Boston Red Sox (1-4) vs. Houston Astros (4-2)
Houston; Wednesday, 2:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Garrett Crochet (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.83 WHIP, eight strikeouts); Astros: Mike Burrows (0-1, 7.94 ERA, 1.94 WHIP, six strikeouts)
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BOTTOM LINE: The Houston Astros will try to keep their four-game home win streak intact when they face the Boston Red Sox.
Houston had an 87-75 record overall and a 46-35 record in home games last season. The Astros averaged 8.5 hits per game in the 2025 season with 2.7 extra base hits per game.
Boston had an 89-73 record overall and a 41-40 record on the road last season. The Red Sox pitching staff put up a 3.71 ERA collectively last season while averaging 8.5 strikeouts and 3.3 walks per nine innings.
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INJURIES: Astros: Hayden Wesneski: 60-Day IL (elbow), Brandon Walter: 60-Day IL (elbow), Nate Pearson: 15-Day IL (elbow), Zach Dezenzo: 10-Day IL (elbow), Ronel Blanco: 15-Day IL (elbow), Bennett Sousa: 15-Day IL (oblique), Enyel De Los Santos: 15-Day IL (knee), Josh Hader: 15-Day IL (biceps)
Red Sox: Patrick Sandoval: 15-Day IL (elbow), Kutter Crawford: 15-Day IL (wrist), Anthony Seigler: 10-Day IL (knee), Triston Casas: 10-Day IL (knee), Romy Gonzalez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Tanner Houck: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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