Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Houston 9,
Boston 1
When: 5:08 PM ET, Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 65°
Umpires: Home - Dan Iassogna, 1B - Alan Porter, 2B - David Rackley, 3B - Rob Drake, LF - Bill Miller, RF - Lazaro Diaz
Attendance: 37599
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 65°
Umpires: Home - Dan Iassogna, 1B - Alan Porter, 2B - David Rackley, 3B - Rob Drake, LF - Bill Miller, RF - Lazaro Diaz
Attendance: 37599
Final Scoring Summary
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .150 |
| Michael Brantley | LF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .273 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .158 |
| Yordan Alvarez | DH | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .421 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .286 |
| Kyle Tucker | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .263 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 1B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .474 |
| Jose Siri | CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .125 |
| Martin Maldonado | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Totals | 38 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 22 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Yordan Alvarez (1), Yuli Gurriel (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Yordan Alvarez (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Jose Altuve, Michael Brantley 2, Yordan Alvarez 7, Kyle Tucker, Yuli Gurriel 4, Jose Siri | |||||||||
| RBI - Michael Brantley (4), Yordan Alvarez 3 (5), Yuli Gurriel 3 (6), Jose Siri 2 (2) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Yuli Gurriel 3 (5), Jose Siri 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jose Altuve 2 (2), Kyle Tucker (2), Jose Siri (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Alex Bregman (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Framber Valdez (W 1-0) | 8.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2.53 |
| Ryne Stanek | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 |
| HBP - J.D. Martinez (by Valdez) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Framber Valdez 93-62, Ryne Stanek 17-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Framber Valdez 13-2, Ryne Stanek 1-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Framber Valdez 27, Ryne Stanek 3 | ||||||||
Boston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Enrique Hernandez | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .409 |
| Kyle Schwarber | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 |
| Xander Bogaerts | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .227 |
| Rafael Devers | 3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .350 |
| J.D. Martinez | DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .267 |
| Hunter Renfroe | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .071 |
| Alex Verdugo | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .235 |
| Christian Arroyo | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .235 |
| Christian Vazquez | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .214 |
| Totals | 28 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Christian Vazquez (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Rafael Devers (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Rafael Devers 5, Christian Vazquez 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Rafael Devers (6) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Kyle Schwarber (1), Alex Verdugo (3) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Hunter Renfroe 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 2 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Kyle Schwarber (1), Hansel Robles (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Chris Sale (L 0-1) | 5.1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3.38 |
| Ryan Brasier | 0.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 |
| Hansel Robles | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 |
| Darwinzon Hernandez | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 |
| Hirokazu Sawamura | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Martin Perez | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 |
| WP - Hirokazu Sawamura | ||||||||
| IBB - Carlos Correa (by Perez) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Chris Sale 87-55, Ryan Brasier 13-9, Hansel Robles 11-6, Darwinzon Hernandez 17-7, Hirokazu Sawamura 19-10, Martin Perez 19-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Chris Sale 5-3, Ryan Brasier 0-0, Hansel Robles 1-0, Darwinzon Hernandez 1-0, Hirokazu Sawamura 0-0, Martin Perez 3-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Chris Sale 22, Ryan Brasier 5, Hansel Robles 3, Darwinzon Hernandez 3, Hirokazu Sawamura 4, Martin Perez 7 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Ryan Brasier 1-1, Hirokazu Sawamura 1-0 | ||||||||