Keuchel has no answers for Red Sox bats, Astros fall 11-1

Xander Bogaerts hit a two-run homer off struggling ace Dallas Keuchel (2-5) in the first inning and added an RBI single and Mookie Betts belted a three-run shot in the sixth as Keuchel was tagged for eight runs. Bogaerts had three RBI. An 11-1 victory over the Astros with eight of those runs coming against the reigning Cy Young Award victor Dallas Keuchel.

Price delivered the goods, going 6.2 innings to get the win in Boston’s 11-1 romp.

So far this season Gray is 3-4 6.00 ERA in 7 starts for the Athletics. Price will have to repeat those results for them to have significance, but repetition hasn’t been a problem for the Red Sox’s lineup. His first few games were a little rocky, but he has since settled in, having his best game last night against Houston where he struck out 12.

Houston threatened early despite its marathon with Cleveland on Wednesday night.

After the Astros got a run back in the top of the second – the big hit being Erik Kratz’s double – the Red Sox scored in the bottom of the second to make it 3-1.

As they have in recent games, Price’s teammates had his back offensively. After striking out Carlos Gomez to open up the inning, Luis Valbuena reached on a bunt single, followed up by an Erik Kratz double off the Green Monster to bring Valbuena to third. Bradley then extended his streak with an RBI single up the middle in the second inning that put the Sox up 3-1.

The Red Sox have outscored their opponents 40-11 in the first inning this season. The Red Sox homered twice in the game, extending their streak to 13 consecutive games with a least one home run, the longest active streak in the majors. Kansas City dropped three of four at Yankee Stadium.

Shields (2-5) allowed seven hits and a walk over seven innings. He struck out three batters in an inning three times, yielding one run on six hits.

Joe Panik hit a two-run home run, and Javier Lopez induced a bases-loaded groundout to end the game as San Francisco finally beat nemesis Zack Greinke in a victory over Arizona. Gonzalez is batting.391 (9-for-23) with five extra-base hits over his past six games, boosting his season average by 57 points, from.190 to.247.

PHILLIES 7, BRAVES 4, 10 inns.

Rupp had been hitless in his previous eight at-bats and was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts before coming to the plate against Atlanta reliever Ian Krol in the 10th. Odubel Herrera matched his career high with four hits, including a triple off Jason Grilli (1-2) leading off the 10th.

Dustin Pedroia (1-for-3, R, BB) has hit.419 (44-for-105) vs. HOU over his career, the highest mark vs. the Astros in major league history (min. 75 AB). Meanwhile, 40-year-old David Ortiz is now sporting career-highs in slugging percentage (.672) and OPS+ (184), making his retirement plans look either insane or like incredible motivation for a blockbuster final season.