Boston Red Sox at Houston Astros

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Boston Red Sox

1-5, 1-5 Away

Final
4 - 6

Houston Astros

5-2, 5-2 Home

Correa’s 3-run blast powers the Astros past the Red Sox 6-4 for a sweep

Isaac Paredes' RBI double pulls Astros even

It’s the fifth consecutive win for the Astros and gives Boston five straight losses since an opening day victory.

Pinch-hitter Roman Anthony homered off Bryan Abreu to start the ninth and get the Red Sox within two. But Abreu struck out the next three batters to get his first save.

Houston starter Mike Burrows (1-1) allowed five hits and two runs in five innings for the win after giving up nine hits and five runs in his Astros debut Friday after an offseason trade from Pittsburgh.

The game was tied with one out in the fifth when Jose Altuve singled before Garrett Crochet (1-1) hit Yordan Alvarez in the ribs with a pitch. There were two outs with a 1-2 count when Correa smacked an off-speed pitch into the seats in left field to make it 5-2.

Crochet allowed six hits and five runs — four earned — in five innings after throwing six scoreless innings in the opening day win over the Reds.

Vázquez connected off Danny Coulombe to open Houston’s seventh and push the lead to 6-2.

Wilyer Abreu hit his third home run this season on a solo shot that cut the lead to 6-3 with one out in the eighth.

Willson Contreras' RBI single with one out in the first gave Boston an early lead.

Alvarez hit a one-out double in the bottom of the inning before a double by Isaac Paredes tied it. Correa reached on a fielding error by Trevor Story before an RBI single by Christian Walker put Houston up 2-1.

The Red Sox tied it when Isiah Kiner-Falefa scored on Jarren Duran's groundout in the second.

The Red Sox played without catcher Carlos Narváez after he was scratched from the lineup Wednesday. Manager Alex Cora didn't say why he was taken out of the lineup.

Up next Both teams are off Thursday before the Red Sox open a series against San Diego on Friday night and the Astros begin a series with the Athletics in Sacramento.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Story struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Duran struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Mayer struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Mayer hit for Wong
	9th Inning	Anthony homered to left center (391 feet).
	9th Inning	Abreu relieved Teng

Statistics

BOS		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	2
9	Ground Balls	10
13	Strikeouts	9
4	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	32
2	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
12	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
140	Pitches	162
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
14	Total Bases	16
38	Plate Appearances	36
324.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
3	Extra Base Hits	4
4.2	Runs Created	5.3
.206	Batting Average	.250
.500	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.412	Slugging Percentage	.500
.294	Secondary Average	.344
.289	On Base Percentage	.333
.701	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.833
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
4.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.7
31.0	Batter Rating	43.0
17.0	At Bats Per Home Run	16.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.68	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.50
.206	Isolated Power	.250
0.23	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.22
.079	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.056
.088	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.094
8.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
79.0	MLB Rating	88.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0