Post Game Thread (Aug 21, 2023): Red Sox (66-59) @ Astros (71-55)

Line Score – Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
BOS	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	11	2	11
HOU	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	2		9	16	0	13

Box Score

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	6	1	1	0	0	1	.322
3B	Bregman	3	2	3	1	2	0	.256
RF	Tucker	3	0	1	0	1	0	.297
DH	Alvarez, Y	4	1	1	2	0	0	.278
LF	McCormick	5	2	2	4	0	2	.286
1B	Diaz, Y	5	1	2	1	0	1	.281
SS	Peña	5	0	2	0	0	0	.248
CF	Meyers	5	1	2	0	0	1	.231
C	Maldonado, M	5	1	2	1	0	3	.176

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Javier	5.0	7	3	3	3	3	105-57	4.52
Martinez, S	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	26-14	5.40
Neris	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	22-14	2.09
Abreu, B	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	12-6	2.17
Pressly	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	13-9	2.82

BOS		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
RF	Verdugo	5	1	3	0	0	0	.274
3B	Devers	5	0	1	0	0	1	.273
LF	Yoshida	5	1	1	1	0	0	.296
1B	Casas	4	0	1	0	1	1	.253
CF	Duvall	5	1	3	3	0	1	.250
DH	Story	4	0	0	0	1	3	.186
SS	Reyes, P	4	0	0	0	0	0	.320
C	McGuire	4	0	2	0	0	1	.275
2B	Urías, L	1	1	0	0	2	0	.184

BOS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Paxton	4.0	9	7	6	3	4	101-65	3.79
Murphy	4.0	7	2	2	0	4	80-52	3.72

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T1	Adam Duvall homers (12) on a fly ball to left field. Alex Verdugo scores. Masataka Yoshida scores.	0-3
B1	Yordan Alvarez out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Masataka Yoshida. Jose Altuve scores.	1-3
B2	Martin Maldonado doubles (10) on a fly ball to left fielder Masataka Yoshida. Jake Meyers scores.	2-3
B2	Alex Bregman singles on a ground ball to shortstop Pablo Reyes, deflected by third baseman Rafael Devers. Martin Maldonado scores.	3-3
B2	Yordan Alvarez singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Adam Duvall. Alex Bregman scores. Kyle Tucker to 3rd.	4-3
B4	Chas McCormick homers (18) on a fly ball to left field. Alex Bregman scores. Yordan Alvarez scores.	7-3
T6	Masataka Yoshida grounds out to first baseman Yainer Diaz. Luis Urias scores. Alex Verdugo to 3rd. Rafael Devers to 2nd.	7-4
B8	Chas McCormick homers (19) on a fly ball to left field.	8-4
B8	Yainer Diaz homers (18) on a fly ball to right field.	9-4

Highlights

Description	Length	Video
Bullpen availability for Houston, August 21 vs Red Sox	0:07	Video
Bullpen availability for Boston, August 21 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Houston, August 21 vs Red Sox	0:11	Video
Adam Duvall: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:11	Video
Analyzing Adam Duvall's home run through bat tracking	0:09	Video
Breaking down Chas McCormick's home run	0:11	Video
Breaking down James Paxton's pitches	0:04	Video
Breaking down Cristian Javier's pitches	0:04	Video
Cristian Javier's outing against the Red Sox	0:22	Video
Chas McCormick: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:11	Video
The distance behind Yainer Diaz's home run	0:16	Video
Adam Duvall homers, Millar calls/predicts it	1:30	Video
Yordan Alvarez hits a sac fly, Jose Altuve scores	0:19	Video
Martín Maldonado doubles to left field for RBI	0:23	Video
Alex Bregman singles to shortstop, ties the game at 3	0:24	Video
Yordan Alvarez hits an RBI single to center field	0:16	Video
Chas McCormick hits a three-run homer to left field	0:26	Video
James Paxton strikes out four batters in four frames	0:50	Video
Masataka Yoshida grounds out at first, one scores	0:30	Video
Cristian Javier fans three batters in five frames	0:54	Video
Chas McCormick homers to left field in the 8th inning	0:30	Video
Yainer Diaz homers to right field following McCormick	0:31	Video
Ryan Pressly In play, out(s) to Trevor Story	0:11	Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Javier (9-2, 4.52 ERA)	Paxton (7-4, 3.79 ERA)

Game ended at 10:26 PM.