The Boston Red Sox beat the Houston Astros 7-5 on Aug 23, 2023 at Daikin Park.
Final · Daikin Park
Top performers
- Adam Duvall went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Red Sox.
- Chris Sale pitched 5.0 innings for the Red Sox, allowing 4 earned runs with 9 strikeouts.
- Martin Maldonado went 1-for-2 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Astros.
- Jose Urquidy pitched 4.2 innings for the Astros, allowing 4 earned runs with 1 strikeouts.
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Story | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Rafael Devers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Verdugo | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Duvall | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Pablo Reyes | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wilyer Abreu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Justin Turner | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Connor Wong | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masataka Yoshida | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 34 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Sale | 5.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Garrett Whitlock | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Martin | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Pivetta | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Kenley Jansen | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 1 |
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 Abreu | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Yainer Diaz | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Bregman | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kyle Tucker | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Jake Meyers | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeremy Pena | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jose Altuve | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Martin Maldonado | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jon Singleton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Urquidy | 4.2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Pressly | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Hector Neris | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kendall Graveman | 1.0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Bryan Abreu | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 8.2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
Before and after
- Red Sox · 2023 season · Previous Aug 22, 2023: BOS 3, HOU 7 · Next Aug 24, 2023: BOS 17, HOU 1
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