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Boston Red Sox @ Houston Astros

2026-04-01 · Day game · Minute Maid Park · Att: 25272 · 73°F, Roof Closed · Wind 0 mph, None · 2:35

Houston Astros defeated Boston Red Sox 6–4. Boston Red Sox opened the scoring in the 1st — Willson Contreras singles on a ground ball to center fielder Jake Meyers. Jarren Duran scores. Masataka Yoshida to 2nd. Houston Astros took the lead in the 1st — Christian Walker singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Jarren Duran. Isaac Paredes scores. Carlos Correa to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Carlos Correa homers (1) on a line drive to left field. Jose Altuve scores. Yordan Alvarez scores — worth 31% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jarren Duran LF	5	1	1	1	0	2
Trevor Story SS	5	0	0	0	0	3
Masataka Yoshida DH	3	0	0	0	1	1
Willson Contreras 1B	3	0	1	1	1	1
Wilyer Abreu RF	4	1	2	1	0	1
Caleb Durbin 3B	4	0	0	0	0	2
Ceddanne Rafaela CF	3	0	0	0	0	1
Isiah Kiner-Falefa 2B	2	1	0	0	1	1
Roman Anthony PH	1	1	1	1	0	0
Connor Wong C	3	0	2	0	0	0
Marcelo Mayer PH	1	0	0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — batting

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