The Red Sox qualify for the World Series with a 4-1 loss to the Astros

The Boston Red Sox were one win from their fourth World Series trip in 15 years. They have it now: the Red Sox have won 4 to 1 against the Astros in Houston, ending the Astros season and winning another trip. at the autumn classic in the process.

After losing the first game at home, the Red Sox's offense came to life, scoring at least seven points in each of the past three games. The big shots come from Jackie Bradley Jr., who had a double of three innings in the second game, a grand slam in the third match and a two-point shot in the fourth. It's a Rafael Devers circuit that made the difference Even though the Red Sox did not score seven or more points, it only took four free kicks with six shutouts from David Price and the combined efforts of Matt Barnes, Nathan Eovaldi and Craig Kimbrel.

The title-winning Astros are finished in 2018, but their alignment remains scary: do not be surprised if they are back in this space again next October.

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Results 5 in match 5 Red Sox vs Astros ALCS

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9th round: Boston will send Bradley, Betts and Benintendi to the plate for the ninth summit. Bradley queues to Gurriel, and Betts puts a charge in one, but it is taken in center left. Benintendi is up with two outs, and [rubs eyes] Craig Kimbrel warms up in the office? Well, ok. He got six saves Wednesday night in the fourth game, but I guess he has a few days to recover if he manages to put an end to this match. One thing at a time, though.

Benintendi is tied – Osuna got nine outs and kept the Red Sox at four points. And here is Craig Kimbrel for the bottom of the ninth.

Kimbrel had six stoppages in Game 4, yes, but he certainly had to work for that, and also took years to the lives of everyone watching him. Maybe working at night in return means the rust is off. Rust extended.

Carlos Correa, Yuli Gurriel and Marwin Gonzalez are at the end of ninth place for Houston as they try to maintain their season. Correa starts swinging without Kimbrel throwing a ball, so … maybe Kimbrel is warmed.

This may still be the case, as Gurriel counts 2-0 to start his plate. Do this three balls. And four: Gurriel walks, and Gonzalez, who has already dominated the game today, is standing with a runner. The Astros have two remaining outs and three points to score.

The Red Sox may not be too keen on Kimbrel because Eduardo Rodriguez is back in the closet and Ryan Brasier has joined him.

Kimbrel must have noticed, as he throws three consecutive strikes to terrorize the serial terrorist, Marwin Gonzalez. The Astros reached their final in 2018 and Tony Kemp is at bat.

Tony Kemp goes to Andrew Benintendi and the Red Sox have their place in the 2018 World Series! Boston wins 4-1, and they were even helped by Kimbrel Classic.

Happy birthday to Alex Cora, huh?

8th round: Osuna stays in the game, the Red Sox sending Moreland, Kinsler and Devers. Moreland gets the first goal, but Kinsler follows with a 1-2 on the left-hand corner – Kemp nearly won on second with a great shot, but Kinsler just I arrived with enough time to avoid a Houston challenge.

Devers, who scored three points last time, put Kinsler in third. Devers does not lead anyone this time, however, because he was arrested in case of a strike. Brock Holt strikes hard for Christian Vazquez with two outs – we'll see later Sandy Leon behind the plate.

Holt responds first, so that's it. 4-1 Red Sox as the Astros return to the plate. Eovaldi, to the surprise of all, is back on the ground. He will face Brian McCann, who replaces Marisnick after his brushstroke. Bregman and Springer will follow.

McCann is right – there are five outs. Bregman worked on a score of 2-2 on five throws, but scored the sixth goal: a heater at 102 mph. Well, if you found: it was 101.6 according to Gameday, which is still ridiculous.

Springer chooses on the first pitch, which brings Altuve with two outs. Altuve is 3-1, then hits Bradley directly in the middle for the third withdrawal. Eovaldi probably finished after four outs, but they were huge: the Astros only have more than three in their season.

7th round: There are braces in the Red Sox's canoe, so after 93 shots it could be for David Price. If that's it, well, he threw six white innings with nine strikeouts and no walks, scattering three hits. If the Red Sox can keep up – and do it without losing their current lead – Price will win his first win in the playoffs, and the Red Sox will compete in the World Series.

There is still a lot of play and the Astros are very capable of quickly making four points on the board, so Houston should not fall and Boston should not be too excited.

Roberto Osuna enters the game to replace Verlander, while Houston tries to prevent his lead from getting bigger. Benintendi and Martinez are both on the pitch, so a good start! Bogaerts also falls harmless and we are at the bottom of the seventh.

Matt Barnes, who left match 4 after a single batter, is probably a pleasure for fans of Red Sox, who were not thrilled. Barnes may not be very long, Nathan Eovaldi and Eduardo Rodriguez warming up. Rodriguez is a starter but he was used for playoff relief (also for a batter in Game 4) and Eovaldi was the starter for Game 3. The Red Sox relied heavily on their pen in the fourth game, including a stoppage of six Kimbrel outings, so they want to try to end the game now if they have to: the World Cup starts on Tuesday and tomorrow is one day off. in any case, that makes sense.

