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Game Recap: Astros Bullpen gets their Beans Baked as Sox Win 5-4

May’s AL Pitcher of the Month Justin Verlander would duel with Boston’s David Price across 6 innings of stellar pitching from both club’s starters.

Stassi and Verlander would struggle to get on the same page in the first inning and it showed as Verlander would actually have to verbally check the signs with Stassi from the mound at one point. He would surrender an RBI single to J.D. Martinez and it looked like things might be going wobbly.

He would allow Benintendi to walk to open the first, who would then advance on a wild pitch before being pushed across the plate on a J.