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Houston Astros @ Boston Red Sox

2016-05-15 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 35736 · 58°F, cloudy · Wind 25 mph to RF · 3:40

Boston Red Sox defeated Houston Astros 10–9. Boston Red Sox opened the scoring in the 1st — Travis Shaw strikes out swinging. Houston Astros took the lead in the 2nd — Luis Valbuena homers (2) on a fly ball to right field. Colby Rasmus scores. Tyler White scores. Boston Red Sox took the lead in the 2nd — Xander Bogaerts homers (4) on a fly ball to left center field. Ryan Hanigan scores. Mookie Betts scores. Houston Astros took the lead in the 6th — Tyler White singles on a soft line drive to right fielder Mookie Betts. Colby Rasmus scores. Boston Red Sox took the lead in the 7th — Mookie Betts triples (3) on a sharp line drive to right fielder George Springer. Ryan Hanigan scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: Mookie Betts triples (3) on a sharp line drive to right fielder George Springer. Ryan Hanigan scores — worth 24% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — Brock Holt (P): Called third strike.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	3	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	9	8
BOS	2	4	2	0	0	0	2	0		10	14

W: Heath Hembree L: Scott Feldman SV: Craig Kimbrel

Umpires — HP: Joe West · 1B: Kerwin Danley · 2B: Andy Fletcher · 3B: Toby Basner · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Altuve	5	2	1	0	0	0
George Springer	5	1	1	0	0	2
Carlos Correa	5	2	1	1	0	2
Colby Rasmus	5	2	2	1	0	1
Tyler White	3	1	1	1	2	2
Luis Valbuena	5	1	2	5	0	0
Carlos Gomez	3	0	0	0	1	1
Preston Tucker	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jason Castro	2	0	0	0	2	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mookie Betts	4	2	2	1	1	0
Dustin Pedroia	4	1	1	0	1	0
Xander Bogaerts	4	1	1	3	1	0
Travis Shaw	5	0	0	0	0	1
Hanley Ramirez	5	1	3	1	0	1
Jackie Bradley	5	0	1	0	0	0
Josh Rutledge	4	3	3	0	0	0
Brock Holt	4	0	0	0	0	2
Ryan Hanigan	4	2	3	4	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chris Devenski	2.0	5	2	1
Mike Fiers	4.0	6	1	1
Scott Feldman	1.0	3	0	1
Pat Neshek	1.0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sean O'Sullivan	4.1	5	2	3
Robbie Ross	0.2	1	2	2
Heath Hembree	2.0	2	1	1
Junichi Tazawa	1.0	0	0	2
Craig Kimbrel	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jose Altuve: 8/F8LD
George Springer: 9/F9LS
Carlos Correa: K

Bot 1

Mookie Betts: W
Dustin Pedroia: W.1-2
Xander Bogaerts: 9/L9D+.2-3
Travis Shaw: SB2.3-H(E2/TH)(NR);1-3
Travis Shaw: K
Hanley Ramirez: D7/L5+.3-H
Jackie Bradley: 1/P

Top 2

Colby Rasmus: E1/G13-.B-2(E6/TH)
Tyler White: W
Luis Valbuena: HR/F9D+.2-H(UR);1-H
Carlos Gomez: W
Preston Tucker: SB2
Preston Tucker: K
Jason Castro: 3/G3+.2-3
Jose Altuve: 9/F9LM

Bot 2

Josh Rutledge: D8/F78D
Brock Holt: 3/G3S+.2-3
Ryan Hanigan: S7/L7S+.3-H
Mookie Betts: S7.1-2
Dustin Pedroia: 9/F9D.2-3
Xander Bogaerts: SB2
Xander Bogaerts: HR/F78D+.3-H;2-H
Travis Shaw: 7/F78S

Top 3

George Springer: 63/G6+
Carlos Correa: HR/F78D+
Colby Rasmus: S5/BG25
Tyler White: K
Luis Valbuena: 3/F34S-

Bot 3

Hanley Ramirez: S9/G4+
Jackie Bradley: 34/G34S-.1-2
Josh Rutledge: S1/G15+.2-3
Brock Holt: SB2
Brock Holt: K
Ryan Hanigan: S7/G56+.3-H;2-H
Mookie Betts: 8/F8RD

Top 4

Carlos Gomez: 4/F4D-
Preston Tucker: 43/G34+
Jason Castro: 4/L34D+

Bot 4

Dustin Pedroia: 43/G4
Xander Bogaerts: 8/F8LXD+
Travis Shaw: 3/G3

Top 5

Jose Altuve: S7/G56
George Springer: S8/G6M.1-3;B-2(TH)
Carlos Correa: 8/L8RM
Colby Rasmus: K
Tyler White: W
Luis Valbuena: DGR/F8RXD+.3-H;2-H;1-3
Carlos Gomez: HP
Preston Tucker: K

Bot 5

Hanley Ramirez: D9/F8RXD+
Jackie Bradley: S8/L8RM.2-3
Josh Rutledge: FC5/G5S.3XH(52);1-2
Brock Holt: 43/G34.2-3;1-2
Ryan Hanigan: 3/G3S-

Top 6

Jason Castro: W
Jose Altuve: 54(1)/FO/G56S
George Springer: SB2
George Springer: K+SB3
Carlos Correa: E5/TH/G56.3-H(NR)(UR)
Colby Rasmus: D7/L7LD+.1-H(UR)
Tyler White: S9/L9S.2-H(UR)
Luis Valbuena: 13/G13

Bot 6

Mookie Betts: 53/G5
Dustin Pedroia: S5/G5
Xander Bogaerts: W.1-2
Travis Shaw: 43/G34-.2-3;1-2
Hanley Ramirez: 43/G4

Top 7

Carlos Gomez: 13/BG
Preston Tucker: 53/G4MD+
Jason Castro: W
Jose Altuve: 9/L89D+

Bot 7

Jackie Bradley: 31/G34
Josh Rutledge: S9/L4D+
Brock Holt: K
Ryan Hanigan: S9/F89D+.1-H
Mookie Betts: T9/L89D+.1-H
Dustin Pedroia: 9/L9D+

Top 8

George Springer: K
Carlos Correa: K
Colby Rasmus: 63/G4

Bot 8

Xander Bogaerts: E1/G13
Travis Shaw: 3/F23-
Hanley Ramirez: K
Jackie Bradley: 9/F89D

Top 9

Tyler White: K
Luis Valbuena: 7/L7M+
Carlos Gomez: K

Notes & reviews

Run was originally unearned for team and earned for pitcher; changed to unearned for pitcher on 05-16-2016
Red Sox left fielder Brock Holt ejected by HP umpire Joe West

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