The Astros saw a once-comfortable lead become tenuous before putting away the Red Sox to pad their lead atop the AL West.

Red Sox manager Alex Cora was ejected from Wednesday's game against the Astros because of a non-call he felt should be a balk.

The Boston Red Sox took opened a three-game series against the Houston Astros with a loss but while that was the case, there was some more meaning to the game f

The Astros, who once led the division by seven games, are now in a dead heat with the Mariners with 42 games to go.

The Red Sox backup will start behind the plate Wednesday for Boston in the rubber game of its three-game series against Houston.

The Boston Red Sox have a budding, young superstar on their hands. It's hard to argue against the production that Roman Anthony has been able to put up for Bost

Leading 2-0 after five innings, the Red Sox blew the game open with home runs from Carlos Narvaez and Alex Bregman in the sixth, piling up 12 runs in the final four innings.

6) May threw 34 sweepers, 21 sinkers, 19 four-seam fastballs and 18 cutters, per Baseball Savant. He induced 12 swings and misses: six with his sweeper, three with his sinker, two with his four-seamer and one with his cutter.