Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Houston 9,
Boston 4
When: 8:10 PM ET, Monday, August 21, 2023
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Brian O'Nora, 1B - Pat Hoberg, 2B - Tom Hanahan, 3B - Nestor Ceja
Attendance: 31590
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Brian O'Nora, 1B - Pat Hoberg, 2B - Tom Hanahan, 3B - Nestor Ceja
Attendance: 31590
Final Scoring Summary
Boston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Alex Verdugo | RF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .274 |
| Rafael Devers | 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .273 |
| Masataka Yoshida | LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .296 |
| Triston Casas | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .253 |
| Adam Duvall | CF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .250 |
| Trevor Story | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .186 |
| Pablo Reyes | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .320 |
| Reese McGuire | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .275 |
| Luis Urias | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Totals | 37 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 30 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Alex Verdugo (32), Adam Duvall (17) | |||||||||
| HR - Adam Duvall (12) | |||||||||
| TB - Alex Verdugo 4, Rafael Devers, Masataka Yoshida, Triston Casas, Adam Duvall 7, Reese McGuire 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Masataka Yoshida (61), Adam Duvall 3 (38) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Adam Duvall 3 (19) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Rafael Devers (43), Masataka Yoshida (53), Adam Duvall 2 (34), Trevor Story (6), Pablo Reyes (13), Reese McGuire (21) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Rafael Devers (10) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 11 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Reese McGuire (1, Catcher interference), Alex Verdugo (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| James Paxton (L 7-4) | 4.0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3.79 |
| Chris Murphy | 4.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3.72 |
| WP - James Paxton | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - James Paxton 101-65, Chris Murphy 80-52 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - James Paxton 7-2, Chris Murphy 5-3 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - James Paxton 26, Chris Murphy 20 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .322 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .256 |
| Kyle Tucker | RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .297 |
| Yordan Alvarez | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .278 |
| Chas McCormick | LF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .286 |
| Yainer Diaz | 1B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .281 |
| Jeremy Pena | SS | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .248 |
| Jake Meyers | CF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .231 |
| Martin Maldonado | C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .176 |
| Totals | 41 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 23 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Alex Bregman (19), Jeremy Pena (22), Martin Maldonado (10) | |||||||||
| HR - Chas McCormick 2 (19), Yainer Diaz (18) | |||||||||
| TB - Jose Altuve, Alex Bregman 4, Kyle Tucker, Yordan Alvarez, Chas McCormick 8, Yainer Diaz 5, Jeremy Pena 3, Jake Meyers 2, Martin Maldonado 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Alex Bregman (82), Yordan Alvarez 2 (68), Chas McCormick 4 (54), Yainer Diaz (44), Martin Maldonado (23) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Chas McCormick 3 (23) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jose Altuve (16), Kyle Tucker (43), Yainer Diaz (29), Jeremy Pena 2 (32), Jake Meyers 3 (38) | |||||||||
| SF - Yordan Alvarez (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 13 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Cristian Javier (W 9-2) | 5.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4.52 |
| Seth Martinez | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 |
| Hector Neris (H 25) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.09 |
| Bryan Abreu (H 21) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.17 |
| Ryan Pressly | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.82 |
| HBP - Luis Urias (by Javier) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Cristian Javier 105-57, Seth Martinez 26-14, Hector Neris 22-14, Bryan Abreu 12-6, Ryan Pressly 13-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Cristian Javier 2-4, Seth Martinez 1-0, Hector Neris 1-0, Bryan Abreu 1-1, Ryan Pressly 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Cristian Javier 26, Seth Martinez 6, Hector Neris 3, Bryan Abreu 3, Ryan Pressly 4 | ||||||||