Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Houston 5,
Boston 0
When: 8:08 PM ET, Friday, October 22, 2021
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Jim Wolf, 1B - David Rackley, 2B - Rob Drake, 3B - Bill Miller, LF - Lazaro Diaz, RF - Dan Iassogna
Attendance: 42718
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Jim Wolf, 1B - David Rackley, 2B - Rob Drake, 3B - Bill Miller, LF - Lazaro Diaz, RF - Dan Iassogna
Attendance: 42718
Final Scoring Summary
Boston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Kyle Schwarber | 1B-LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .120 |
| Enrique Hernandez | CF-CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .385 |
| Rafael Devers | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .292 |
| Xander Bogaerts | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .192 |
| J.D. Martinez | DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .235 |
| Alex Verdugo | LF-RF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .263 |
| Christian Arroyo | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .211 |
| Travis Shaw | PH-1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Hunter Renfroe | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .062 |
| Bobby Dalbec | PH-2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Kevin Plawecki | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Danny Santana | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Christian Vazquez | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Totals | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 3B - Enrique Hernandez (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Enrique Hernandez 3, Alex Verdugo | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Rafael Devers (3), Xander Bogaerts (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 4 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Alex Verdugo (1, 2nd by Graveman/Maldonado) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Nathan Eovaldi (L 1-2) | 4.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6.97 |
| Josh Taylor | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Tanner Houck | 2.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.80 |
| Adam Ottavino | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 |
| HBP - Carlos Correa (by Houck) | ||||||||
| IBB - Yuli Gurriel (by Eovaldi) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Nathan Eovaldi 63-46, Josh Taylor 12-7, Tanner Houck 42-24, Adam Ottavino 19-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Nathan Eovaldi 3-5, Josh Taylor 2-0, Tanner Houck 2-1, Adam Ottavino 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Nathan Eovaldi 19, Josh Taylor 3, Tanner Houck 9, Adam Ottavino 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Josh Taylor 1-0, Tanner Houck 1-1, Adam Ottavino 2-2 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .125 |
| Michael Brantley | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .269 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .217 |
| Yordan Alvarez | DH | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .522 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .250 |
| Kyle Tucker | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .261 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .455 |
| Chas McCormick | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .286 |
| Martin Maldonado | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .071 |
| Totals | 33 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Yordan Alvarez 2 (3) | |||||||||
| 3B - Yordan Alvarez (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Kyle Tucker (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Michael Brantley, Alex Bregman 2, Yordan Alvarez 8, Kyle Tucker 4, Yuli Gurriel, Martin Maldonado | |||||||||
| RBI - Yordan Alvarez (6), Kyle Tucker 3 (8) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Yordan Alvarez (2), Kyle Tucker 3 (8) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Carlos Correa (2), Chas McCormick 3 (3) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Kyle Tucker (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Yuli Gurriel (1, 2nd off Ottavino/Vazquez) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Luis Garcia (W 1-1) | 5.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6.75 |
| Phil Maton (H 1) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.45 |
| Kendall Graveman (H 2) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ryne Stanek (H 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.08 |
| Ryan Pressly | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Luis Garcia 76-52, Phil Maton 1-1, Kendall Graveman 22-12, Ryne Stanek 17-12, Ryan Pressly 9-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Luis Garcia 4-3, Phil Maton 0-0, Kendall Graveman 0-0, Ryne Stanek 0-1, Ryan Pressly 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Luis Garcia 20, Phil Maton 1, Kendall Graveman 4, Ryne Stanek 3, Ryan Pressly 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Phil Maton 1-0 | ||||||||