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 Altuve recorded his fourth hit of the night off Red Sox left-hander
Craig Breslow (0-1), socking a line drive into the first row of the
Crawford Boxes in left field to send Boston (42-54) to its eighth
consecutive loss.
With his ninth homer, Altuve finished 4-for-5 with a run and an RBI.
Immediately after the Astros rallied to the lead with a three-run
seventh inning, the Red Sox clawed back to pull even with two runs
in the top of the eighth. The first run came swiftly, with Red Sox
designated hitter David Ortiz blasting his 17th home run of the
season to right field off Astros right-hander Will Harris, slicing
the Red Sox deficit to one run.
Boston needed some help for the game-tying run, capitalizing on an
upheld call at second base following a Hanley Ramirez steal and a
defensive miscue in left field when Preston Tucker turned a line
drive from first baseman Mike Napoli into a double that scored
Ramirez.
The Astros (54-43) managed their rally against the Boston bullpen,
with pinch-hitter Colby Rasmus smacking his 13th homer off Red Sox
right-hander Alexi Ogando and third baseman Marwin Gonzalez added a
run-scoring triple that scored Altuve. Astros designated hitter Evan
Gattis chipped in with a single that scored Carlos Correa for a 4-2
lead.
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Astros right-hander Lance McCullers, making his first start since
July 12, labored with his command from the start, surrendering two
doubles in the top of the first to immediately fall behind 1-0.
Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz crushed a two-out, two-strike
curveball for a double to left-center field, scoring center fielder
Mookie Betts.
Boston strung together four consecutive baserunners with two outs in
the second, with first baseman Mike Napoli drilling a 3-2 curveball
out to left for his 11th homer and a 2-1 lead. McCullers wiggled out
of that jam without additional damage before working around a pair
of two-out walks in the third inning, a leadoff double from Napoli
in the fourth, and a two-out error by shortstop Carlos Correa in the
fifth.
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