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Boston Red Sox @ Houston Astros

2025-08-13 · Night game · Minute Maid Park · Att: 31048 · 73°F, dome · 2:22

Houston Astros defeated Boston Red Sox 4–1. Houston Astros opened the scoring in the 1st — Jeremy Peña homers (13) on a fly ball to left field. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Yainer Diaz homers (17) on a fly ball to left center field. Victor Caratini scores — worth 18% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — Alex Cora (M): Balk non-call.

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Line score

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

W: Hunter Brown L: Walker Buehler SV: Bryan Abreu

Umpires — HP: Ryan Blakney · 1B: John Bacon · 2B: Junior Valentine · 3B: Tripp Gibson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roman Anthony	4	0	0	0	0	3
Alex Bregman	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jarren Duran	3	0	0	0	1	2
Trevor Story	4	1	1	0	0	1
Masataka Yoshida	3	0	1	0	1	0
Romy Gonzalez	4	0	2	0	0	0
Wilyer Abreu	3	0	2	0	1	0
Ceddanne Rafaela	4	0	1	1	0	1
Connor Wong	3	0	1	0	0	1
Rob Refsnyder	1	0	0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jeremy Pena	4	1	1	1	0	1
Jesus Sanchez	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Altuve	3	1	0	0	1	0
Christian Walker	3	0	0	0	1	1
Victor Caratini	2	1	0	0	2	1
Yainer Diaz	3	1	2	3	0	0
Ramon Urias	3	0	1	0	0	0
Cam Smith	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jacob Melton	2	0	0	0	0	0
Chas McCormick	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mauricio Dubon	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Walker Buehler	6.0	4	4	3
Steven Matz	1.0	0	0	0
Greg Weissert	1.0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hunter Brown	6.2	6	3	4
Bennett Sousa	1.1	0	0	3
Bryan Abreu	1.0	2	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Roman Anthony: 7/F7L
Alex Bregman: 43/G4
Jarren Duran: 7/F78D

Bot 1

Jeremy Pena: HR/F7D
Jesus Sanchez: 8/L78D+
Jose Altuve: W
Christian Walker: 4/F34D
Victor Caratini: W.1-2
Yainer Diaz: S7/L56D.2-H;1-2
Ramon Urias: 3/P3DF/FL

Top 2

Trevor Story: D9/L9L
Masataka Yoshida: W
Romy Gonzalez: 46(1)3/GDP/G4.2-3
Wilyer Abreu: W
Ceddanne Rafaela: S8/L8S.3-H;1-3
Connor Wong: SB2
Connor Wong: K

Bot 2

Cam Smith: 9/L9D
Jacob Melton: 43/G34
Jeremy Pena: K

Top 3

Roman Anthony: K
Alex Bregman: 8/F8XD
Jarren Duran: K

Bot 3

Jesus Sanchez: 63/G4M
Jose Altuve: 6/P6
Christian Walker: W
Victor Caratini: K

Top 4

Trevor Story: 31/G34
Masataka Yoshida: 31/G3
Romy Gonzalez: S8/L8S
Wilyer Abreu: S5/G56S.1-2
Ceddanne Rafaela: 63/G56

Bot 4

Yainer Diaz: 53/G5
Ramon Urias: 43/G4
Cam Smith: 63/G6

Top 5

Connor Wong: 6/P56
Roman Anthony: K
Alex Bregman: 8/F8XD

Bot 5

Jacob Melton: 8/L8XD+
Jeremy Pena: 63/G56
Jesus Sanchez: 43/G4

Top 6

Jarren Duran: W
Trevor Story: BK.1-2
Trevor Story: 9/F9S
Masataka Yoshida: 31/G3.2-3
Romy Gonzalez: 31/G34

Bot 6

Jose Altuve: 9/L9S
Christian Walker: K
Victor Caratini: W
Yainer Diaz: HR/F78XD.1-H
Ramon Urias: S7/G6
Cam Smith: 3/L34

Top 7

Wilyer Abreu: S8/L8D
Ceddanne Rafaela: 64(1)3/GDP/G6
Connor Wong: S8/G6M
Roman Anthony: K

Bot 7

Chas McCormick: 53/G5
Jeremy Pena: 9/F9LS
Mauricio Dubon: 63/G6D

Top 8

Alex Bregman: 53/G56
Jarren Duran: K
Trevor Story: K

Bot 8

Jose Altuve: 53/G56S-
Christian Walker: 3/P23
Victor Caratini: 8/L8XD+

Top 9

Masataka Yoshida: S8/G4
Romy Gonzalez: S7/L78+.1-2
Wilyer Abreu: 6/P8S
Ceddanne Rafaela: K
Rob Refsnyder: K

Notes & reviews

Red Sox manager Alex Cora ejected by HP umpire Ryan Blakney for continuing to argue a balk should have been called on Hunter Brown in the 6th inning (with Jarren Duran on 3rd base, Brown pitched out of windup on first pitch to Romy Gonzalez and out of stretch on second pitch)

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