Correa reasons, raising Gurriel. Gurriel does the same. There is a race, however! Marwin Gonzalez goes away with a solo shot, reducing the lead to 4-1. This dinger arrived, of course, as a result of a long talk from the team of advertisers about the fact that Matt Barnes was not giving up his playoff race yet.

As I said earlier: there is still a lot of play. This is Tony Kemp. He has 3-1 since Barnes, then commits a foul on the next field to make it complete. Kemp starts walking after seven shots – Barnes will not be very long. In fact, Cora is withdrawing it now, for Nathan Eovaldi.

Josh Reddick strikes hard, because he's left-handed and left-handers do better against Eovaldi than right-wingers. And hey, Reddick does better against right-handed than left-handed. That's how the platoons work!

Reddick strikes right on the warning track, but Betts won. Boston is six out of the World Series; The Astros are six outs of the end of their season.

6th round: Tony Kemp almost repeated his ridiculous jump gesture from the beginning of the series, but it clearly hits the wall first, while it's a double for Moreland. It reminds of Kinsler and also moves the Astros pen.

Kinsler follows with a single right, then Devers marks a three-point circuit to score 4-0 against the Red Sox. There are still no outs in the sixth, either. That changes quickly after the match, while Vazquez and Bradley get noticed. This brings us back to the top of the list.

Betts also flies, finishing the top of the sixth, but the damage is done. It's now 4-0 Red Sox.

Price is back for the bottom of the sixth and he will face the top of the Astros, starting with Alex Bregman. Mookie has just deprived Bregman of a home run, and this time, the flight was not controversial. Catch clean, one down.

I love all fans of Astros with the comic reaction that I do not interfere with this capture:

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Springer continues this trend with Altuve. The price is 91 locations, so this frame could very well be. Maybe with a 4-0 lead, the Red Sox will try to pull it a step further. We will see.

Altuve marks the end of the sixth period, giving Price nine goals – a career-high in the playoffs – and the score is 4-0 in Boston.

5th round: It will be Betts, Benintendi and Martinez who will start the fifth round. Betts grounds out – calm night from him until now. Bregman follows with a pop out to Bregman. The top of the order of Boston must allow Verlander to work more efficiently: it took only five shots to dismiss his 1-2 batters.

Martinez works a 1-2 account, then puts a center in the center. Bogaerts has another chance to extend a run. Instead, he lined up to end the heat: 1-0, Red Sox. It will be Kemp, Maldonado and Marisnick for the Astros at the bottom of the fifth.

Kemp hits – it's now eight for Price, up to 4-1 / 3. Maldonado is not blowing, but he's going to center. I should give him a little more attention than that: Maldonado flew to the warning track, during the first hard contact with Price for quite some time. Marisnick follows with a player on the ground to end the inning. It's a 1-2-3 run, and Price has only thrown nine shots. So he should be available for the sixth goal, at least to start. This is 1-0 Red Sox after five complete.

4th round: Rafael Devers opened the fourth by catching and Vazquez followed him down to 0-2. Some balls and fouls later, and Vazquez continues to play, but now counts 2-2. It took more throws than Verlander wanted, but Vazquez was eventually eliminated. Verlander has four outs and a throws number of 60 to 3-2 / 3 innings.

Bradley is helping Verlander with a third off, so that the Astros can stop worrying about the number of throws of their ace at the moment. It's 1-0 Red Sox as we move down the fourth.

Well here is a fun fact:

Jose Altuve leads at the bottom of the fourth against Price. His throwing count is not much different from Verlander's, as he is 51 after five shots to his first hitter. And now, 52 lands, after lining Altuve. Correa follows with its own withdrawal – Price has registered six so far. This is Yuli Gurriel.

And here are some facial hair.

Gurriel has fouled six throws in a row in this plate look. The price is now up to 64 locations. Finally, something that is not a fault is a doubled after seven shots. Gurriel double! What at-batte. The Astros have a runner in goal position and perhaps more importantly, they have passed Price to more than 20 shots from this frame. This is Marwin Gonzalez.

It's a 2-1 account after Gonzalez has switched to a speed shift at 85 mph. He goes out, again – remember when that was going to stop being one thing that hitters did with each pitch? It was fun while it lasted – then Price hit him, his seventh of the night. He has 73 points and three days off. There remains only one round of this round for the Red Sox. It's 1-0 for now, but we're in the fifth.

