Ramirez’s 2-run HR lifts Red Sox over Astros 5

636 home winning percentage is the highest in the American League this season.

Dan Straily, recalled from Triple-A Fresno and making his first start for Houston, allowed five runs – four earned – six hits and three walks in 4 2-3 innings.

The Astros collected a big extra inning win over the Red Sox in game one. Today’s pitching matchup between the Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox adds to the intrigue as two of the best rookie pitchers in 2015 will face off.

Astros: RHP Collin McHugh (9-3) is slated to start today. Buchholz allowed just six hits in the game, earning his fourth straight win.

Ramirez (0-1) hit Altuve with a pitch leading off the 10th, and he advanced on Napoli’s error.

Astros ninth. Altuve singled to left. This is Altuve’s sixth hitting streak of 10 games or more since 2013.

In honor of the 4 of July, Red Sox players will sport white jerseys that include red numbers and lettering with white stars.

The situation looked bleak for Boston; still, the team was able to garner a crucial offensive strike against left-hander Tony Sipp (L, 2-4).

Three innings later, Sandoval started a nifty double play while playing on the right side in a shift against Valbuena.

3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on.

It wasn’t the first time in the series the Sox offense had battled back only to see their pitchers blow it. But this time, it was the Sox offense that had the last laugh.

The Red Sox managed to give up four walks in their last game.

McCullers is averaging 9.79 strikeouts per nine innings since he debuted May 18.

Clay Buchholz went the distance and struck out eight to win his fourth straight decision and lead the Boston Red Sox to a 6-1 victory over the Houston Astros in Saturday’s middle game of a three-game weekend set at Fenway Park on Independence Day.The right-hander retired 12 batters in a row between the second and fifth innings before Astros catcher Hank Conger singled to center to lead off the sixth.

The right-hander, who posted a 2.11 ERA in June for the lowest by a Houston rookie in that month since Darryl Kile’s 1.80 mark in 1991, credits a simple approach for his success. “I was like, ‘Let’s just let ’em hit it at somebody.’ I didn’t really care about my ERA or any of that stuff”. OF Jake Marisnick (hamstring) arrived in Boston following a minor league rehab stint and was activated from the disabled list after the game. They’ve crushed 20 homers during that time while hitting at a clip of.290. He is expected to rest Sunday. Bogaerts’ first-inning grounder to right plated Betts from third for the game’s first run. A line drive off the bat of Preston Tucker was the freebie warning shot as it ended up in Xander Bogaerts’ glove, but Carlos Correa got ahold of a hanging slider for a two-run blast, and Evan Gattis went back-to-back with him, sending a fastball to the same part of the Monster to put the Astros ahead 4-3. Still on a slow climb out of last place in the AL East, the Sox have won seven of their past 10, improving their record to 39-45. It is not fair to say he will be a full-out starter seeing as it is likely going to be more of a platoon.