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Houston Astros @ Boston Red Sox

2026-05-01 · Night game · Fenway Park · Att: 34630 · 59°F, Clear · Wind 3 mph, Out To RF · 2:26

Boston Red Sox defeated Houston Astros 3–1. Houston Astros opened the scoring in the 3rd — Carlos Correa homers (3) on a fly ball to left center field. Boston Red Sox took the lead in the 3rd — Jarren Duran homers (2) on a fly ball to right center field. Carlos Narváez scores. Caleb Durbin scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Jarren Duran homers (2) on a fly ball to right center field. Carlos Narváez scores. Caleb Durbin scores — worth 18% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11
BOS	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carlos Correa SS	5	1	3	1	0	0
Yordan Alvarez DH	5	0	0	0	0	1
Isaac Paredes 3B	3	0	2	0	1	0
Christian Walker 1B	3	0	1	0	1	1
Jose Altuve 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0
Yainer Diaz C	4	0	2	0	0	0
Cam Smith RF	4	0	0	0	0	2
Brice Matthews CF	4	0	1	0	0	2
Shay Whitcomb PH	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dustin Harris LF	2	0	1	0	0	0
Daniel Johnson LF	0	0	0	0	0	0
Christian Vazquez PH	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

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