HOUSTON — The Red Sox don’t have the record to show it, but they’d like to believe they’re every bit as good as these league-leading Astros. If last night is any indication, the Red Sox just might be right.
In a game worthy of October, the Red Sox had an answer for everything the Astros threw at them.
They pitched their way out of jams, made game-changing plays in the field, and just when Houston had tied the game in the seventh, Mookie Betts homered on the very first pitch in the eighth for a 2-1 Red Sox win at Minute Maid Park.