BOS 8, HOU 2 | Oct 16, 2018 | The Best Box Score

Tuesday, October 16, 2018•Minute Maid Park•63°F, Roof Closed

BOS

Red Sox

HOU

Astros

Final

WIN

Nathan Eovaldi

LOSS

Joe Smith

The Red Sox cruised past the Astros 8-2 in a dominant performance.

★Jackie Bradley Jr.4 RBI

Key Moment

Top 8: Jackie Bradley Jr. hits a grand slam (1) to right center field. Rafael Devers scores. Brock Holt scores. Sandy Leon scores.

Weather: 63°F, Roof ClosedWind: 0 mph, NoneFirst pitch: 9:09 PM UTCT: 3:52Att: 43,102Venue: Minute Maid Park

Ump Audit

Joe West

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96.9%A

5 missed calls

+4.9% BOS

+0.39 runs BOS

Win Probability

HOU WinBOS Win

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

Game 563395 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Boston Red Sox

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Mookie BettsRF	5	1	1	0	0	0	.241/.333/.345	100.5	.263	.257
Andrew BenintendiLF	5	1	2	0	0	1	.250/.344/.286	102.3	.449	.423
J.D. MartinezDH	4	0	1	1	1	0	.240/.344/.400	98.2	.212	.204
Xander BogaertsSS	4	0	1	1	1	0	.286/.344/.393	93.4	.101	.095
Steve Pearce1B	4	2	1	1	0	0	.304/.385/.478	107	.341	.587
Rafael Devers3B	1	1	1	0	1	0	.455/.538/.455	93.6	.493	.444
Brock Holt2B	0	1	0	0	0	0	.400/.455/1.000	-	-	-
Sandy LeónC	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Jackie Bradley Jr.CF	4	1	1	4	0	1	.182/.308/.409	102.1	.220	.347
Bench
Eduardo Núñez3B	2	0	1	0	0	0	.188/.278/.250	107.2	.577	.530
Ian Kinsler2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	.200/.238/.300
Totals	35	8	9	8	3	3	-	-	-	-

HR:Pearce (6th off Smith, 0 on, 1 out); Jr. (8th off Osuna, 3 on, 2 out)

2B:Martinez

TB:16

RBI:Pearce; Moreland; Martinez; Bogaerts; Jr. 4

GIDP:Martinez

Team LOB:5

Houston Astros

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
George SpringerCF	5	0	1	0	0	3	.370/.414/.778	104.2	.457

Pitching

Boston Red Sox

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	Velo	ERA
Nathan EovaldiW	6.0	6	2	2	2	4	92-60	91.2	2.08
Ryan BrasierH	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	14-9	93.9	0.00
Matt Barnes	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	16-9	92.1	0.00
Joe Kelly	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	4-2	96.2	0.00
Eduardo Rodriguez	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	16-11	91.8	7.36
Totals	9.0	7	2	2	3	8	142-91	-	-

WP:Kelly

Inherited runners-scored:Kelly 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Eovaldi 92-60; Brasier 14-9; Barnes 16-9; Kelly 4-2; Rodriguez 16-11

Groundouts-flyouts:Eovaldi 8-6; Brasier 0-2; Barnes 1-0; Kelly 1-0; Rodriguez 1-0

Houston Astros

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Dallas Keuchel	5.0	4	2	2	2	0	0	84-51	86.8	3.60

Game Notes

📺

T3Replay review: Red Sox challenged (catch or drop), call on the field was upheld: Steve Pearce flies out sharply to left fielder Tony Kemp.

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T8Replay review: Brock Holt hit by pitch. Steve Pearce to 3rd. Rafael Devers to 2nd.

🥎

B7Passed ball

💨

B8Wild pitch by Joe Kelly

Scoring Plays

Top 1 • BOS

2-0

Xander Bogaerts grounds out, shortstop Carlos Correa to first baseman Yuli Gurriel. Andrew Benintendi scores. J.D. Martinez to 3rd.

EV: 79.2 mph8 ftLA: -24°

1-0

J.D. Martinez doubles (1) on a ground ball to right fielder Josh Reddick. Mookie Betts scores. Andrew Benintendi to 3rd.

EV: 88.5 mph94 ftLA: 4°

Bot 1 • HOU

2-1

Marwin Gonzalez singles on a line drive to right fielder Mookie Betts. Jose Altuve scores. Yuli Gurriel to 3rd.

EV: 76.0 mph204 ftLA: 19°

Bot 5 • HOU

2-2

Alex Bregman doubles (1) on a ground ball to left fielder Andrew Benintendi. Jose Altuve scores.

Top 6 • BOS

3-2

Steve Pearce homers (1) on a fly ball to left field.

EV: 107.0 mphLA: 28°

Top 8 • BOS

8-2

Jackie Bradley Jr. hits a grand slam (1) to right center field. Rafael Devers scores. Brock Holt scores. Sandy Leon scores.

EV: 100.5 mph💣 386 ftLA: 36°

4-2

Mitch Moreland hit by pitch. Steve Pearce scores. Rafael Devers to 3rd. Brock Holt to 2nd.

HBP:Holt (by Osuna); Moreland (by Osuna)

Pitches-strikes:Keuchel 84-51; Smith 7-5; Sipp 13-8; Pressly 13-10; Osuna 27-17; McHugh 2-2; Rondón 11-8

Groundouts-flyouts:Keuchel 8-7; Smith 0-1; Sipp 1-0; Pressly 1-0; Osuna 1-1; McHugh 1-0; Rondón 2-0

Bench
Brian McCannC	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000/.000/.000	94.3	.163	.233
Tony KempLF	3	0	0	0	0	0	.250/.400/.375	96.3	.213	.201
Dallas KeuchelP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Joe SmithP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Tony SippP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Ryan PresslyP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Roberto OsunaP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Collin McHughP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Héctor RondónP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-