Boston Red Sox at Houston Astros

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Boston Red Sox

65-55, 26-33 Away

Final
6 - 7

Houston Astros

67-52, 36-24 Home

Astros hold off Red Sox rally for 7-6 win, Urías and McCormick homer

Alex Bregman gets nice ovation, homers in return to Houston

Carlos Correa hit an RBI single to help the Astros to the victory after they were swept in Boston to start the month. It was his first home game since rejoining the team in a blockbuster trade from the Twins.

Houston starter Cristian Javier (1-0) had a solid outing in his return after sitting out more than 14 months following Tommy John surgery. He allowed two hits and two runs in the first inning before settling down and giving up just one single over the next four innings.

Alex Bregman’s two-run home run in the first inning gave Boston an early lead in his first game in Houston since leaving the Astros this offseason.

Houston scored three runs in the third to take the lead and got a two-run shot from McCormick in the fourth and a two-run homer from Urías in the fifth to make it 7-2.

But the Red Sox scored four runs with two outs in the seventh inning, highlighted by home runs from Abraham Toro and Roman Anthony, to get within 1. Bregman singled after that, but Jarren Duran grounded out to end the inning.

Connor Wong doubled off Enyel De Los Santos with two outs in the ninth inning and Bennett Sousa took over and struck out Anthony to end it and collect his fourth save.

Boston’s Garrett Crochet (13-5) yielded seven hits and tied a season-high with five runs in a season-low four innings to snap a nine-game winning streak and give him his first loss since May 26.

Urías, who was acquired from Baltimore at the deadline, finished a triple shy of the cycle to tie a season high in hits.

Key moment Sousa's strikeout of Anthony in the ninth.

Key stat McCormick’s home run was his first since Aug. 28.

Up next Houston RHP Spencer Arrighetti (1-2, 7.43 ERA) opposes RHP Dustin May (6-8, 4.93) when the series continues Tuesday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Anthony struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Sousa relieved De Los Santos
	9th Inning	Wong doubled to left.
	9th Inning	Rafaela flied out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Refsnyder grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Trammell in center field.

Statistics

BOS		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	14
8	Strikeouts	7
6	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	10
2	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	7
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	33
3	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
6	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	3
19	Fly Balls	12
2	Caught Stealing	0
148	Pitches	130
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	2
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
22	Total Bases	19
37	Plate Appearances	35
486.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
6	Extra Base Hits	5
6.6	Runs Created	6.2
.286	Batting Average	.303
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.629	Slugging Percentage	.576
.400	Secondary Average	.364
.324	On Base Percentage	.343
.953	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.919
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.2
6.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.0
51.0	Batter Rating	51.0
11.7	At Bats Per Home Run	16.5
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.00	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.71
.343	Isolated Power	.273
0.25	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.29
.054	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.057
.114	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.061
12.0	Runs Produced	14.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
95.3	MLB Rating	95.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0