Boston Red Sox at Houston Astros
Final
Recap
HOUSTON -- Hunter Brown pitched six smooth innings, Yordan Alvarez homered and drove in two runs, and the Houston Astros routed the Boston Red Sox 9-2 on Tuesday night for their fourth straight win. Cam Smith also went deep for the Astros, who handed the Red Sox their fourth loss in a row following a victory on opening day. Brown (1-0) allowed just one hit, an RBI double by Connor Wong in the fifth, and walked two. The right-hander finished with eight strikeouts, giving him 602 for his career. He reached 600 in 102 outings, the second-fastest in Astros history. Lance McCullers Jr. did it in 100 games.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteHOU -145 · 57% to win
WonRun LineHOU -1.5
CoveredTotalO/U 7.5 · 11 scored
OverAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
4Hits11
1Home runs2
3Walks5
13Strikeouts6
0Stolen bases1
145Pitches thrown128
6Pitching strikeouts13
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor StorySS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ceddanne RafaelaCF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Willson Contreras1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman AnthonyLF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Marcelo Mayer2B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Masataka YoshidaDH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Andruw Monasterio3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Connor WongC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Wilyer AbreuRF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 31 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan WatsonP | 1.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Brayan BelloP | 4.2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Jovani MoranP | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |