Boston Red Sox at Houston Astros Box Score, May 31, 2020
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Boston Red Sox (27-34) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
![]() | Houston Astros (35-25) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | X | 7 | 9 | 1 |
Boston Red Sox
| Season | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | AVG | HR | RBI |
| A. Benintendi LF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .269 | 5 | 23 |
| J. Martinez DH | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .213 | 10 | 33 |
| A. Verdugo CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .222 | 0 | 13 |
| M. Moreland 1B | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .269 | 10 | 23 |
| J. Peraza 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1 | 21 |
| C. Vazquez C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .279 | 3 | 17 |
| C. Puello RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .091 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Downs SS | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 1 | 4 |
| T. Lin 3B | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .314 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals | 37 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | |||
Houston Astros
| Season | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | AVG | HR | RBI |
| J. Altuve 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .361 | 8 | 45 |
| A. Bregman 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .262 | 11 | 38 |
| Y. Alvarez LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .296 | 17 | 66 |
| G. Springer CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .253 | 13 | 37 |
| C. Correa SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .237 | 7 | 27 |
| A. Diaz DH | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .221 | 1 | 5 |
| M. Brantley RF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .353 | 10 | 36 |
| A. Toro 1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .300 | 2 | 7 |
| G. Stubbs C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .283 | 1 | 15 |
| Totals | 32 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |||
Boston Red Sox
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | PS | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. Rodriguez L (7-5) | 5.2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 86 | 60 | 3.77 |
| J. Garcia | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 20 | 9.00 |
| R. Brasier | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6.97 |
Houston Astros
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | PS | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. James W (5-3) | 6.2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 98 | 64 | 6.32 |
| B. Peacock | 2.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 26 | 4.00 |
Play By Play
| TOP OF THE 1ST - Boston Red Sox batting - Pitching for Houston Astros : RHP Josh James | |
|---|---|
| Pitching: RHP Josh James | |
| Batting: LHB Andrew Benintendi |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Strikes out looking |
| Batting: RHB J.D. Martinez |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Swinging Strike 2-1: Swinging Strike 2-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: LHB Alex Verdugo |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Ball 3-1: Base on Balls |
| Batting: LHB Mitch Moreland |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 3D, EV 96.9 MPH) Alex Verdugo to third Runner from 3rd tries for Home, throw by RF and OUT! 9-4-2 |
| Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Boston 0 - Houston 0 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 1ST - Houston Astros batting - Pitching for Boston Red Sox : LHP Eduardo Rodriguez | |
| Pitching: LHP Eduardo Rodriguez | |
| Batting: RHB Jose Altuve |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: SOLO HOME RUN (Line Drive, 78XD, EV 96.9 MPH), Distance : 448 ft |
| Batting: RHB Alex Bregman | 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6D, EV 99.4 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Yordan Alvarez |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Strikes out looking |
| Batting: RHB George Springer |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 90.6 MPH) |
| Bottom of the 1st over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 0 - Houston 1 | |
| TOP OF THE 2ND - Boston Red Sox batting - Pitching for Houston Astros : RHP Josh James | |
| Batting: RHB Jose Peraza |
0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Strikes out looking |
| Batting: RHB Christian Vazquez |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9S, EV 91.9 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Cesar Puello | 0-0: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 83.8 MPH) |
| Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 0 - Houston 1 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 2ND - Houston Astros batting - Pitching for Boston Red Sox : LHP Eduardo Rodriguez | |
| Batting: RHB Carlos Correa |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 99.4 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Aledmys Diaz |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RD, EV 91.2 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Michael Brantley |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4, EV 63.1 MPH) |
| Batting: SHB Abraham Toro |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 96.9 MPH) |
| Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Boston 0 - Houston 1 | |
| TOP OF THE 3RD - Boston Red Sox batting - Pitching for Houston Astros : RHP Josh James | |
| Batting: RHB Jeter Downs |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Called Strike 2-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: LHB Tzu-Wei Lin |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 34S, EV 63.1 MPH) (infield hit) |
| Batting: LHB Andrew Benintendi |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Ball 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Strikes out looking |
| Batting: RHB J.D. Martinez |
0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7D, EV 93.8 MPH) |
| Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Boston 0 - Houston 1 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 3RD - Houston Astros batting - Pitching for Boston Red Sox : LHP Eduardo Rodriguez | |
| Batting: LHB Garrett Stubbs |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 111.2 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Jose Altuve |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-1: Ball 3-1: Bunt for hit to 2L - play at first, batter OUT! 2-3 |
| Batting: RHB Alex Bregman |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Fly out, F6 (Flyball, 56D, EV 89.4 MPH) |
| Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 0 - Houston 1 | |
| TOP OF THE 4TH - Boston Red Sox batting - Pitching for Houston Astros : RHP Josh James | |
| Batting: LHB Alex Verdugo | 0-0: Fly out, F3 (Line Drive, 3, EV 65.6 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Mitch Moreland |
0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: DOUBLE (Groundball, 3L, EV 100.0 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Jose Peraza |
0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89D, EV 98.1 MPH) Runner from 2nd tags up, SAFE at 3rd with throw by CF |
| Batting: RHB Christian Vazquez | 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 4M, EV 103.1 MPH) |
| Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Boston 0 - Houston 1 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 4TH - Houston Astros batting - Pitching for Boston Red Sox : LHP Eduardo Rodriguez | |
| Batting: LHB Yordan Alvarez | 0-0: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 60.0 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB George Springer |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6MS, EV 74.4 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Carlos Correa | 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LS, EV 86.2 MPH) |
| Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 0 - Houston 1 | |
| TOP OF THE 5TH - Boston Red Sox batting - Pitching for Houston Astros : RHP Josh James | |
| Batting: RHB Cesar Puello |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: RHB Jeter Downs |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ball 3-2: Base on Balls |
| Batting: LHB Tzu-Wei Lin |
0-0: Ball Jeter Downs steals 2nd, throwing error, E2 Jeter Downs to third 1-0: Swinging Strike 1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 5, EV 108.8 MPH) Jeter Downs scores |
| Batting: LHB Andrew Benintendi | 0-0: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 56, EV 75.0 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB J.D. Martinez |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Top of the 5th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 left on base; Boston 1 - Houston 1 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 5TH - Houston Astros batting - Pitching for Boston Red Sox : LHP Eduardo Rodriguez | |
| Batting: RHB Aledmys Diaz |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 99.4 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Michael Brantley |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 2-4 (Groundball, 15S, EV 76.2 MPH) |
| Batting: SHB Abraham Toro |
0-0: Ball 1-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LD, EV 113.1 MPH) Michael Brantley to third |
| Batting: LHB Garrett Stubbs |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Base on Balls |
| Batting: RHB Jose Altuve |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: SINGLE (Flyball, 4D, EV 84.4 MPH) Michael Brantley scores Abraham Toro to third Garrett Stubbs to second Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw by CF |
| Batting: RHB Alex Bregman |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Fly out, F3 (Line Drive, 3, EV 63.8 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Yordan Alvarez |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 5-4 (Groundball, 5, EV 81.2 MPH) |
| Bottom of the 5th over - 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Boston 1 - Houston 3 | |
| TOP OF THE 6TH - Boston Red Sox batting - Pitching for Houston Astros : RHP Josh James | |
| Batting: LHB Alex Verdugo |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Swinging Strike 2-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3L, EV 108.1 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Mitch Moreland |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Strikes out looking |
| Batting: RHB Jose Peraza |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89D, EV 108.8 MPH) |
| Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 1 - Houston 3 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 6TH - Houston Astros batting - Pitching for Boston Red Sox : LHP Eduardo Rodriguez | |
| Batting: RHB George Springer | 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6MS, EV 65.6 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Carlos Correa |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 83.8 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Aledmys Diaz |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Hit by Pitch |
| Batting: LHB Michael Brantley |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 9D, EV 101.2 MPH), Distance : 400 ft |
| Pitching: LHP Jarlin Garcia | |
| Batting: SHB Abraham Toro | 0-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Line Drive, 7D, EV 100.0 MPH), Distance : 412 ft |
| Batting: LHB Garrett Stubbs |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34, EV 84.4 MPH) |
| Bottom of the 6th over - 3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 1 - Houston 6 | |
| TOP OF THE 7TH - Boston Red Sox batting - Pitching for Houston Astros : RHP Josh James | |
| Batting: RHB Christian Vazquez |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7, EV 80.0 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Cesar Puello |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Swinging Strike 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: RHB Jeter Downs | 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6S, EV 68.1 MPH) (infield hit) |
| Batting: LHB Tzu-Wei Lin |
0-0: Ball 1-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 5D, EV 95.6 MPH) Jeter Downs to second |
| Pitching: RHP Brad Peacock | |
| Batting: LHB Andrew Benintendi |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6D, EV 95.6 MPH) Jeter Downs to third Tzu-Wei Lin to second Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home |
| Batting: RHB J.D. Martinez |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Top of the 7th over - 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Boston 2 - Houston 6 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 7TH - Houston Astros batting - Pitching for Boston Red Sox : LHP Jarlin Garcia | |
| Batting: RHB Jose Altuve |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5, EV 106.2 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Alex Bregman |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LM, EV 98.8 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Yordan Alvarez |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Swinging Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 9LD, EV 106.2 MPH), Distance : 419 ft |
| Batting: RHB George Springer |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Strikes out looking |
| Bottom of the 7th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 2 - Houston 7 | |
| TOP OF THE 8TH - Boston Red Sox batting - Pitching for Houston Astros : RHP Brad Peacock | |
| Batting: LHB Alex Verdugo | 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 81.2 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Mitch Moreland |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Swinging Strike 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: SINGLE (Flyball, 8RS, EV 91.9 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Jose Peraza | 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RM, EV 90.6 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Christian Vazquez |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 80.0 MPH) |
| Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Boston 2 - Houston 7 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 8TH - Houston Astros batting - Pitching for Boston Red Sox : LHP Jarlin Garcia | |
| Batting: RHB Carlos Correa |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Ball 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: RHB Aledmys Diaz |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Base on Balls |
| Batting: LHB Michael Brantley |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LS, EV 93.1 MPH) |
| Pitching: RHP Ryan Brasier | |
| Batting: SHB Abraham Toro |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Swinging Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 84.4 MPH) |
| Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Boston 2 - Houston 7 | |
| TOP OF THE 9TH - Boston Red Sox batting - Pitching for Houston Astros : RHP Brad Peacock | |
| Batting: RHB Cesar Puello |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Strikes out looking |
| Batting: RHB Jeter Downs |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Called Strike 2-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: LHB Tzu-Wei Lin |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 101.9 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Andrew Benintendi |
0-0: Ball 1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4D, EV 106.2 MPH) Tzu-Wei Lin to second |
| Batting: RHB J.D. Martinez |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: SINGLE (Flyball, 4D, EV 88.8 MPH) Tzu-Wei Lin to third Andrew Benintendi to second |
| Batting: LHB Alex Verdugo |
0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 96.2 MPH) |
| Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on base; Boston 2 - Houston 7 | |




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