Boston Red Sox at Houston Astros

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Boston Red Sox

1-4, 1-4 Away

Final
2 - 9

Houston Astros

4-2, 4-2 Home

Brown and Alvarez lead Astros past scuffling Red Sox 9-2 for 4th straight win

Boston Red Sox vs. Houston Astros: Game Highlights

Cam Smith also went deep for the Astros, who handed the Red Sox their fourth loss in a row following a victory on opening day.

Brown (1-0) allowed just one hit, an RBI double by Connor Wong in the fifth, and walked two. The right-hander finished with eight strikeouts, giving him 602 for his career. He reached 600 in 102 outings, the second-fastest in Astros history. Lance McCullers Jr. did it in 100 games.

Alvarez put the Astros on top with a first-inning RBI double. And with Houston leading 3-1 in the fifth, he sent a 2-2 curveball from Brayan Bello into the second deck of the right-field stands for his third home run this season.

Smith led off the seventh with his first homer of the year.

Making his season debut, Bello (0-1) allowed six runs, five earned, and eight hits in 4 2/3 innings. His night ended when he issued a nine-pitch walk to Smith, but it appeared plate umpire Mark Wegner lost track of the count and Smith should’ve been out on strikes after three pitches. The Red Sox did not register a dispute during the at-bat.

Carlos Correa and Christian Walker each had two hits and two RBI for the Astros, who have won four in a row after starting 0-2.

Cody Bolton permitted one run in three innings to earn his first major league save.

Ceddanne Rafaela hit his first home run of the season for Boston.

Up next Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet (1-0) faces RHP Mike Burrows (0-1) when the series concludes Wednesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Mayer grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Monasterio fouled out to first.
	9th Inning	Abreu lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Vázquez as designated hitter.
	8th Inning	Allen lined out to left.
	8th Inning	Matthews struck out swinging.

Statistics

BOS		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
6	Ground Balls	14
13	Strikeouts	6
2	Runs Batted In	8
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	9
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	35
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
7	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	3
12	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
128	Pitches	145
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
8	Total Bases	20
34	Plate Appearances	40
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
2	Extra Base Hits	5
1.4	Runs Created	8.1
.129	Batting Average	.314
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.258	Slugging Percentage	.571
.226	Secondary Average	.429
.206	On Base Percentage	.400
.464	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.971
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
1.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	9.1
17.0	Batter Rating	58.0
31.0	At Bats Per Home Run	17.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.76	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.63
.129	Isolated Power	.257
0.23	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.83
.088	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.125
.097	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.114
4.0	Runs Produced	17.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.9
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
65.8	MLB Rating	101.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0