Boston Red Sox at Houston Astros

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Boston Red Sox

66-56, 27-34 Away

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Houston Astros

68-53, 37-25 Home

Hunter Brown reaches 10 victories, helping the Astros beat the Red Sox 4-1

Alex Cora ejected after no-call in Red Sox's loss

Brown (10-5) allowed six hits and three walks and held Boston to 1 for 6 with runners in scoring position. The Astros moved a game ahead of Seattle for the AL West lead. The Mariners fell 4-3 in Baltimore.

Peña started a two-run first with his his fifth leadoff homer of the season on Walker Buehler’s fifth pitch. Diaz added a two-out RBI single and, with the Astros up 2-1 with two out in the sixth, he sent an 0-1 sweeper from Buehler (7-7) 415 to left-center for his 17th homer.

Boston had the tying run at third base with two outs in the sixth. With Romy Gonzalez at the plate, Red Sox manager Alex Cora stood outside the dugout demanding Brown be called for a balk. A meeting between the four umpires ensued, but no balk was called. Cora was ejected for the fifth time in 2025 during a pitching change an inning later.

Bennett Sousa took over for Brown in the seventh, pitching 1 1/3 innings. Bryan Abreu worked the ninth for his first save.

Key moment Diaz’s two-out, two-run homer in the sixth gave Houston a three-run lead.

Key stat Diaz is batting .321 with four home runs and 13 RBI in his last 13 games.

Up next The Red Sox open a three-game home series against Miami on Friday night, with RHP Lucas Giolito (8-2 3.77 ERA) slated to start. The Astros open a three-game home series against Baltimore on Friday night, with LHP Framber Valdez (11-5 2.97) set to start.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Refsnyder struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Refsnyder hit for Wong
	9th Inning	Rafaela struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Abreu popped out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	González singled to left, Yoshida to second.
	9th Inning	Yoshida singled to center.

Statistics

BOS		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	11
9	Strikeouts	3
1	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	4
1	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	4
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	28
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	5
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
12	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
133	Pitches	119
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
9	Total Bases	10
36	Plate Appearances	32
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
1	Extra Base Hits	2
2.4	Runs Created	2.7
.242	Batting Average	.143
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.273	Slugging Percentage	.357
.152	Secondary Average	.357
.306	On Base Percentage	.250
.578	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.607
1.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
2.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.0
15.0	Batter Rating	26.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	14.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.69	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.72
.030	Isolated Power	.214
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.33
.083	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.125
-.091	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.214
2.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.1
70.5	MLB Rating	75.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0