Red Sox scored one run in the top of the first. Astros have scored two in the bottom of the first with one out, 2 on, Smith batting.
Cam goes down on strikes. 2 out.
Jake flies out to LCF, good run down by Rafaela. End of one Astros 2 Red Socks 1
Kiner-Falefa pops up to shallow RF Altuve gets under it but lets it drop and throws into a force out, at second Altuve to Correa. Rafaela out at 2nd.
Isiah Kiner-Falefa to 1st.
Wong doubles, IKF to third.
Duran GO 6-3 IKF scores
Story strikes out swinging for the 3rd out
Red Sox tie it up at 2
Matthews lines weakly to short.
Vasquez GO 6-3
Altuve batting, called third strike is being challenged, overturned. GO 4-3
End of 2 2-2
Burrows starting the 3rd facing Yoshida
Yoshida strikes out swinging.
Contreras strikes out swinging
Abreu strikes out swinging to end the inning
Burrows had them whiffing
Alvarez leads off and singles on a fly ball to left. He fooled 'em by doinking one to shallow left.
Paredes HBP.
Correa grounds into a DP, Alvarez on third.
Walker batting. FO to LF.
End of three all tied at 2
That was a good piece of hit and run by the Sox there.
I had to step away for a moment. I missed it. Was that the Wong single to
RF?
End of 4 still knotted up at 2 runs apiece
Crochet certainly ain’t scared of the bottom of the Stros lineup. Throwing getahead everything against them right down the middle.
Nice grab Cam
Yes. It was textbook. Something us purists admire.
Got lucky. He came in in that ball and then went “oh shit”.
Story leading off FO to CF
Yoshida FO to Cam but he had a real bad read and almost fucked up.
Contreras walks.
Burrows having a tough time with the zone…
Abreu singles to right field, Contreras to 2nd
No damage as Durbin strikes out swinging to end the inning.
After 4.5, 2-2