HOUSTON (AP) — Jose Altuve homered with one out in the bottom of the ninth, the last of his four hits, and the Houston Astros beat Boston 5-4 on Thursday night, extending the Red Sox’s losing streak to a season-high eight games. The game was tied at 4-all when Altuve connected off Craig Breslow (0-1) […]

BOSTON (AP) — Jake Marisnick hit a two-run double with two outs in the 10th inning Friday night and Houston rallied for a 5-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox, giving the Astros their first win in nine games at Fenway Park. With their 51st win of the season, the Astros matched last year’s total. […]

BOSTON (AP) — Dustin Pedroia’s two-run double capped a seven-run sixth inning Thursday night that sent the Boston Red Sox to their fourth straight win, 9-4 over the Houston Astros. Pedroia finished with three hits, Daniel Nava had two doubles and David Ortiz added two singles as the Red Sox improved to 8-0 at Fenway Park against […]

HOUSTON (AP) — Six-foot-four, 250-pound slugger Chris Carter isn’t the kind of player who normally hits infield singles. On Saturday he got the first one he could remember in the eighth inning to drive home a run and lift the Houston Astros to a 3-2 win over the Boston Red Sox. Of course, he was […]

Vasquez, who was playing in his second major league game, singled in the third inning, had an RBI double in the fourth and drove home two more with a double in Boston’s five-run sixth. Ortiz drove in three runs with a double in the sixth to make it 8-1. John Lackey (10-6) rebounded from a […]