Major League Baseball
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Boston 7,
Houston 5
When: 8:10 PM ET, Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Tom Hanahan, 1B - Nestor Ceja, 2B - Brian O'Nora, 3B - Pat Hoberg
Attendance: 37144
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Tom Hanahan, 1B - Nestor Ceja, 2B - Brian O'Nora, 3B - Pat Hoberg
Attendance: 37144
Final Scoring Summary
Boston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Alex Verdugo | RF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .274 |
| Rafael Devers | 3B | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .270 |
| Justin Turner | DH | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .288 |
| Triston Casas | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .251 |
| Adam Duvall | CF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .259 |
| Trevor Story | SS | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .212 |
| Wilyer Abreu | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .286 |
| Pablo Reyes | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .318 |
| Connor Wong | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .240 |
| Masataka Yoshida | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .294 |
| Reese McGuire | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .275 |
| Totals | 38 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Alex Verdugo (33), Trevor Story (5) | |||||||||
| HR - Adam Duvall (14) | |||||||||
| TB - Alex Verdugo 3, Triston Casas, Adam Duvall 5, Trevor Story 3, Pablo Reyes, Connor Wong | |||||||||
| RBI - Alex Verdugo (47), Triston Casas (49), Adam Duvall 3 (42), Trevor Story (1), Wilyer Abreu (1) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Triston Casas (20) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Rafael Devers (45), Trevor Story 2 (10), Wilyer Abreu (1), Pablo Reyes (14) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Wilyer Abreu (1, 2nd by Graveman/Diaz) | |||||||||
| SB - Trevor Story (4, 2nd off Urquidy/Maldonado) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Chris Sale | 5.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4.68 |
| Garrett Whitlock | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.52 |
| Chris Martin | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.26 |
| Kenley Jansen | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.81 |
| Nick Pivetta (W 9-6) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.28 |
| Josh Winckowski (SV 3) | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.06 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Chris Sale 80-53, Garrett Whitlock 29-19, Chris Martin 29-18, Kenley Jansen 3-1, Nick Pivetta 15-8, Josh Winckowski 25-20 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Chris Sale 3-3, Garrett Whitlock 2-0, Chris Martin 2-0, Kenley Jansen 0-1, Nick Pivetta 0-0, Josh Winckowski 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Chris Sale 22, Garrett Whitlock 8, Chris Martin 5, Kenley Jansen 1, Nick Pivetta 3, Josh Winckowski 6 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .317 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .256 |
| Kyle Tucker | RF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .293 |
| Chas McCormick | LF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .284 |
| Yainer Diaz | DH-C | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .286 |
| Jose Abreu | 1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .234 |
| Jeremy Pena | SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .249 |
| Jake Meyers | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .234 |
| Mauricio Dubon | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .266 |
| Martin Maldonado | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .180 |
| Jonathan Singleton | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .162 |
| Kendall Graveman | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Corey Julks | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .244 |
| Totals | 39 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 27 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jose Altuve (14), Jose Abreu (17) | |||||||||
| HR - Martin Maldonado (10) | |||||||||
| TB - Jose Altuve 2, Alex Bregman, Chas McCormick 2, Yainer Diaz 3, Jose Abreu 2, Jeremy Pena 2, Jake Meyers, Martin Maldonado 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Kyle Tucker (95), Yainer Diaz (46), Jose Abreu (57), Martin Maldonado 2 (26) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jose Abreu (38), Martin Maldonado 2 (13) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Kyle Tucker (45), Jeremy Pena 2 (37), Jake Meyers (39), Corey Julks 2 (39) | |||||||||
| S - Martin Maldonado (10) | |||||||||
| SF - Kyle Tucker (8) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Jeremy Pena (8) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 11 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jose Urquidy | 4.2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5.48 |
| Seth Martinez | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.23 |
| Hector Neris | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.05 |
| Bryan Abreu | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.14 |
| Ryan Pressly | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.77 |
| Kendall Graveman (L 3-6) | 1.0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3.36 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jose Urquidy 100-61, Seth Martinez 17-11, Hector Neris 12-8, Bryan Abreu 16-10, Ryan Pressly 10-7, Kendall Graveman 27-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jose Urquidy 3-6, Seth Martinez 3-1, Hector Neris 0-2, Bryan Abreu 0-0, Ryan Pressly 1-0, Kendall Graveman 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jose Urquidy 25, Seth Martinez 4, Hector Neris 3, Bryan Abreu 3, Ryan Pressly 3, Kendall Graveman 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Seth Martinez 1-0 | ||||||||