The Houston Astros beat the Boston Red Sox 9-2 on Mar 31, 2026 at Daikin Park.
Final · Daikin Park
Top performers
- Ceddanne Rafaela went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Red Sox.
- Brayan Bello pitched 4.2 innings for the Red Sox, allowing 5 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Yordan Alvarez went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Astros.
- Hunter Brown pitched 6.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 1 earned run with 8 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 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Willson Contreras | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilyer Abreu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andruw Monasterio | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Roman Anthony | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ceddanne Rafaela | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Connor Wong | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Marcelo Mayer | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Masataka Yoshida | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brayan Bello | 4.2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Jovani Moran | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Ryan Watson | 1.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Pena | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yainer Diaz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Walker | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Jake Meyers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Joey Loperfido | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Cam Smith | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Carlos Correa | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Jose Altuve | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Christian Vazquez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Allen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brice Matthews | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 35 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Brown | 6.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Cody Bolton | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Team | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 1 |
Before and after
- Red Sox · 2026 season · Previous Mar 30, 2026: BOS 1, HOU 8 · Next Apr 1, 2026: BOS 4, HOU 6
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