Former Blue Jay, Osuna, roughed up by Red Sox

HOUSTON — With his team down one run going into the eighth inning, Houston manager AJ Hinch went to closer Roberto Osuna in hopes of keeping it that way.

Things only got worse for the Astros in Game 3 of the AL Championship Series.

Osuna gave up a grand slam to Jackie Bradley Jr. after hitting consecutive pinch-hitters with two-strike pitches, and the Boston Red Sox won 8-2 on Tuesday to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.

“It’s a 3-2 game until all hell broke loose in the eighth inning,” Hinch said. “A couple of hit by pitches and a huge swing by Bradley and there’s the game.”

Hinch treats one-run deficits like a tie game in the post-season, figuring his team still has a good chance to win.

“Trying to keep it at a one-run game with a really effective closer against the middle part of their order,” Hinch rationalized. “We get out of that 3-2, you never know what can happen.”

Osuna was acquired from Toronto in July after being sidelined by domestic violence charges.