How Boston Red Sox Secured A 7-3 Victory Against Astros

The Boston Red Sox homered 3 times on Saturday afternoon, beating the Houston Astros 7-3 and moved into the 2nd place in the AL East and into the top Wild Card Playoff spot.

Boston has won 6 of their last 7 games and are a season high 10 games over .500 at 61-51. The last time they were 10 games over 500 was on July 14, 2024 when they were 53-43.

Romy Gonzalez, leading off, hit a 1st pitch home run. He finished the day 2-5. The homer was his 8th of the season. He also had a double.

Trevor Story hit a 2-run homer in the 3rd inning, to give Boston a 4-2 lead. The homer was his 18th of the season He finished the day 2-3, adding a double, and drove in 3 runs in the game.

Abraham Toro hit a 2-run homer in the 4th inning. It was Toro's 6th of the season as he finished 1-4.

Ceddanne Rafaela was 2-4 with a pair of doubles.

Roman Anthony, batting 3rd on Saturday, was 1-3 and is batting .284

Rob Refsnyder batted clean-up, and was the designated hitter. He was 2-4 with a double.

Walker Buehler went 4.1 innings allowing 9 hits and 3 runs, walking 3. Justin Wilson picked up the win and is 3-1. Steven Matz made his Red Sox debut, pitching the 6th inning and walked 1 and struck out 1. Aroldis Chapman retired the final 2 batters of the game and earned his 20th saved of the season.

Boston's bullpen pitched 4.2 innings of shutout baseball, allowing 5 hits, striking out 6 and walking 3.

Benches cleared when Hector Neris intentionally balked Trevor Story over to 3rd base and began yelling at Red Sox 3rd base coach Kyle Hudson

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Boston received some bad news prior to the game when it was announced that Tanner Houck would miss the rest of the season, and most of the 2026 season to undergo Tommy John surgery.

Boston and Houston will play the final game of the 3-game series on Sunday morning. The 1st pitch begins at 11:35 on WDEA AM 1370.