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Round six: Red Sox 3, Astros 2
high: Right-hander Joe Smith replaced starter Dallas Keuchel. Xander Bogaerts met Carlos Correa for the first outing, before Steve Pearce made a decisive solo pass to the left field to give the Sox another lead. Smith was later removed in favor of southpaw Tony Sipp.
The Pearce home attraction was the Red Sox's first home since Brock Holt's circuit in the third game of the ALDS.
Keuchel line: 5 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 0 K, 2 BB.
Fifth inning: Red Sox 2, Astros 2
Low: Tony Kemp hit a ball on the ground on the first base line, which made a funny jump and forced Steve Pearce to kick Nathan Eovaldi. George Springer lined up until Pearce before Jose Altuve wandered, the second step that Eovaldi staged tonight. Rafael Devers was unable to recover a Gound ball from Alex Bregman, which allowed him to sneak into the left field, Altuve scored to tie. Bregman has officially decreed a double and not a mistake of Devers.
Yuli Gurriel sits down to end the inning.
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Rafael Devers misses a ball on the ground Alex Bregman in the fifth inning.
high: Dallas Keuchel also scored a 1-2-3 run: Mookie Betts sank to open the frame; Carlos Correa had a good game to collect a ball from Andrew Benintendi and zipped it to get the first goal; and J. D. Martinez nailed to third place.
Fourth inning: Red Sox 2, Astros 1
Low: Nathan Eovaldi had a run of three, nine and nine losses: Josh Reddick sank in second place; Eovaldi eliminated Carlos Correa, stopping the short stop at 84.9 m.p.h. cursor; and Brian McCann lined up in the center of the field.
It was the third K of Eovaldi's match. He made 65 shots (42 strikes) on four frames.
high: Eduardo Nunez scored his third goal on a ground ball, where Alex Bregman struggled to put it clean, allowing Nunez to beat the pitch. Rafael Devers entered Nunez as a precision runner. Ian Kinsler flew to Josh Reddick in the right field before Christian Vazquez was lined up at Reddick. Jackie Bradley Jr. is down to the third exit.
Third round: Red Sox 2, Astros 1
Low: George Springer started the frame with a straight forward field. Jose Altuve was eliminated, Eduardo Nunez playing a nice play to Ian Kinsler to get Springer out of second place. Altuve was safe at first. Nathan Eovaldi then accompanied Alex Bregman, putting Altuve in second place. (This was the seventh time Bregman was in the series.) Nunez concocted another fine defensive game, taking a face-off for Yuli Gurriel and throwing at a premiere of Steve Pearce. Marwin Gonzalez is lined up to the left field to end the inning.
high: Mookie Betts flew into the left field before Andrew Benintendi took second place, scoring eight straight wins for Dallas Keuchel since J.D. Martinez doubled in first. Martinez and Xander Bogaerts then went back-and-forth before Tony Kemp took a terrific hold on the left wall of the pitch on Steve Pearce's ball to end the threat.
Second round: Red Sox 2, Astros 1
Low: Nathan Eovaldi recorded a 1-2-3 win: Carlos Correa sank in third place for the first withdrawal, then Eovaldi scored his second K of the match, allowing Brian McCann to come out with a 94.1 mi.ph cutter. (McCann's bat had seven shots). Tony Kemp flew to the center to end the inning.
Eovaldi has 44 shots (29 shots) on two frames.
high: Dallas Keuchel scored three set-ups and three late goals: Ian Kinsler flew to the right court, Christian Vazquez flew to the center and Jackie Bradley Jr. collapsed to the third rank.
