Houston Astros at Boston Red Sox

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Houston Astros

62-49, 27-25 Away

Final
3 - 7

Boston Red Sox

61-51, 36-21 Home

Romy Gonzalez hits a first-inning homer and Red Sox go on to beat Astros 7-3

Astros, Red Sox benches clear after Neris shouts at a Boston coach

Abraham Toro added a two-run drive — one of three homers the Red Sox hit over Fenway Park’s fabled left-field wall — and Story added an RBI double as Boston won its third straight.

Houston's Christian Walker homered for the second straight day, a two-run shot off Walker Buehler in the first inning.

The benches and bullpens cleared when Astros reliever Héctor Neris yelled at the Red Sox dugout and third-base coach Kyle Hudson at the end of the seventh. But order was quickly restored.

After beating the AL West leaders on Roman Anthony’s walk-off single in the series opener on Friday night, the Red Sox erased a quick 2-0 deficit when Story hit his drive in a three-run third against Colton Gordon (4-4) that pushed Boston ahead 4-2.

Story’s shot hit the top of a billboard over the Monster seats and bounced out of Fenway after Rob Refsnyder's RBI single.

Justin Wilson (3-1) came on in the fifth inning with runners on second and third with Boston leading 6-3 and struck out the only two batters he faced. Aroldis Chapman got the final two outs for his 20th save.

Gordon gave up six runs in four-plus innings.

Key moment The Astros loaded the bases in the eighth against Jordan Hicks, but Carlos Correa struck out looking on a 99 mph fastball.

Key stat Boston's bullpen went 4 2/3 scoreless innings.

Up next Astros LHP Framber Valdez (11-4, 2.62 ERA) is set to face Red Sox RHP Lucas Giolito (7-2, 3.80) on Sunday in the series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Dubón grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Caratini to second on wild pitch by Chapman, Walker to third on wild pitch by Chapman.
	9th Inning	Smith struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Chapman relieved Alcala
	9th Inning	Caratini singled to center, Walker to second.
	9th Inning	Diaz fouled out to third.

Statistics

HOU		BOS
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
14	Ground Balls	5
6	Strikeouts	12
3	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
14	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	0
6	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	7
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
38	At Bats	34
1	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
26	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	5
18	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
167	Pitches	141
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
17	Total Bases	24
44	Plate Appearances	37
162.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
1	Extra Base Hits	8
7.3	Runs Created	8.1
.368	Batting Average	.294
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.447	Slugging Percentage	.706
.237	Secondary Average	.471
.455	On Base Percentage	.351
.902	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.057
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.3
7.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	9.1
29.0	Batter Rating	57.0
38.0	At Bats Per Home Run	11.3
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.80	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.81
.079	Isolated Power	.412
1.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.17
.136	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.054
-.132	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.176
6.0	Runs Produced	14.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.8
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.4
90.0	MLB Rating	98.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0