It was one of those wild games at Fenway Park today, which saw the Boston Red Sox beat the Houston Astros 10-9. The Red Sox finished the seven-game stretch with a. 369 average, 28 doubles and 13 home runs.
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Jackie Bradley Jr. boasts a majors-best 20-game hitting streak, but 26-year-old came up empty in three previous at-bats versus Chris Devenski. George Springer had a grand slam Saturday after going 3 for 5 with a homer and four RBIs in Friday’s 7-6 victory, while Jose Altuve is 7 for 11 in the series and hitting.
Reliever Robbie Ross Jr. allowed a run in 0.2 innings while Heath Hembree (2-0) earned the win despite allowing a pair of earned runs in two innings of work. The rookie has pitched well in three starts since replacing an ineffective Scott Feldman in the rotation, allowing five runs across 17 2/3 innings. And it was the Astros’ first home win in a game that lasted at least 16 innings since posting a 3-2 victory in 17 innings over San Diego on 7/8/1995.
Xander Bogaerts hit a three-run home run Sunday. The Red Sox and Astros combined to commit five errors (three for Boston, two for Houston) and made several other miscues that didn’t show up in the box score.
Boston Red Sox’s Ryan Hanigan hits an RBI single in the third inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros at Fenway Park, Sunday, May 15, 2016, in Boston.
His strong early-season performance has continued through Saturday, when he hit his 513th homer, a game-tying triple in the ninth inning and a walk-off double. The first is one of the greatest players to play the game (Aaron) while the second one is the best player ever who isn’t in the Hall of Fame (Bonds).
Correra lost Mookie Betts’ second-inning pop in the sun, tried to shield his eyes with his glove before the ball hit left shoulder.
Correa homered in the fourth to bring the Astros within two, but Hanigan drove in two more with a single to make it a four-run game.
Valbuena homered into the bleachers over the Astros’ bullpen.
Houston starter Collin McHugh gave up four runs over six innings.
CUBS 8, PIRATES 2 (at Chicago) – Unbeaten Jake Arrieta struck out 11 in eight innings and Anthony Rizzo drove in four runs for Chicago. After Sunday’s game, Astros manager A.J. Hinch announced OF Preston Tucker would be optioned to Triple-A Fresno and C/OF Evan Gattis would be recalled from Double-A Corpus Christi.
The Red Sox were playing the Houston Astros.
The Red Sox now take on the defending World Series Champions, the Kansas City Royals, for a three game set at Kauffman Stadium.
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“Well, two strikes, it’s kind of hard to not take two waste pitches, which is what (catcher Jason) Castro went out to tell him”, Hinch said.
