began the inning with a leadoff triple against Josh Taylor, who was replaced by Tanner Houck after the at-bat. The Red Sox were very, very close to getting out of the sixth inning without allowing a run following a leadoff triple End of the sixth – Astros extend their lead 2-0 ![]() Martin Maldonado made a perfect throw for the strike ’em out, throw ’em out. Graveman battle back to not only strikeout Shaw, but Verdugo took off for second on the 3-2 pitch. The Red Sox decided to pinch-hit Christian Arroyo for Travis Shaw, who got ahead 3-1 in the count. Alex Verdugo hit a single to right to put runners at the corners with just one out. Martinez was able to load the count against Kendall Graveman and draw a walk. Xander Bogaerts struck out to start the inning, but J.D. The Red Sox started to build momentum, and then they gave it all away. Travis Shaw took over at first, sending Kyle Schwarber to left, which moved Alex Verdugo to center, and Kiké Hernández to second. The noticeable part of the half-inning were the changes the Red Sox made on the field. He got Chas McCormick to pop out to short, struck out Martin Maldonado, and got Jose Altuve to fly out to center. Tanner Houck came back out for the seventh inning and retired the Astros in order. The Red Sox will get one more chance to score at least two runs or else their season is done. The Red Sox against went down in order in the eighth.īobby Dalbec came in to pinch-hit for a struggling Hunter Renfroe, but flew out to center against Ryne Stanek, who entered the game at the center of the inning.Ĭhristian Vazquez and Kyle Schwarber drew out their at-bats six and seven pitches, respectively, but both hit infield pop outs. THe Red Sox face a daunting five-run deficit with just three outs left. He was able to get Carlos Correa to hit a fielder’s choice to third for the second out, but Kyle Tucker hit an opposite-field home run to make it 5-0.Īfter giving up a single to Yuli Gurriel, Ottavino got Chas McCormick to pop out. His day ended after Alvarez’s hit.Īdam Ottavino came on for Houck. Tanner Houck gave up base hits to Michael Brantley and Yordan Alvarez with an out against Alex Bregman in between. End of the eighth – Astros extend their lead 5-0 But he got out of it after striking out three of the next four hitters. As their were two outs in the inning, Alex Bregman scored from first.Įovaldi got in another jam in the fourth inning after he allowed a single to Bregman and a double to Alvarez. ![]() The only run he allowed came in the first inning, when Alvarez hit a double to right-center that Kiké Hernández slightly overplayed as the ball hit his wrist. Nathan Eovaldi pitched a solid night for the Red Sox, going 4 1/3 innings, giving up one run on five hits, one walk, and four strikeouts. And Xander Bogaerts lined out to left against Ryan Pressly, ending the season for the Red Sox and giving the Astros the American League pennant. Devers struck out swinging for the second out of the inning. Hernández flew out to center to start the ninth. Their challenge to tie it grew even harder following Kyle Tucker’s three-run home run in the bottom of the eighth to make it 5-0. The Red Sox went down in order in the eighth. Verdugo took off for second on the pitch but Astros catcher Martin Maldonado’s throw was right on the money to get the strike ‘em out, throw ‘em out to end the inning. Travis Shaw, who was pinch-hitting for Christian Arroyo, drew the count full, but swung-and-miss at a fastball for strike three. Alex Verdugo hit a single to right that put runners at the corners with one out. Martinez got on base with an eight-pitch walk. The biggest backbreaker for the Red Sox came in the seventh.
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