HOUSTON 7, BOSTON
2
WHEN: 8:09
PM ET, Saturday, October 13, 2018
WHERE: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
TEMPERATURE: 50°
UMPIRES: Home - James Hoye, 1B - Victor Carapazza, 2B - Joe West, 3B - Mark Carlson, LF - Chris Guccione, RF - Mark Wegner
ATTENDANCE: 38007
WHERE: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
TEMPERATURE: 50°
UMPIRES: Home - James Hoye, 1B - Victor Carapazza, 2B - Joe West, 3B - Mark Carlson, LF - Chris Guccione, RF - Mark Wegner
ATTENDANCE: 38007
Justin Verlander pitched six gritty innings, and Carlos
Correa delivered the tiebreaking single in the sixth that sent the Houston
Astros to a 7-2 victory over the host Boston Red Sox on Saturday night in Game
1 of the American League Championship Series.
Game 2 is Sunday night in Boston, where Red Sox
left-hander David Price will face Astros right-hander Gerrit Cole.
Verlander (1-0) gave up two runs in the fifth, needing 33
pitches to get through the frame. He allowed two singles, one to Mookie Betts
in the first and one to Steve Pearce in the fifth, but did enough to win his
13th postseason game.
In his 23rd postseason start, Verlander struck out six
and matched a postseason career high with four walks.
George Springer extended his postseason hitting streak to
10 games with a two-run single off Chris Sale in the second, and Correa
delivered a single off Joe Kelly (0-1) that made it 3-2 after Verlander's
laborious inning.
Josh Reddick and Yuli Gurriel added insurance in the
ninth with home runs off Brandon Workman. Reddick opened the inning with a solo
drive to center field, and Gurriel hit a three-run homer inside the Pesky Pole
down the right field line with one out.
Correa's clutch hit to left field occurred three batters
after third baseman Eduardo Nunez's fielding error on a potential double-play
grounder by Gurriel.
Alex Bregman scored on Correa's hit after starting the inning
by getting hit by Kelly's 100 mph fastball. He briefly stared at Kelly before
taking first and appeared to do so again after scoring.
Before Correa's hit, Verlander labored through the fifth
but did not allow the Red Sox to go ahead.
Verlander issued his first bases-loaded walk since Aug.
3, 2015, walking pinch hitter Mitch Moreland to make it 2-1. After Betts hit
into a force play at the plate, the Red Sox tied the score on a wild pitch on a
check-swing by Andrew Benintendi, but Verlander ended the at-bat with a called
third strike on the left fielder.
Benintendi dropped his bat and vocalized his disagreement
with plate umpire James Hoye's call. In between innings, Cora was ejected by
Hoye for arguing.
In the ALCS for the first time since 2013, the Red Sox
got four innings from Sale, who struggled early and allowed two runs on one hit
while working around four walks. Overall, Boston allowed 10 walks, setting a
team record for a nine-inning postseason game, and also hit three batters.
Sale ran into trouble with two outs in the second, and
the Astros capitalized. The left-hander hit Martin Maldonado with a 96 mph
fastball around a pair of walks and was one strike away from getting out of it,
but Springer laced a full-count fastball under Nunez's glove and into left
field for a 2-0 lead.
Ryan Pressly worked around a throwing error by Correa in
a scoreless seventh, Lance McCullers Jr. pitched a perfect eighth and Collin
McHugh finished up for the Astros.
Top Game
Performances
Starting Pitchers
|
Houston
|
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Boston
|
|
Player
|
||
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Win
|
W/L
|
No Decision
|
|
6.0
|
IP
|
4.0
|
|
6
|
Strikeouts
|
5
|
|
2
|
Hits
|
1
|
|
3.00
|
ERA
|
4.50
|
Hitting
|
Houston
|
|
Boston
|
|
Player
|
||
|
1
|
Hits
|
1
|
|
0
|
RBI
|
0
|
|
0
|
HR
|
0
|
|
2
|
TB
|
1
|
|
1.000
|
Avg
|
.250
|
TEAM STATS SUMMARY
|
TEAM
|
HITS
|
HR
|
TB
|
AVG
|
LOB
|
K
|
RBI
|
BB
|
SB
|
ERRORS
|
|
5
|
2
|
12
|
.167
|
20
|
9
|
7
|
10
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
.100
|
14
|
11
|
1
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
SCORING SUMMARY
|
INNING
|
HOU
|
BOS
|
|||
|
Astros
|
2nd
|
Springer singled to left, Correa and Maldonado scored,
Reddick to third.
|
2
|
0
|
|
|
Red Sox
|
5th
|
Moreland walked, Pearce scored, Núñez to third, Bradley
Jr. to second.
|
2
|
1
|
|
|
Red Sox
|
5th
|
Bradley Jr. scored, Vázquez to third, Betts to second
on wild pitch by Verlander.
|
2
|
2
|
|
|
Astros
|
6th
|
Correa singled to center, Bregman scored, Gurriel to
third.
|
3
|
2
|
|
|
Astros
|
9th
|
Reddick homered to right center (419 feet).
|
4
|
2
|
|
|
Astros
|
9th
|
Gurriel homered to right (346 feet), Altuve and Bregman
scored.
