Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Boston 9,
Houston 5
When: 4:20 PM ET, Saturday, October 16, 2021
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Rob Drake, 1B - Lazaro Diaz, 2B - Dan Iassogna, 3B - Jim Wolf, LF - Alan Porter, RF - David Rackley
Attendance: 41476
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Rob Drake, 1B - Lazaro Diaz, 2B - Dan Iassogna, 3B - Jim Wolf, LF - Alan Porter, RF - David Rackley
Attendance: 41476
Final Scoring Summary
Boston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Kyle Schwarber | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .222 |
| Bobby Dalbec | PR-1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Enrique Hernandez | CF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .667 |
| Rafael Devers | 3B | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .333 |
| Xander Bogaerts | SS | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .250 |
| Alex Verdugo | LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .429 |
| J.D. Martinez | DH | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .250 |
| Hunter Renfroe | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .143 |
| Kevin Plawecki | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Christian Vazquez | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Christian Arroyo | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| Totals | 37 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Kyle Schwarber (1), Xander Bogaerts (1), Alex Verdugo (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Enrique Hernandez (3), Rafael Devers (1), J.D. Martinez (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Kyle Schwarber 2, Enrique Hernandez 5, Rafael Devers 4, Xander Bogaerts 3, Alex Verdugo 3, J.D. Martinez 5, Christian Arroyo | |||||||||
| RBI - Enrique Hernandez (3), Rafael Devers 4 (4), J.D. Martinez 4 (4) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - J.D. Martinez 4 (4) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Rafael Devers (1), J.D. Martinez 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Nathan Eovaldi (W 1-0) | 5.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5.06 |
| Adam Ottavino | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Garrett Whitlock | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Darwinzon Hernandez | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 27.00 |
| Ryan Brasier | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Nathan Eovaldi 81-53, Adam Ottavino 18-11, Garrett Whitlock 33-20, Darwinzon Hernandez 22-12, Ryan Brasier 4-3 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Nathan Eovaldi 6-1, Adam Ottavino 1-0, Garrett Whitlock 2-2, Darwinzon Hernandez 0-0, Ryan Brasier 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Nathan Eovaldi 22, Adam Ottavino 3, Garrett Whitlock 7, Darwinzon Hernandez 4, Ryan Brasier 1 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Adam Ottavino 1-0 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 |
| Michael Brantley | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .111 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| Yordan Alvarez | DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Kyle Tucker | RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .429 |
| Chas McCormick | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .429 |
| Aledmys Diaz | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Martin Maldonado | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Jason Castro | PH-C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Totals | 35 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Kyle Tucker (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Yuli Gurriel (1), Jason Castro (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Alex Bregman, Yordan Alvarez, Carlos Correa, Kyle Tucker 3, Yuli Gurriel 5, Jason Castro 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Kyle Tucker (1), Yuli Gurriel 3 (3), Jason Castro (1) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Kyle Tucker (1), Yuli Gurriel 2 (2), Jason Castro (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Yuli Gurriel 2 (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Kyle Tucker (1, 2nd off Ottavino/Plawecki) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Luis Garcia (L 0-1) | 1.0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 45.00 |
| Jake Odorizzi | 4.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9.00 |
| Blake Taylor | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Yimi Garcia | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ryne Stanek | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| HBP - Enrique Hernandez (by Garcia) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Luis Garcia 33-14, Jake Odorizzi 82-49, Blake Taylor 22-16, Yimi Garcia 24-15, Ryne Stanek 12-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Luis Garcia 0-0, Jake Odorizzi 3-2, Blake Taylor 1-0, Yimi Garcia 1-0, Ryne Stanek 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Luis Garcia 8, Jake Odorizzi 19, Blake Taylor 6, Yimi Garcia 6, Ryne Stanek 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Jake Odorizzi 1-1, Yimi Garcia 1-0 | ||||||||