BOS 7, HOU 5 | Aug 23, 2023 | The Best Box Score

Thursday, August 24, 2023•Minute Maid Park•73°F, Roof Closed

BOS

Red Sox

HOU

Astros

Final

WIN

Nick Pivetta

LOSS

Kendall Graveman

SAVE

Josh Winckowski

The Red Sox defeated the Astros 7-5.

★Adam Duvall3 RBI

★Yainer Diaz3-for-5, 1 RBI

Key Moment

Top 10: Adam Duvall homers (14) on a fly ball to left field. Rafael Devers scores. Triston Casas scores.

Weather: 73°F, Roof ClosedWind: 0 mph, NoneFirst pitch: 12:10 AM UTCT: 3:37Att: 37,144Venue: Minute Maid Park

Ump Audit

Tom Hanahan

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90.4%C

18 missed calls

+1.2% BOS

+0.88 runs BOS

Win Probability

HOU WinBOS Win

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

Game 716878 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Boston Red Sox

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Alex VerdugoRF	5	1	2	1	0	0	.274/.342/.429	103.6	.301	.413
Rafael Devers3B	5	1	0	0	0	1	.270/.342/.521	93.4	.238	.220
Justin TurnerDH	3	1	0	0	2	1	.288/.357/.484	95.2	.028	.035
Triston Casas1B	4	1	1	1	1	0	.251/.353/.474	106	.330	.526
Adam DuvallCF	4	2	2	3	1	0	.259/.322/.541	109.5	.320	.467
Trevor StorySS	5	0	2	1	0	3	.212/.255/.308	109.2	.407	.602
Wilyer AbreuLF	4	0	0	1	1	0	.286/.375/.429	102.9	.200	.375
Pablo Reyes2B	4	1	1	0	0	1	.318/.355/.426	95.2	.386	.362
Reese McGuireC	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275/.313/.377	-	-	-
Bench
Connor WongC	3	0	1	0	0	0	.240/.292/.394	88.4	.383	.355
Masataka YoshidaPH	1	0	0	0	0	1	.294/.348/.457	-
Totals	38	7	9	7	5	7	-	-	-	-

HR:Duvall (10th off Graveman, 2 on, 1 out)

2B:Story; Verdugo

TB:14

RBI:Duvall 3; Story; Verdugo; Abreu; Casas

SB:Story

CS:Abreu

Team LOB:7

Houston Astros

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Jose Altuve2B	3	1	1	0	2	2	.317/.411/.511	102.9	.543

Pitching

Boston Red Sox

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Chris Sale	5.0	6	4	4	1	9	1	80-53	84.3	4.68
Garrett Whitlock	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	29-19	89.4	5.52
Chris Martin	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	29-18	93.6	1.26
Kenley Jansen	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3-1	93.1	2.81
Nick PivettaW	0.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	15-8	88.8	4.28
Josh WinckowskiS	1.0	3	1	0	0	2	0	25-20	92.5	3.06
Totals	10.0	12	5	4	4	14	1	181-119	-	-

Pitches-strikes:Sale 80-53; Whitlock 29-19; Martin 29-18; Jansen 3-1; Pivetta 15-8; Winckowski 25-20

Groundouts-flyouts:Sale 3-3; Whitlock 2-2; Martin 2-1; Jansen 0-1; Pivetta 0-0; Winckowski 1-0

Houston Astros

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
José Urquidy	4.2	8	4	4	3	1	0	100-61	90.1	5.48

Game Notes

📺

B2Replay review: 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.

⚠️

B7Alex Bregman pops out to catcher Connor Wong in foul territory. Alex Bregman out on batter interference.

Bot 1 • HOU

0-1

Kyle Tucker out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Adam Duvall. Jose Altuve scores.

EV: 103.0 mph371 ftLA: 37°

Bot 2 • HOU

0-3

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.

EV: 101.5 mph💣 387 ftLA: 37°

Top 3 • BOS

2-3

Triston Casas singles on a line drive to center fielder Jake Meyers. Alex Verdugo scores. Justin Turner to 3rd.

EV: 88.1 mph276 ftLA: 20°

1-3

Alex Verdugo doubles (33) on a line drive to shortstop Jeremy Pena. Pablo Reyes scores.

EV: 93.2 mph333 ftLA: 26°

Bot 3 • HOU

2-4

Jose Abreu doubles (17) on a line drive to left fielder Wilyer Abreu. Alex Bregman scores. Yainer Diaz to 3rd.

EV: 95.7 mph248 ftLA: 15°

Top 5 • BOS

4-4

Wilyer Abreu grounds out to first baseman Jose Abreu. Adam Duvall scores. Trevor Story to 3rd.

EV: 69.3 mph7 ftLA: -16°

3-4

Trevor Story singles on a ground ball to center fielder Jake Meyers. Justin Turner scores. Adam Duvall to 3rd.

EV: 89.4 mph13 ftLA: -10°

Top 10 • BOS

7-4

Adam Duvall homers (14) on a fly ball to left field. Rafael Devers scores. Triston Casas scores.

EV: 104.6 mph💣 371 ftLA: 23°

Bot 10 • HOU

7-5

Yainer Diaz singles on a ground ball to right fielder Alex Verdugo. Kyle Tucker scores. Chas McCormick to 2nd.

EV: 105.0 mph74 ftLA: 2°

Inherited runners-scored:Martinez 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Urquidy 100-61; Martinez 17-11; Neris 12-8; Abreu 16-10; Pressly 10-7; Graveman 27-12

Groundouts-flyouts:Urquidy 3-10; Martinez 3-1; Neris 0-2; Abreu 0-1; Pressly 1-0; Graveman 0-1

Bench
Jake MeyersCF	4	0	1	0	0	1	.234/.306/.392	96.7	.469	.449
Martín MaldonadoC	2	1	1	2	0	1	.180/.250/.318	101.5	.402	.796
Jon SingletonPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.136/.269/.273	95.3	.166	.310
José UrquidyP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Seth MartinezP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Héctor NerisP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Bryan AbreuP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Ryan PresslyP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-