Boston Red Sox at Houston Astros

BOS 1 — 8 HOU

Final — 2026-03-30

MVP: Lance McCullers Jr. 7.0 IP, 9 K, 1 ER

Houston Astros defeated Boston Red Sox 8-1. Lance McCullers Jr. led the way with 7.0 IP, 9 K, 1 ER. Lance McCullers Jr. earned the win and Ranger Suarez took the loss.

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Game of the Day

Jose Altuve

4-4, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB

4-for-4 with 2 home runs and 2 RBI.

Among the most impactful performances of the day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	0
HOU	1	0	2	0	1	1	2	1	x	8	13	0

WP Lance McCullers Jr. (1-0)

LP Ranger Suarez (0-1)

Scoring Plays

Bot 1: Correa grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Altuve scored, Paredes out at second, Alvarez to third. (0-1)

Bot 3: Alvarez homered to right (394 feet), Altuve scored. (0-3)

Bot 5: Matthews homered to center (434 feet). (0-4)

Bot 6: Diaz hit sacrifice fly to center, Smith scored. (0-5)

Top 7: Abreu hit a ground rule double, Duran scored, Contreras to third. (1-5)

Bot 7: Altuve homered to left (383 feet). (1-6)

Bot 7: Walker doubled to center, Correa scored. (1-7)

Bot 8: Altuve homered to left (368 feet). (1-8)

BOS — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Anthony	LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.235	.350	.235	.585
Story	SS	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	.150	.150	.350	.500
Duran	DH	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	.154	.389	.154	.543
Contreras	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.077	.333	.077	.410
Abreu	RF	3	0	2	1	1	0	1	.500	.500	1.063	1.563
Durbin	3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.067	.000	.067
Mayer	2B	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.273	.333	.455	.788
Narvaez	C	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	.444	.444	.444	.888
Rafaela	CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.231	.462
Yoshida	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.500	.000	.500
Kiner-Falefa	3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

HOU — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Altuve	2B	4	4	4	0	2	2	1	0	.412	.565	.824	1.389
Alvarez	DH	5	1	2	0	1	2	0	1	.333	.500	.722	1.222
Paredes	3B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.318	.368	.686
Correa	SS	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.318	.250	.568
Walker	1B	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	.294	.400	.529	.929
Smith	RF	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	.125	.333	.188	.521
Meyers	CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.308	.333	.641
Diaz	C	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.235	.200	.435
Matthews	LF	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	.222	.222	.667	.889
Allen	3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

BOS — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Suarez	4.1	7	4	4	1	3	2	76-44	8.31	1.16	L, 0-1
Oviedo	3.2	6	4	4	1	3	2	72-47	9.82	1.91

HOU — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
McCullers	7.0	4	1	1	1	9	0	96-63	1.29	1.52	W, 1-0
Weiss	2.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	33-22	3.00	2.12

Venue: Daikin Park, Houston, Texas (23,532)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Nate Tomlinson, First Base Umpire: Mark Wegner, Second Base Umpire: Bruce Dreckman, Third Base Umpire: Carlos Torres

Broadcast: NESN | SCHN