Urias scored on a groundout by Yoshida to cut the lead to 7-4.īut Martinez retired Triston Casas before striking out Duvall to end the inning.The Houston Astros won the franchise’s second World Series title on Saturday after defeating the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 in Game 6 at Minute Maid Park. Seth Martinez walked Jose Urias to start the sixth and the Red Sox loaded the bases on consecutive singles by Alex Verdugo and Rafael Devers. McCormick then connected on his 18th homer this season to push the lead to 7-3. Alvarez then grounded into a force out that left Tucker out at second. Paxton walked Bregman and Tucker with one out in the fourth. Tucker singled before Houston took the lead on an RBI single by Alvarez. There was one out in the inning when Bregman singled on a grounder to left field to score Maldonadoand tie it at 3. Martín Maldonado doubled off the wall in left field to score Meyers and cut the lead to 1.
Jake Meyers singled with no outs in the second and stole second base. Houston cut the lead to 3-1 when Altuve scored on a sacrifice fly by Alvarez. The Astros loaded the bases when Kyle Tucker reached on catcher interference by Reese McGuire. Jose Altuve singled to start the bottom of the first and Alex Bregman walked. It’s the 10th straight game with at least one homer for the Red Sox. There were two outs in the inning when Duvall’s home run to left field made it 3-0. “It didn't feel great coming out of my hand, but I tried to give it everything I had and battle for the team.”Īlex Verdugo hit a leadoff double before a one-out single by Masataka Yoshida. I think we gave them too many chances defensively.”īut Paxton didn't make any excuses for his performance. “The line looks bad, but I think stuff-wise he was good. “The walks put him in a bad spot,” Cora said. Paxton wasn't helped by two errors by his defense, and manager Alex Cora said it was one of his team's “sloppiest” defensive games in weeks. Paxton yielded nine hits and seven runs - both season highs - while tying a season high with three walks in just four innings. Javier allowed seven hits and three runs in five innings for his second straight win. McCormick added a solo shot off Chris Murphy with one out in the eighth, and the Astros went back-to-back when Yainer Diaz followed with a homer to the seats in right field to make it 9-4. and we’re a good team and we can come back and I’m happy with how we stayed strong mentally and we kept putting good at bats all the way through.”
“But, that’s baseball, you’ve got to fight back. “It was tough obviously to go down 3-0 early,” McCormick said.
McCormick connected off Paxton on a three-run shot in the fourth to push the lead to 7-3. Yordan Alvarez drove in a run in the bottom of the first and the Astros scored three in the second to go on top 4-3. But Houston quickly jumped on James Paxton (7-4) to erase the deficit. “We need to play like that every time we take the field,” Houston third baseman Alex Bregman said.Īdam Duvall hit a three-run homer off Cristian Javier (9-2) in the first to put the Red Sox up early. Houston opened its four-game series with a victory over Boston, which was coming off a sweep of the New York Yankees. The Astros bounced back after a three-game sweep by the Seattle Mariners this weekend. HOUSTON (AP) - Chas McCormick homered twice and had four RBIs to lead the Houston Astros to a 9-4 win over the Boston Red Sox on Monday night.
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