Houston Astros at Boston Red Sox

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Houston Astros

62-50, 27-26 Away

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Boston Red Sox

62-51, 37-21 Home

Top of the Morning: Red Sox beat sloppy Astros 6-1 behind Lucas Giolito's stellar start

Red Sox's big 4th inning powers them to victory

Connor Wong added a sacrifice fly and Wilyer Abreu was credited with a sacrifice on a safety squeeze for an RBI during the inning, sending Boston to its third straight win over the AL West leaders and fifth in a row overall.

Giolito (8-2) gave up the run on three hits with four strikeouts and a walk, eclipsing his previous season-high innings of 7 2/3 on July 4.

Carlos Correa, acquired from Minnesota at the trade deadline, hit a homer for Houston, which has lost eight of 10.

The game’s first pitch was 11:38 a.m. EDT, the third time this season the Red Sox began a game in the morning. The others: their annual Patriots’ Day game when they beat the White Sox and the Independence Day victory at the Nationals.

Framber Valdez (11-5) gave up six runs, four earned, over six innings, ending his personal 10-game winning streak. He entered 10-0 with a 1.84 ERA in his previous 14 starts.

Key moment During the fourth, Houston missed a cutoff on Story’s run-scoring single, Valdez had a wild pitch, balked home a run and had Abreu’s bunt go under his glove for an error. Yainer Diaz had a passed ball.

Key stat Valdez hadn’t allowed three runs in an inning since May 19.

Up next Astros: RHP Jason Alexander (1-1, 7.36 ERA) is slated to start the opener of a three-game series at the Marlins on Monday.

Red Sox: RHP Brayan Bello (7-5, 3.19) is set to start the first of three against the Royals on Monday.

This story has been corrected to show that the Red Sox have won five consecutive games, not four.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Correa grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Hummel struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Hummel hit for Sánchez
	9th Inning	Altuve fouled out to third.
	9th Inning	Murphy relieved Giolito
	8th Inning	Toro grounded out to shortstop.

Statistics

HOU		BOS
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
11	Ground Balls	18
5	Strikeouts	5
1	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
3	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
30	At Bats	29
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
4	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
14	Fly Balls	8
0	Caught Stealing	1
113	Pitches	135
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	1
7	Total Bases	9
31	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	1
0.2	Runs Created	2.8
.100	Batting Average	.276
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.233	Slugging Percentage	.310
.167	Secondary Average	.069
.129	On Base Percentage	.333
.362	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.644
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	2.3
0.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.0
12.0	Batter Rating	32.0
30.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.65	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.97
.133	Isolated Power	.034
0.20	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.032	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.059
.067	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.207
2.0	Runs Produced	11.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.3
63.3	MLB Rating	81.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0