Red Sox prevail, end Astros’ 10-game roll
Michael Chavis homered, Xander Bogaerts hit a tie-breaking double in the seventh inning and the Red Sox averted a sweep against Houston on Sunday with a 4-3 victory in Boston that snapped the Astros’ winning streak at 10 games.
Mookie Betts scored three runs for Boston, which lost the first two games in the first meeting with the Astros since beating them in the 2018 AL Championship Series.
Carlos Correa hit a two-run homer off Chris Sale for Houston, which is 13-4 in May.
Sale struck out 10 in 51⁄3 innings, giving up three runs and four hits with five walks. In his previous start, he became the first pitcher to strike out 17 in seven innings.
“It was kind of a weird day,” Sale said. “I was kind of all over the place. At times, I felt like I was right where I wanted to be and other times, I was trying to just throw a strike.”
Boston’s Marcus Walden (6-0) escaped a basesloaded, one-out jam and threw 12⁄3 scoreless innings of relief. Brandon Workman got three outs for his first career save.