Post Game Thread (Aug 23, 2023): Red Sox (67-60) @ Astros (72-56)

Line Score – Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E	LOB
BOS	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	7	9	0	7
HOU	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	12	0	11

Box Score

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	3	1	1	0	2	2	.317
3B	Bregman	4	1	1	0	1	1	.256
RF	Tucker	4	1	0	1	0	3	.293
LF	McCormick	5	0	2	0	0	3	.284
C	Diaz, Y	5	0	3	1	0	0	.286
1B	Abreu, J	5	0	1	1	0	1	.234
SS	Peña	4	1	2	0	1	1	.249
CF	Meyers	4	0	1	0	0	1	.234
PH	Dubón	1	0	0	0	0	1	.266
C	Maldonado, M	2	1	1	2	0	1	.180
PH	Singleton	1	0	0	0	0	0	.136
P	Graveman	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
PH	Julks	1	0	0	0	0	0	.244

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Urquidy	4.2	8	4	4	3	1	100-61	5.48
Martinez, S	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	17-11	5.23
Neris	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	12-8	2.05
Abreu, B	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	16-10	2.14
Pressly	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	10-7	2.77
Graveman	1.0	1	3	2	2	1	27-12	3.36

BOS		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
RF	Verdugo	5	1	2	1	0	0	.274
3B	Devers	5	1	0	0	0	1	.270
DH	Turner, J	3	1	0	0	2	1	.288
1B	Casas	4	1	1	1	1	0	.251
CF	Duvall	4	2	2	3	1	0	.259
SS	Story	5	0	2	1	0	3	.212
LF	Abreu	4	0	0	1	1	0	.286
2B	Reyes, P	4	1	1	0	0	1	.318
C	Wong	3	0	1	0	0	0	.240
PH	Yoshida	1	0	0	0	0	1	.294
C	McGuire	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275

BOS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Sale	5.0	6	4	4	1	9	80-53	4.68
Whitlock	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	29-19	5.52
Martin	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	29-18	1.26
Jansen	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	3-1	2.81
Pivetta	0.2	0	0	0	1	2	15-8	4.28
Winckowski	1.0	3	1	0	0	2	25-20	3.06

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B1	Kyle Tucker out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Adam Duvall. Jose Altuve scores.	1-0
B2	Umpire reviewed (home run), call on the field was upheld: Martin Maldonado homers (10) on a fly ball to left center field. Jeremy Pena scores.	3-0
T3	Alex Verdugo doubles (33) on a line drive to shortstop Jeremy Pena. Pablo Reyes scores.	3-1
T3	Triston Casas singles on a line drive to center fielder Jake Meyers. Alex Verdugo scores. Justin Turner to 3rd.	3-2
B3	Jose Abreu doubles (17) on a line drive to left fielder Wilyer Abreu. Alex Bregman scores. Yainer Diaz to 3rd.	4-2
T5	Trevor Story singles on a ground ball to center fielder Jake Meyers. Justin Turner scores. Adam Duvall to 3rd.	4-3
T5	Wilyer Abreu grounds out to first baseman Jose Abreu. Adam Duvall scores. Trevor Story to 3rd.	4-4
T10	Adam Duvall homers (14) on a fly ball to left field. Rafael Devers scores. Triston Casas scores.	4-7
B10	Yainer Diaz singles on a ground ball to right fielder Alex Verdugo. Kyle Tucker scores. Chas McCormick to 2nd.	5-7

Highlights

Description	Length	Video
Dusty Baker talks Verlander's start, 7-3 win, more	1:02	Video
Bullpen availability for Houston, August 23 vs Red Sox	0:07	Video
Bullpen availability for Boston, August 23 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Houston, August 23 vs Red Sox	0:11	Video
Fielding alignment for Boston, August 23 vs Astros	0:11	Video
Starting lineups for Red Sox at Astros – August 23, 2023	0:09	Video
Martín Maldonado: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:16	Video
Breaking down José Urquidy's pitches	0:04	Video
Chris Sale's outing against the Astros	0:22	Video
Breaking down Chris Sale's pitches	0:04	Video
The distance behind Adam Duvall's home run	0:10	Video
Kyle Tucker lifts a sacrifice fly to center field	0:19	Video
Matin Maldonado crushes a two-run home run in the 2nd	0:29	Video
Alex Verdugo knocks an RBI double in the the 3rd	0:22	Video
Triston Casas laces an RBI single in the 3rd inning	0:16	Video
Jose Urquidy strikes out Trevor Story in the 3rd	0:09	Video
Jose Abreu knocks an RBI double to left field	0:19	Video
Trevor Story laces an RBI single to center field	0:17	Video
Wilyer Abreu laces an RBI groundout, ties game at 4	0:17	Video
Chas McCormick makes a diving catch in left field	0:15	Video
Jose Abreu makes a diving stop at first	0:13	Video
Chris Sale whiffs nine Astros	0:59	Video
Garrett Whitlock makes a nice catch in foul territory	0:21	Video
Adam Duvall belts go-ahead home run in the 10th	0:23	Video
Yainer Diaz knocks an RBI single in the 10th inning	0:15	Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Pivetta (9-6, 4.28 ERA)	Graveman (3-6, 3.36 ERA)	Winckowski (3 SV, 3.06 ERA)

Game ended at 10:50 PM.