Major League Baseball
Houston Astros
2
Boston Red Sox
7
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| BOS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
David Ortiz went 3 for 4 with a home run and two RBIs, boosting his batting average over .500 as the Boston Red Sox beat the Houston Astros 7-2 Thursday night to win their eighth straight series opener.
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 8: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
W Middlebrooks doubled to left, M Carp scored, J Saltalamacchia to third.
J Saltalamacchia singled to center, D Ortiz scored, M Carp to second.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
D Ortiz homered to center (439 feet).
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
J Castro singled to right, M Gonzalez scored.
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 8: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
M Dominguez grounded into double play, second to first, C Carter scored, F Martinez out at second.
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
J Saltalamacchia singled to right center, M Carp scored.
M Carp doubled to right, D Ortiz scored.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
D Ortiz singled to right, D Pedroia scored, D Ortiz to second on throwing error by right fielder R Ankiel.
D Pedroia singled to center, D Nava scored.
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Middle of the 9th
M Dominguez grounded out to pitcher.
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 3: ball 3
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
M Dominguez batting
F Martinez singled to right.
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
F Martinez batting
C Carter struck out swinging.
Pitch 7: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: ball 3
Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 3: ball 2
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
C Carter batting
C Pena flied out to left.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
C Pena batting
D Bard relieved A Miller.
Top of the 9th inning
End of the 8th
D Nava lined out to center.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: ball 1
Showing the last 40 of 559 events.
Jacoby EllsburyCF22
Daniel NavaRF25
Dustin Pedroia2B15
David OrtizDH34
Mike Anthony Napoli1B5
Mike CarpLF33
Jarrod SaltalamacchiaC12
Will Middlebrooks3B12
Stephen DrewSS10
Jonny GomesLF31
Robbie GrossmanCF8
Jose Altuve2B27
Jason CastroC18
Carlos Pena1B21
Chris CarterDH48
Fernando MartinezLF21
Matt Scott Dominguez3B28
Rick AnkielRF16
Marwin GonzalezSS14
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