Boston Red Sox at Houston Astros

BOS 2 — HOU 9

Final — 2026-03-31

Game MVP: Hunter Brown — 6.0 IP, 8 K, 1 ER

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	4	2
HOU	1	0	2	0	3	2	1	0	x	9	11	0

WP Hunter Brown (1-0)

LP Brayan Bello (0-1)

SV Cody Bolton (1)

Scoring Plays

Bot 1: Alvarez doubled to center, Peña scored. (1-0)

Bot 3: Walker singled to left, Altuve scored and Correa scored. (3-0)

Top 5: Wong doubled to center, Mayer scored. (3-1)

Bot 5: Alvarez homered to right (399 feet). (4-1)

Bot 5: Loperfido singled to left, Correa scored, Walker to third. (5-1)

Bot 5: Walker scored on throwing error by catcher Wong, Loperfido stole second, Loperfido safe at third on throwing error by second baseman Mayer. (6-1)

Bot 6: Correa singled to left, Alvarez scored and Meyers scored, Altuve to second. (8-1)

Bot 7: Smith homered to right (346 feet). (9-1)

Top 8: Rafaela homered to right (337 feet). (9-2)

Boston Red Sox — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
Roman Anthony	LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.190	.292	.190
Trevor Story	SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.333
Masataka Yoshida	DH	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.500	.000
Willson Contreras	1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.318	.118
Wilyer Abreu	RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.850
Andruw Monasterio	3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.333
Marcelo Mayer	2B	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.214	.313	.357
Connor Wong	C	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	.429	.429	.714
Ceddanne Rafaela	CF	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	.250	.250	.438

Houston Astros — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Jeremy Pena	SS	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.200	.200	.200
Yordan Alvarez	DH	3	2	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	.381	.536	.905
Jose Altuve	2B	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.368	.556	.737
Carlos Correa	3B	3	2	2	1	0	2	1	1	0	.304	.385	.348
Christian Walker	1B	4	1	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	.333	.417	.571
Joey Loperfido	LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	.313	.313	.438
Cam Smith	RF	3	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	.211	.400	.421
Yainer Diaz	C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.190	.158
Jake Meyers	CF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.294	.313
Brice Matthews	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.200	.200	.600
Nick Allen	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Christian Vazquez	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333

Boston Red Sox — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Brayan Bello	4.2	8	6	5	3	2	1	92-58	9.64	L, 0-1
Ryan Watson	1.1	2	2	2	2	2	0	27-14	4.91
Jovani Moran	2.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	26-14	2.25

Houston Astros — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Hunter Brown	6.0	1	1	1	2	8	0	78-51	0.84	W, 1-0
Cody Bolton	3.0	3	1	1	1	5	1	50-34	3.00	S, 1

Venue: Daikin Park, Houston, Texas (26,930)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Mark Wegner, First Base Umpire: Bruce Dreckman, Second Base Umpire: Carlos Torres, Third Base Umpire: Nate Tomlinson

Broadcast: NESN | SCHN