TNK - RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #84 of the Season
Houston Astros (42-41) @ Boston Red Sox (48-35)
Pitching Matchup - Brett Oberholtzer vs Eduardo Rodriguez
GAME NOTES:
The Red Sox took a 2-0 lead early in the game as Xander Bogaerts drove a fastball to CF for a 2-run HR in the bottom of the 1st inning. Bogaerts came up again in the bottom of the 3rd and drove in 2 more RBI with a double high off the green monster in LF. Mike Napoli drove in Bogaerts with a sac fly to make it 5-0 after 3 innings. Houston answered with 3 runs in the top of the 4th to claw their way back into the game at 5-3. The Astros cut the lead to 5-4 in the top of the 5th and Rodriguez would get through the top of the 6th unscathed and exit the game with a 5-4 lead. Shane Victorino increased the Sox lead to 6-4 in the bottom of the 6th inning with a RBI single. Matt Barnes allowed back to back home runs to Chris Carter and Colby Rasmus in the top of the 7th inning as the Astros have fought their way back from a 5-0 deficit to tie the game up at 6-6. The score would remain 6-6 through the 8th & 9th innings and the game would need extra innings to decide a winner. The Astros loaded the bases with 2 outs in the top of the 12th and Jose Altuve would leg out an infield single as he chopped a ball to the left of the mound and just beat the throw to 1st base to give Houston a 7-6 lead. Luke Gregerson would close it out in the bottom of the 12th to give the Astros a big come from behind 7-6 victory
* The Astros avoid the sweep with a thrilling come from behind 7-6 victory in extra innings after trailing 5-0 in the game
* Red Sox starter Eduardo Rodriguez allowed 4 runs in 6 innings on 7 hits with 3 walks and 5 Ks and did not factor in the decision
* Astros starter Brett Oberholtzer allowed 5 runs in 5 innings on 7 hits with 4 strike outs and did not factor in the decision
* Jose Altuve was the star of the game going 6 for 7 with 5 singles, 1 triple & 2 RBI for the Astros
* Xander Bogaerts had a big day at the plate going 2 for 5 with a double, HR & 4 RBI
* Mike Napoli extended his hitting streak to 9 games as he was 1 for 2 with a walk and a sac fly to drive in a RBI
* Chris Carter and Colby Rasmus hit huge back to back tape measure home runs for Houston in the 7th inning to tie the score at 6-6
* Brock Holt went 3 for 5 with a double for Boston and Shane Victorino looks to be healthy again as he was 2 for 5 with a double in his 2nd game back with the team
* The Red Sox will have a day off tomorrow to get some rest before they kick off a brief 2 game series at Fenway with the Miami Marlins who come in with a record of 41-42 on the season and are currently in 2nd place in the NL East but are 18 games back of the Nationals who have the best record in baseball. The Marlins are 3.5 games out in the NL Wild Card race as well behind Milwaukee.
* Boston will have Rick Porcello on the mound in the first game of the 2 game series with Miami who will send Dan Haren to the mound.
