HOU 13, BOS 5 | Aug 28, 2023 | The Best Box Score

Monday, August 28, 2023•Fenway Park•70°F, Cloudy

HOU

Astros

BOS

Red Sox

Final

WIN

Kendall Graveman

LOSS

Kyle Barraclough

SAVE

José Urquidy

The Astros cruised past the Red Sox 13-5 in a dominant performance.

★Jose Altuve4-for-6, 4 RBI

★Yordan Alvarez4-for-4, 4 RBI

★Masataka Yoshida3-for-3, 0 RBI

Key Moment

Top 8: Jose Altuve homers (10) on a fly ball to left center field. Martin Maldonado scores.

Weather: 70°F, CloudyWind: 3 mph, Out To LFFirst pitch: 11:10 PM UTCT: 3:21Att: 33,771Venue: Fenway Park

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93.7%B

12 missed calls

+8.8% HOU

No run favor

Win Probability

BOS WinHOU Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	1	1	0	1	6	2	2	0	13	18	0
BOS	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Game 716814 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Houston Astros

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Mauricio Dubón2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275/.305/.393	-	-	-
Alex Bregman3B	4	2	1	0	0	3	.261/.363/.440	101	.661	.617
Jake MeyersCF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229/.302/.384	-	-	-
Corey JulksLF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245/.297/.352	-	-	-
José Abreu1B	4	1	2	2	2	0	.236/.294/.350	104	.487	.641
Chas McCormickRF	4	0	1	1	0	0	.282/.365/.517	100.8	.488	.526
Yainer DiazDH	5	1	1	1	1	0	.282/.304/.532	105.3	.204	.194
Jeremy PeñaSS	5	1	2	0	1	0	.258/.322/.384	103.3	.240	.232
Martín MaldonadoC	6	1	1	0	0	2	.183/.250/.326	101.3	.342	.428
Bench
Jose Altuve2B	6	4	4	4	0	1	.322/.415/.529	104.6	.435	.786
Yordan AlvarezLF	4	2	4	4	2	0	.288/.394/.560
Totals	43	13	18	12	7	7	-	-	-	-

HR:Abreu (2nd off Sale, 0 on, 0 out); Alvarez (6th off Barraclough, 2 on, 1 out); Altuve (8th off Barraclough, 1 on, 1 out)

2B:Altuve; Peña

3B:Altuve

TB:31

RBI:Abreu 2; Altuve 4; McCormick; Diaz; Alvarez 4

SB:Tucker

SF:McCormick

GIDP:Diaz

Team LOB:14

Boston Red Sox

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Alex VerdugoRF	4	0	0	0	1	0	.278/.343/.444	87.6	.094

Pitching

Houston Astros

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Cristian Javier	4.0	6	4	4	6	4	1	100-57	87.5	4.66
Kendall GravemanW	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	19-9	91.7	3.24
José UrquidyS	4.0	4	1	1	2	1	0	57-36	88.8	5.21
Totals	9.0	10	5	5	9	6	1	176-102	-	-

Inherited runners-scored:Graveman 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Javier 100-57; Graveman 19-9; Urquidy 57-36

Groundouts-flyouts:Javier 3-5; Graveman 0-2; Urquidy 4-6

Boston Red Sox

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Chris Sale	4.2	7	3	3	2	6	1	92-56	86.3	4.75

Bot 1 • BOS

0-2

Triston Casas doubles (18) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Kyle Tucker. Justin Turner scores. Masataka Yoshida scores. Adam Duvall to 3rd.

EV: 100.7 mph226 ftLA: 16°

Top 2 • HOU

1-2

Jose Abreu homers (11) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 104.0 mph💣 428 ftLA: 25°

Top 3 • HOU

2-2

Yordan Alvarez singles on a ground ball to right fielder Alex Verdugo. Jose Altuve scores.

EV: 89.0 mph130 ftLA: 10°

Top 5 • HOU

3-2

Jose Abreu walks.

Bot 5 • BOS

3-4

Adam Duvall homers (17) on a fly ball to left center field. Masataka Yoshida scores.

EV: 104.6 mph💣 392 ftLA: 37°

Top 6 • HOU

9-4

Yainer Diaz singles on a ground ball to first baseman Triston Casas. Kyle Tucker scores. Jose Abreu to 3rd. Chas McCormick to 2nd.

EV: 55.5 mph89 ftLA: 13°

8-4

Yordan Alvarez homers (22) on a fly ball to right center field. Jose Altuve scores. Alex Bregman scores.

EV: 101.7 mph💣 396 ftLA: 25°

5-4

Jose Altuve triples (2) on a sharp fly ball to right fielder Alex Verdugo. Yainer Diaz scores. Jeremy Pena scores.

EV: 101.9 mph388 ftLA: 27°

Top 7 • HOU

11-4

Chas McCormick out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Alex Verdugo. Yordan Alvarez scores. Kyle Tucker to 3rd.

EV: 96.3 mph332 ftLA: 24°

10-4

Jose Abreu singles on a line drive to right fielder Alex Verdugo. Alex Bregman scores. Yordan Alvarez to 3rd. Kyle Tucker to 2nd.

EV: 96.8 mph225 ftLA: 11°

Top 8 • HOU

13-4

Jose Altuve homers (10) on a fly ball to left center field. Martin Maldonado scores.

EV: 104.6 mph💣 420 ftLA: 33°

Bot 9 • BOS

13-5

Connor Wong singles on a line drive to center fielder Jake Meyers. Masataka Yoshida scores. Trevor Story to 3rd.

EV: 96.7 mph284 ftLA: 18°

WP:Sale

HBP:Bregman (by Barraclough); McCormick (by Barraclough); Bregman (by Barraclough)

Inherited runners-scored:Barraclough 2-0

Pitches-strikes:Sale 92-56; Barraclough 94-51

Groundouts-flyouts:Sale 3-5; Barraclough 6-5

Bench
Rafael Devers3B	4	0	0	0	0	2	.269/.345/.512	94.2	.003	.003
Justin TurnerDH	4	1	1	0	0	0	.290/.361/.495	101.4	.160	.190
Adam DuvallCF	3	1	1	2	1	1	.272/.335/.582	104.6	.318	.630
Chris SaleP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Kyle BarracloughP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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