The Boston Red Sox beat the Houston Astros 5-1 on May 18, 2022 at Fenway Park.
Final · Fenway Park
Top performers
- Jose Altuve went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Astros.
- Luis Garcia pitched 4.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 3 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Xander Bogaerts went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Red Sox.
- Nick Pivetta pitched 9.0 innings for the Red Sox, allowing 1 earned run with 8 strikeouts.
Houston Astros box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Altuve | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Michael Brantley | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kyle Tucker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Pena | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Martin Maldonado | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Garcia | 4.0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Bryan Abreu | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rafael Montero | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryne Stanek | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
Boston Red Sox box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xander Bogaerts | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Enrique Hernandez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Verdugo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J.D. Martinez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Christian Vazquez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Trevor Story | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rafael Devers | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 24 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
Before and after
- Astros · 2022 season · Previous May 17, 2022: HOU 13, BOS 4 · Next May 19, 2022: TEX 1, HOU 5
- Red Sox · 2022 season · Previous May 17, 2022: HOU 13, BOS 4 · Next May 19, 2022: SEA 6, BOS 12