The Sox beat the Astros on Wednesday, 4-1, with the lone run given up to the first batter of the game. It was something! Here’s how it went:
Justin Verlander returned to the Astros after more than two months and was immediately greeted by a Jarren Duran double — a single for anyone else — that led to him scoring two batters later on a Triston Casas single to make it 1-0. Unfortunately, it took one (1) Houston batter, Alex Bregman, back after five games off, to make it 1-1:
Leadoff laser for Alex Bregman
His 20th home run of the season pic.