First round: Red Sox 2, Astros 1
Low: Nathan Eovaldi started his second playoff game by coaching George Springer, causing a miss and failure on a 96.1 km / h cutter on the third shot. (Two of Eovaldi's six throws in the attack exceeded 100mph. The two fast four-sided balls.) Jose Altuve then took the line with a left-hand drive followed by a single Alex Bregman on the left, placing Altuve in second place. (This is Bregman's first hit in the series.) Yuli Gurriel fell into the defensive player's choice, Eduardo Nunez entrusting him to Ian Kinsler for Bregman to be eliminated in second place. But Gurriel was safe at first and Altuve was ranked third. Marwin Gonzalez hit a line in the right field, scoring Altuve for 2-1 and moving Gurriel to third. Josh Reddick flew to the left field to end the inning.
high: Mookie Betts opened the game with a base kick in the middle of the field. Andrew Benintendi followed, with one of his, this one to the left field. Then, J.D. Martinez doubled to score Betts and put Benintendi in third place. Xander Bogaerts sank, allowing Benintendi to score to give the Sox a 2-0 lead. Steve Peace failed before Eduardo Nunez took second place to end the threat.
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Mookie Betts hits a single in the first inning. (
Scenes of pregrams and observations
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Chris Sale (41) smiles during the presentations. He joined the team in Houston after an overnight stay at the hospital.
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Manager Alex Cora kisses Enos Cabell before the third match.
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J.D. Martinez takes the baton training.
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Red Sox members sit on the Astros logo on the field during the batting practice.
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Alex Cora, the Red Sox coach, smiles while he trains at the bat.
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Yuli Gurriel observes during the batting trials.
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Astros manager AJ Hinch, Justin Verlander and Joe Smith chatter out in the batting practice.
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Jose Altuve watches during the batting trials.
The queues
RHP Nathan Eovaldi (1-0, 1.29 ERA in the playoffs) and LHP Dallas Keuchel (0-1, 3.60 ERA in the playoffs) are the starters.
| RED SOX (1-1) | ASTROS (1-1) |
| Betts RF | Springer CF |
| Benintendi LF | Altuve DH |
| Martinez DH | Bregman 3B |
| Bogaerts SS | Gurriel 1B |
| Pearce 1B | Gonzalez 2B |
| Núñez 3B | Reddick RF |
| Kinsler 2B | Correa SS |
| Vázquez C | McCann C |
| Bradley Jr. CF | Kemp LF |
■ Tonight, Eovaldi will play his second career playoff game. He will win his first victory in the third game of the ALDS against the Yankees, awarding a point on five hits and eliminating five in seven innings. On June 20, Eovaldi made his first start against the Astros while still in Tampa Bay. He took six innings and conceded defeat, scoring four points (all homers) and eliminating five. Jose Altuve (2), George Springer and Alex Bregman blew the circuits.
■ Tonight, Keuchel will play his ninth career playoff game, the second in his series. He battled the Red Sox in last year 's ALDS game, scoring the win after 5 wins.⅔ innings, giving up one point on three hits, eliminating seven and walking three. He started against the Sox once in the regular season, one out on Sept. 9 in which he competed in six innings, allowed five runs on nine hits (J.D. Martinez HR), pulled out two and walked two.
■ Check out the complete overview of Peter Abraham's game.
Pretrial reading
■ Abraham wrote about Alex Bregman, who is 0 for 3 with six walks so far in this series, and Bregman's deep ties to the Red Sox, up to Ted Williams.
■ Bregman took a quick bite at Eovaldi by posting a brief video on his Instagram account on Tuesday, which bore the headline "Leil's pre-match video job". This video featured Springer, Bregman and Altuve. back home June 20 in Houston. Bregman deleted it, but not before it was taken back and processed.
■ The Sox are not worried about the number of walks (15) they have organized in the first two games of this series.
■ Alex Speier has written about baseball operations president Dave Dombrowski and the fact that he's still content with his decision not to add relief to the trading deadline.
■ Nick Cafardo wrote that game 3 made this series even more interesting, with the third and fourth starters now in the limelight. Who will be the best? Who will do the best job of keeping his team in the game?
■ Owen Pence wrote about Keuchel and how it differs from the rest of the Astros throwers: his ball moves differently, his pace is more reflective and his withdrawal is not his daily bread.
■ Chris Sale was released from hospital on Monday and is expected to join the Red Sox in Houston.
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