HOU 5, BOS 4 | Oct 9, 2017 | The Best Box Score

Monday, October 9, 2017•Fenway Park•73°F, Cloudy

HOU

Astros

BOS

Red Sox

Final

WIN

Justin Verlander

LOSS

Chris Sale

SAVE

Ken Giles

The Astros edged the Red Sox 5-4 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Yuli Gurriel3-for-5, 0 RBI

★George Springer3-for-4, 1 RBI

Key Moment

Top 8: Alex Bregman homers (2) on a fly ball to left field.

Weather: 73°F, CloudyWind: 10 mph, Out To LFFirst pitch: 5:00 PM UTCT: 4:07Att: 37,305Venue: Fenway Park

Ump Audit

Mark Wegner

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89.6%C

18 missed calls

+32.5% HOU

No run favor

Win Probability

BOS WinHOU Win

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

Game 526485 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Houston Astros

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
George SpringerCF	4	1	3	1	1	0	.412/.474/.706	104.5	.650	.710
Josh ReddickRF	4	0	2	1	1	0	.375/.444/.375	96	.269	.254
Jose Altuve2B	4	0	0	0	1	1	.533/.632/1.133	91.6	.224	.212
Carlos CorreaSS	4	0	1	0	1	3	.235/.316/.647	104.4	.520	.468
Marwin GonzalezLF	3	1	0	0	0	1	.200/.294/.267	87.6	.046	.043
Alex Bregman3B	5	1	1	1	0	1	.222/.222/.611	101.3	.273	.534
Yuli Gurriel1B	5	1	3	0	0	0	.529/.556/.706	105.2	.571	.568
Carlos BeltránDH	1	0	1	1	0	0	.400/.500/.600	94.2	.240	.408
Brian McCannC	5	0	0	0	0	3	.125/.176/.125	104.4	.464	.447
Bench
Evan GattisDH	4	0	1	0	0	2	.400/.500/.600	93.8	.146	.131
Charlie MortonP							.000/.000/.000	-
Totals	39	5	12	4	4	11	-	-	-	-

HR:Bregman (8th off Sale, 0 on, 0 out)

2B:Gurriel; Beltrán; Springer

3B:Gurriel

TB:20

RBI:Bregman; Beltrán; Reddick; Springer

GIDP:Altuve

Team LOB:13

Boston Red Sox

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Dustin Pedroia2B	5	0	0	0	0	1	.125/.222/.125	98.6	.180

Pitching

Houston Astros

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Charlie Morton	4.1	7	2	2	2	6	1	83-52	90.3	4.15
Justin VerlanderW	2.2	1	1	1	2	0	1	40-24	92.1	3.12
Ken GilesS	2.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	29-21	94.2	6.00
Totals	9.0	9	4	4	4	7	3	152-97	-	-

Inherited runners-scored:Verlander 1-1

Pitches-strikes:Morton 83-52; Verlander 40-24; Giles 29-21

Groundouts-flyouts:Morton 3-2; Verlander 3-4; Giles 5-0

Boston Red Sox

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Rick Porcello	3.0	5	2	2	3	4	0	70-41	88.7	4.50

Scoring Plays

Top 1 • HOU

1-0

Jose Altuve grounds into a double play, second baseman Dustin Pedroia to shortstop Xander Bogaerts to first baseman Mitch Moreland. George Springer scores. Josh Reddick out at 2nd. Jose Altuve out at 1st.

EV: 91.6 mph66 ftLA: 3°

Bot 1 • BOS

1-1

Xander Bogaerts homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field.

EV: 104.0 mph💣 385 ftLA: 22°

Top 2 • HOU

2-1

George Springer singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Andrew Benintendi. Yuli Gurriel scores.

EV: 100.0 mph217 ftLA: 12°

Bot 5 • BOS

2-3

Andrew Benintendi homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Xander Bogaerts scores.