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Boston Red Sox @ Houston Astros

2026-03-31 · Night game · Minute Maid Park · Att: 26930 · 73°F, Roof Closed · Wind 0 mph, None · 2:30

Houston Astros defeated Boston Red Sox 9–2. Houston Astros opened the scoring in the 1st — Yordan Alvarez doubles (2) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela. Jeremy Peña scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Christian Walker singles on a line drive to left fielder Roman Anthony. Jose Altuve scores. Carlos Correa scores — worth 15% 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	1	0	0	1	0	2	4	2
HOU	1	0	2	0	3	2	1	0	0	9	11

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roman Anthony LF	4	0	0	0	0	4
Trevor Story SS	4	0	1	0	0	1
Masataka Yoshida DH	2	0	0	0	2	0
Willson Contreras 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0
Wilyer Abreu RF	4	0	0	0	0	1
Andruw Monasterio 3B	4	0	0	0	0	2
Marcelo Mayer 2B	3	1	0	0	1	1
Connor Wong C	3	0	1	1	0	2
Ceddanne Rafaela CF	3	1	1	1	0	2

Houston Astros — batting

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