3rd round: Important update:

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Benintendi was called on strike to open the third. And the first round of the game: J.D. Martinez marks his first game in what seems like an eternity, and it's a 1-0 match. Verlander quickly recovered and forced Bogaerts to fly for the second outing of the inning, then the show showed Verlander watching the referee after the circuit, because of what he should have been the third . And hey, maybe it's the third shot: it's hard to say, because the TBS pitch tracking widget is notoriously crap!

Maybe it was a strike, though. Remember that all we can ask for is the consistency of our umps.

Moreland, who makes his ALCS debut, picks one up to continue the frame. Ian Kinsler made the mistake of thinking that it could cause Bregman to err a second time, however, and this failure is the end of the upper half of the third. 1-0, Red Sox.

Jake Marisnick, from the lineup instead of Josh Reddick with a southpaw on the mound. He is flying over three courses, but here is Bregman again to make you forget your disappointment, Houston.

Bregman did not like what's called the third strike, but Gameday says he should have tipped:

To be fair, Gameday is not 100% accurate either, but everything was good on TV. Price has four strikeouts on 2-2 / 3. And George Springer crashed to end the third – 1-0, Red Sox.

2nd round: Man, I like Alex Bregman:

Verlander picks up where he left off, forcing Mitch Moreland to take off on the pitch. The Red Sox are not as patient as they have been throughout this series and this is to watch: the calm of Boston has allowed them to score 7, 8 and 8 points in the last three games, all victories.

Ian Kinsler managed to cheat on a mistake by Bregman, who did not do very well. Speaking of the defense problems of the third base, here is Rafael Devers, 21 years old. He quickly lost 0-2 and remains alive with a foul ball in the third pitch of the attack.

Devers hits the warning ball on the warning lane on the left, and although Tony Kemp does not know where he is in the outfield and take a quick jump in case the wall is behind him, he played the room properly. This is Christian Vazquez, who has a good post-season at the plate. At least compared to his regular season, which was … not great!

Vazquez is pressed 0-2 as a result of a fake slider in the mud. He remains alive long enough to win one, and there are two for Jackie Bradley Jr., who himself had an impressive ALCS given all three successes. When two of them are homers – a grand slam – it's easy to leave your mark even with a few strokes.

Verlander observes what JBJ is doing with two outs, apparently, as he throws three balls to start. Verlander nearly lost a goal on a score of 3-2, but Bradley checks his momentum – well, okay, the umps said he had checked his momentum, but maybe not, and now, his bases are loaded for Betts. This is the case if the Red Sox will need patience if they want to wear Verlander and shoot the Houston pen.

Now, why did I say "get a shot at the Houston pen," you might ask? Well, because it's still Verlander, he hits Betts's busy base, and he's still 0-0.

Yuli Gurriel marks the start of the second with a single in the middle, evoking Marwin Gonzalez, who was beating for clean up until the Astros decided that Correa felt good enough to get into the formation . Gonzalez should terrify fans of the Red Sox and excite those of the Astros, considering how he has been in the playoffs.

Gonzalez flies away, but here is Tony Kemp. The formation of these Astros does not stop to scare the opposing teams. Kemp follows with his own start, then Martin Maldonado is surprised to watch. We are still aimless after two innings.

1st round: Here we are, back in Houston for what the Red Sox are hoping for is the last game of this stadium in 2018. The Astros, in case you're wondering? They do not want it to be the last game in Houston this season. Why can not these two teams agree on something?

Justin Verlander takes the mound to try to keep the Astros season past the fifth game. As it is Justin Verlander, the Astros also have a great chance to play Saturday night the sixth match. Let's just take a look at the right-handedness of Mookie Betts and last night's hero Andrew Benintendi on a total of three shots.

Martinez is trying to convince the Red Sox to win their first match 4 baserunner, and here's the scorer Xander Bogaerts trying to do something about it. Bogaerts takes on Alex Bregman – a serious mistake, Alex – and the threat ends before she really becomes one.

David Price begins with three days of rest after a long pen session to end the fourth game. We know that Price is able to dominate, but since it's the post-season, well, we also know he's able to dominate. From earlier in October:

As said, however, we know Price can be wise. The Red Sox won the second game of the series, but Price did not take the W himself. Can he finally get his first playoff win? He is 0-9, and you know at this point that it must weigh on him. He is human, although he sometimes knows more than that.

It starts well in the fifth match. A throw, one to go out Alex Bregman, who is once again in the lead for Houston. Price then strikes George Springer, bringing Jose Altuve to all three places.

Altuve was injured, but you would not know it by watching him hit. He hits a single goal to center for the first scorer of the day in Houston. He is clearly limited on the baspaths, but his wrists are fine. Carlos Correa, who now beats fourth instead of being near the bottom of the Astros list, as he has done for most playoffs.

It's a 2-2 score on Correa, and he takes the third shot from the outside corner to finish the bottom of the first. It's still 0-0 in Houston.