The Red Sox salvaged a split, rallying from a 4-2 deficit to defeat the Astros, 7-5 at Fenway Park. The series now shifts to Houston for Game 3 Tuesday at 5:09 p.m.Refresh this page for the latest from Fenway Park.
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Ninth inning: Red Sox 7, Astros 5
Top: Closer Craig Kimbrel replaced Porcello on the mound. Pinch-hitting for Martin Maldonado, Evan Gattis popped out to second base. Josh Reddick then struck out swinging. George Springer doubled to get on base, and Jose Altuve drove him in on an RBI single to narrow the gap to two runs. Bregman couldn’t keep the push going, flying out to deep left end the inning.
Eighth Inning: Red Sox 7, Astros 4
Bottom: Rafael Devers singled to reach base for the third time tonight. Both Ian Kinsler and Jackie Bradley Jr. struck out swinging. Pinch-hitting for Christian Vazquez, Mitch Moreland singled to right field.
Righthander Hector Rondon replaced James on the mound.
Mookie Betts doubled a line drive to center, driving in Devers and giving Boston a 7-4 lead. Rondon was then pulled, and Sipp — the lone lefty in Houston’s bullpen — entered the game. Benintendi flied out to end the inning.
Top: Righthander Rick Porcello entered the game for Brasier. Porcello retired the side in order. His pitch count: 18.
Seventh inning: Red Sox 6, Astros 4
Bottom: Righthander Lance McCullers Jr. replaced Cole on the mound. Cole pitched six innings, gave up six hits, struck out five, and walked two. He finished with 90 pitches (56 strikes). Righthander Josh James and lefthander Tony Sipp also started warming in the bullpen.
Mookie Betts walked to start the inning and advanced to second on a wild pitch that struck out Andrew Benintendi. During J.D. Martinez’s at-bat, Betts advanced again after McCullers’s pitch got past Maldonado. Martinez worked a 3-2 count but struck out swinging.
During Xander Bogaerts’s at-bat, another pitch got past Maldonado and allowed Betts to score, extending Boston’s lead to 6-4. James replaced McCullers on the mound. James walked Bogaerts on four pitches before Steve Pearce grounded out.
Top: Ryan Brasier replaced Matt Barnes on the mound. After George Springer flied out and Jose Altuve lined out, Alex Bregman walked. Yuli Gurriel grounded out to end the inning. Brasier’s pitch count: 19.
Sixth inning
Bottom: Cole retired the side in order. His pitch count: 90.
Top: Righthander Ryan Brasier started warming in the bullpen. Barnes retired the side in order. His pitch count: 15.
Fifth inning: Red Sox 5, Astros 4
Bottom: Cole retired the side in order. His pitch count: 81.
Top: Jose Altuve grounded out to start the inning. Steve Pearce, once again, had to stretch to record the out. Alex Bregman walked and advanced to second after Yuli Gurriel grounded out. Righthander Matt Barnes started warming in the bullpen. Price walked Tyler White on four pitches and was pulled by Cora.
Price pitched 4⅔ innings, gave up five hits, struck out four, and walked four. He finished with 80 pitches (50 strikes). Although he walked off the mound with the lead, Price cannot qualify for the win because he pitched less than five innings.
Barnes entered the game with two inherited base runners, but he struck out Marwin Gonzalez.
z to maintain Boston’s 5-4 lead.
Fourth inning: Red Sox 5, Astro 4
Bottom: Righthander Joe Smith started warming in the bullpen. Gerrit Cole retired the side in order. His pitch count: 71.
Top: Martin Maldonado struck out swinging to open the inning. David Price retired the side in order. His pitch count: 64.
Third inning: Red Sox 5, Astros 4
Bottom: J.D. Martinez struck out swinging to open the inning. Xander Bogaerts singled on a hard-hit ball up the middle, and Steve Pearce doubled off the Green Monster to put runners on second and third. While trying to field Pearce’s ball, Astros left fielder Marwin Gonzalez crashed his back into the wall and required medical attention. He remained in the game.
Cole walked Devers on four pitches to load the bases.
Ian Kinsler struck out swinging for the second out of the inning.
