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Boston Red Sox @ Houston Astros

2026-03-30 · Night game · Minute Maid Park · Att: 23532 · 73°F, Roof Closed · Wind 0 mph, None · 2:36

Houston Astros defeated Boston Red Sox 8–1. Houston Astros opened the scoring in the 1st — Carlos Correa grounds into a double play, shortstop Trevor Story to second baseman Marcelo Mayer to first baseman Willson Contreras. Jose Altuve scores. Yordan Alvarez to 3rd. Isaac Paredes out at 2nd. Carlos Correa out at 1st. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Yordan Alvarez homers (2) on a fly ball to right field. Jose Altuve scores — worth 14% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4
HOU	1	0	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	8	13

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roman Anthony LF	4	0	0	0	0	2
Trevor Story SS	4	0	1	0	0	2
Jarren Duran DH	3	1	0	0	1	2
Willson Contreras 1B	4	0	0	0	0	2
Wilyer Abreu RF	3	0	2	1	0	1
Isiah Kiner-Falefa 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0
Caleb Durbin 3B	2	0	0	0	0	0
Masataka Yoshida PH	1	0	0	0	0	1
Marcelo Mayer 2B	2	0	0	0	1	0
Carlos Narvaez C	3	0	1	0	0	2
Ceddanne Rafaela CF	3	0	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Altuve 2B	4	4	4	2	1	0
Yordan Alvarez DH	5	1	2	2	0	1
Isaac Paredes 3B	3	0	1	0	0	0
Nick Allen 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carlos Correa SS	4	1	1	0	0	0
Christian Walker 1B	4	0	1	1	0	2
Cam Smith RF	3	1	1	0	1	0
Jake Meyers CF	4	0	1	0	0	1
Yainer Diaz C	3	0	1	1	0	0
Brice Matthews LF	4	1	1	1	0	2