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td align="center" colspan="14">Astros at Red Sox | </td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="37%">Jul 5, 2015</td><td align="right" width="4%">1</td><td align="right" width="4%">2</td><td align="right" width="4%">3</td><td align="right" width="4%">4</td><td align="right" width="4%">5</td><td align="right" width="4%">6</td><td align="right" width="4%">7</td><td align="right" width="4%">8</td><td align="right" width="4%">9</td><td align="center" width="15%">Extras</td><td align="right" width="4%">R</td><td align="right" width="4%">H</td><td align="right" width="4%">E</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Houston (43-41)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="center">0 0 1</td><td align="right" class="active">7</td><td align="right">16</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Boston (48-36)</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="center">0 0 0</td><td align="right" class="active">6</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="14"><b>W:</b> Pat Neshek (2-1) <b>L:</b> Tommy Layne (1-1) <b>S:</b> Luke Gregerson (26)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="5">Scoring Summary</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="3" width="84%">SCORING DETAILS</td><td align="right" width="8%">HOU</td><td align="right" width="8%">BOS</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">1</td><td width="70%">Xander Bogaerts 2-run HR to CF (Holt scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">3</td><td width="70%">Xander Bogaerts doubled to LF (Betts & Holt score)</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">3</td><td width="70%">Mike Napoli sac fly to LF (Bogaerts scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">HOU</td><td align="center" width="7%">4</td><td width="70%">Hank Conger singled to LF (Gattis scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">HOU</td><td align="center" width="7%">4</td><td width="70%">Marwin Gonzalez sac fly to LF (Rasmus scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">HOU</td><td align="center" width="7%"> 4</td><td width="70%">Jose Altuve singled to CF (Conger scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">HOU</td><td align="center" width="7%">5</td><td width="70%">Colby Rasmus reached on fielders choice (Correa scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">6</td><td width="70%">Shane Victorino singled to CF (Napoli scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td><td align="right" width="8%">6</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">HOU</td><td align="center" width="7%">7</td><td width="70%">Chris Carter solo HR to LF</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td><td align="right" width="8%">6</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">HOU</td><td align="center" width="7%">7</td><td width="70%">Colby Rasmus solo HR to CF</td><td align="right" width="8%">6</td><td align="right" width="8%">6</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002C61" colspan="9"><span style="color:#EB6D1F">Houston Astros</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Betts, CF</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.282</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Holt, 2B-1B</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.272</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Bogaerts, SS</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.219</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Ramirez, DH</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.246</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Napoli, 1B</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.219</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td style="text-indent:20px;">Marrero (PR - 2B)</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.000</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Sandoval, 3B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.248</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>De Aza, LF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.308</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Victorino, RF</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.224</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Hanigan, C</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.234</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Holt (11), Bogaerts (15), Victorino (2)<br /><b>HR:</b> Bogaerts (7)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Bogaerts 4 (30), Napoli (24), Victorino (2)<br /><b>HBP:</b> Sandoval<br /><b>SF:</b> Napoli<br /><b>SAC:</b> De Aza<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Sandoval </td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#ee1422" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Boston Red Sox</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Altuve, 2B</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.268</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Tucker, RF</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.062</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Correa, SS</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.340</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Gattis, DH</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.292</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Carter, 1B</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.244</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Rasmus, LF</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.195</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Conger, C</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.264</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td style="text-indent:20px;">Castro (PH-C)</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.270</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Gonzalez, 3B</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.297</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Marisnick, CF</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.218</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td style="text-indent:20px;">Presley (PH-CF)</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.000</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Gattis (17), Gonzalez (5)<br /><b>3B:</b> Altuve (2)<br /><b>HR:</b> Carter (13), Rasmus (5)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Altuve 2 (40), Rasmus 2 (21), Carter (37), Gonzalez (10), Conger (8)<br /><b>HBP:</b> Marisnick<br /><b>SF:</b> Gonzalez<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Tucker</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BASERUNNING:</u></b><br /><b>SB:</b> Correa (3)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002C61" colspan="9"><span style="color:#EB6D1F">Houston Astros</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Eduardo Rodriguez</td><td align="right">6.0</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">4.35</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Matt Barnes (BS, 2)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right" class="active">4.26</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Craig Breslow </td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">3.25</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Alexi Ogando</td><td align="right">2.0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">3.06</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Tommy Layne (L, 1-1)</td><td align="right">1.2</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">4.67</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Robbie Ross</td><td align="right">0.1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">4.91</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">12.0</td><td align="right">16</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Rodriguez - 100 Pitches (67% strikes)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#ee1422" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Boston Red Sox</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Brett Oberholtzer</td><td align="right">5.0</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">4.80</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Chad Qualls</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.27</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Josh Fields</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">3.33</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Pat Neshek (W, 2-1)</td><td align="right">4.0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">3.22</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Luke Gregerson (S, 26)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">4.03</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">12.0</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Oberholtzer - 70 Pitches (74% strikes)</td></tr></table></body></html>
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