Jackie Bradley Jr. then hit a double to the corner of left field, driving in Bogaerts, Pearce, and Devers to put Boston back on top 5-4. Christian Vazquez struck out swining to end the inning. Cole’s pitch count: 64.
Top: After Alex Bregman popped out, Yuli Gurriel singled on a sharp ground ball to center. Price then got Tyler White to fly out on the first pitch of his at-bat. The next hitter, Marwin Gonzalez, however, launched a booming homer over the Green Monster to put the Astros up 4-2. Carlos Correa flied out to end the inning. Price’s pitch count: 54.
Gonzalez’s blast had an exit velocity of 102.9 mph.
Second inning: Red Sox 2, Astros 2
Bottom: Cole retired the side in order. His pitch count: 34.
Top: Marwin Gonzalez started the inning with a groundout. Carlos Correa reached after beating out a throw to first by Xander Bogaerts, and Martin Maldonado hit a line drive down the third-base line to put runners on second and third. After Josh Reddick popped out, George Springer muscled a hit past Steve Pearce just inside the first-base line. Correa and Maldonado both scored to tie things up at two. Jose Altuve struck out swinging to end the inning. Price’s pitch count: 39. Thirty-eight of his pitches have been fastballs; the other was a changeup. Springer’s two-run double extended his postseason hit streak to 11 games — an Astros record.
First inning: Red Sox 2, Astros 0
Bottom: Leadoff hitter Mookie Betts reached second on a double off the center field wall. Andrew Benintendi drove in Betts on a single ripped to right field, giving the Red Sox an early 1-0 lead. After J.D. Martinez lined out, Xander Bogaerts hit a soft tapper back to the pitcher, but Cole’s throw went over first baseman Yuli Gurriel’s head. Benintendi advanced to third, and Bogaerts took second.
Cole then walked Steve Pearce on four pitches.
With the bases loaded, Rafael Devers drilled a ground ball into left field for a base hit. Benintendi scored to extend Boston’s lead to 2-0. Righthander Collin McHugh started warming in Houston’s bullpen. Ian Kinsler struck out swinging and Jackie Bradley Jr. grounded out to end the inning. Cole’s pitch count: 25.
Top: David Price’s first pitch was a 91.2 mph fastball way outside. Two pitches later, Houston’s leadoff hitter George Springer popped out. The next batter, Jose Altuve, worked a 3-2 count and walked on seven pitches. Alex Bregman also worked a 3-2 count and walked on six pitches to put runners on first and second. Price struck out Yuli Gurriel and Tyler White to end the inning. His pitch count: 22.
Pregame
Lineups
LHP David Price and RHP Gerrit Cole are the starters. Alex Speier wrote about how the Red Sox are betting they can fix Price’s fastball and cutter. “I’m excited. I want to get back out there. I want to help us win, and I want to do it as a starter,” Price said Thursday. “[But] I’m saying the same things over and over and over. It’s not about saying it at this time. It’s about going to do it.”
| RED SOX (0-1) | ASTROS (1-0) |
| Betts RF | Springer CF |
| Benintendi LF | Altuve 2B |
| Martinez DH | Bregman 3B |
| Bogaerts SS | Gurriel 1B |
| Pearce 1B | White DH |
| Devers 3B | Gonzalez LF |
| Kinsler 2B | Correa SS |
| Bradley Jr. CF | Maldonado C |
| Vazquez C | Reddick RF |
| Pitching: LHP David Price (0-1, 16.20 in postseason) | Pitching: RHP Gerrit Cole (1-0, 1.29 in postseason) |
Notable: Mitch Moreland is out of the lineup for the fourth straight game. Rafael Devers is in at third base, while Ian Kinsler is back in the lineup at second base for the Red Sox. Here is Peter Abraham’s full game preview.
■ Bundle up! Temperatures are supposed to be in the mid 50s for the first pitch and will drop into the 40s in the later innings.
Pregame reading
■ Dan Shaughnessy: Game 2 is now a must win, and David Price is starting for the Red Sox
■ Temperatures will be in the mid 50s tonight. Will that be warm enough for David Price?
■ Tara Sullivan: Suddenly, Alex Cora is facing the biggest test of his young managerial life
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