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THE BEST RED SOX TEAM EVAH! ...
Price's great start gets wiped out
September 7,
2018 ... Carlos Correa lofted a tiebreaking
sacrifice fly in the eighth inning and the Astros won their sixth
straight game, rallying past the Red Sox, 6-3. The Red Sox, with the
best record in the majors, had won three in row. Boston starter David Price had allowed just one hit and retired 14 in a row
when he went into the seventh with a 2-0 lead. He left after Alex Bregman's
double and a walk and, after Ryan Brasier took over, the Astros scored three
times. J.D. Martinez tied it with a single for his second RBI of the game.
Houston then scored three times in the eighth. Correa put the AL Central
leaders ahead, a wild pitch by Joe Kelly (4-2) scored another run and Tyler
White added an RBI single.
Ryan Pressly (2-1) got two outs and Roberto Osuna posted his 14th save.
Astro starter Gerrit Cole went six innings, giving up five hits and two runs and
striking out eight.
Price tied a season-high with 10 strikeouts over 6 1/3 innings, allowing
two hits and two runs. Boston had won the previous nine games he had started.
Yuli Gurriel's RBI double and Tony Kemp's two-run double off Brasier made
it 3-2 the seventh.
Martinez had put the Red Sox in front, 1-0, with a sacrifice fly that
scored Mookie Betts.
Xander Bogaerts hit his 20th home run to open the fourth. He had an
opportunity to put up more runs in the fifth but struck out with the bases
loaded to end the inning. |