|
7
|
2
|
|
FINAL SCORING SUMMARY
|
FINAL
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
R
|
H
|
E
|
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
7
|
5
|
1
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
Houston
|
Hitters
|
Pos
|
AB
|
R
|
H
|
RBI
|
BB
|
K
|
LOB
|
Avg
|
|
CF
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
.333
|
|
|
2B
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
.000
|
|
|
3B
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
.000
|
|
|
1B
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
5
|
.200
|
|
|
DH
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
.000
|
|
|
PR-DH
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
.000
|
|
|
PH-DH
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1.000
|
|
|
LF
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
.000
|
|
|
SS
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
.333
|
|
|
C
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
.000
|
|
|
RF
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
.333
|
|
|
Totals
|
30
|
7
|
5
|
7
|
10
|
9
|
20
|
|
|
|
Batting
|
|||||||||
|
2B - Tony Kemp (1)
|
|||||||||
|
HR - Yuli Gurriel (1), Josh Reddick (1)
|
|||||||||
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TB - George Springer, Yuli Gurriel 4, Tony
Kemp 2, Carlos Correa, Josh Reddick 4
|
|||||||||
|
RBI - George Springer 2 (2), Yuli Gurriel 3
(3), Carlos Correa (1), Josh Reddick (1)
|
|||||||||
|
2-Out RBI - George Springer 2 (2), Carlos
Correa (1)
|
|||||||||
|
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jose
Altuve (1), Yuli Gurriel (1), Carlos Correa (1), Martin Maldonado (1)
|
|||||||||
|
GIDP - Martin Maldonado (1)
|
|||||||||
|
Team LOB - 9
|
|||||||||
|
Baserunning
|
|||||||||
|
CS - Alex Bregman (1, 2nd by Sale/Leon),
Marwin Gonzalez (1, 2nd by Hembree/Vazquez)
|
|||||||||
|
SB - Jake Marisnick (1, 2nd off Brasier/Vazquez)
|
|||||||||
|
Fielding
|
|||||||||
|
E - Carlos Correa (1)
|
|||||||||
|
Pitchers
|
IP
|
H
|
R
|
ER
|
BB
|
K
|
HR
|
ERA
|
|
Justin
Verlander (W 1-0)
|
6.0
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
3.00
|
|
Ryan
Pressly (H 1)
|
1.0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
Lance
McCullers Jr. (H 1)
|
1.0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
1.0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
WP - Justin Verlander 2
|
||||||||
|
Pitches-Strikes - Justin Verlander 90-54,
Ryan Pressly 18-14, Lance McCullers Jr. 13-8, Collin McHugh 16-10
|
||||||||
|
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Justin Verlander
7-3, Ryan Pressly 2-0, Lance McCullers Jr. 1-0, Collin McHugh 1-0
|
||||||||
|
Batters Faced - Justin Verlander 23, Ryan
Pressly 4, Lance McCullers Jr. 3, Collin McHugh 4
|
||||||||
Boston
|
Hitters
|
Pos
|
AB
|
R
|
H
|
RBI
|
BB
|
K
|
LOB
|
Avg
|
|
RF
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
.250
|
|
|
LF
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
.000
|
|
|
DH
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
.000
|
|
|
SS
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
.250
|
|
|
1B
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
.250
|
|
|
2B
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
2
|
.000
|
|
|
3B
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
.000
|
|
|
CF
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
.000
|
|
|
C
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
.000
|
|
|
PH
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
.000
|
|
|
PR-C
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
.000
|
|
|
Totals
|
30
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
4
|
11
|
14
|
|
|
|
Batting
|
|||||||||
|
TB - Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts, Steve
Pearce
|
|||||||||
|
RBI - Mitch Moreland (1)
|
|||||||||
|
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Andrew
Benintendi 2 (2)
|
|||||||||
|
GIDP - Xander Bogaerts (1)
|
|||||||||
|
Team LOB - 5
|
|||||||||
|
Fielding
|
|||||||||
|
E - Eduardo Nunez (1)
|
|||||||||
|
Outfield Assists - Mookie Betts (Altuve at
2nd)
|
|||||||||
|
Pitchers
|
IP
|
H
|
R
|
ER
|
BB
|
K
|
HR
|
ERA
|
|
4.0
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
5
|
0
|
4.50
|
|
|
Joe Kelly (L
0-1)
|
1.2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
1.1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
1.0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
0.1
|
3
|
4
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
108.00
|
|
|
0.2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
|
HBP - Martin Maldonado (by Sale), Alex
Bregman (by Kelly), Tyler White (by Brasier)
|
||||||||
|
Pitches-Strikes - Chris Sale 86-50, Joe
Kelly 33-16, Matt Barnes 21-9, Ryan Brasier 12-5, Brandon Workman 26-14,
Heath Hembree 10-5
|
||||||||
|
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Chris Sale 2-1,
Joe Kelly 2-1, Matt Barnes 3-0, Ryan Brasier 1-0, Brandon Workman 0-0, Heath
Hembree 0-0
|
||||||||
|
Batters Faced - Chris Sale 17, Joe Kelly 8,
Matt Barnes 6, Ryan Brasier 4, Brandon Workman 6, Heath Hembree 2
|
||||||||
|
Inherited Runners-Scored - Matt Barnes 2-0,
Heath Hembree 1-0
|
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