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- Updated: May 15, 2016
BOSTON — After rallying from four runs down to take the lead in the sixth inning, the Astros gave it back in the seventh when a ball hit by Ryan Hanigan dropped between outfielders Carlos Gomez and George Springer in right-center field, leading to a pair of runs and a 10-9 Red Sox victory Sunday afternoon at Fenway Park. With the win, Boston capped a 6-1 homestand in which it scored double-digit runs five times and averaged over 10 runs per game.
The Red Sox punctuated the heavy-hitting homestand by taking three of four from the Astros, who got five RBIs from third baseman Luis Valbuena. He hit a three-run homer in the second to put the Astros ahead, 3-2, but Xander Bogaerts capped a four-run second with a three-run homer off Chris Devenski to put Boston ahead, 6-3.
Hanigan’s two-run single in the third pushed the lead to 8-4, but the Astros chipped away. Valbuena’s bases-loaded double in the fifth scored two, and Houston took advantage of a two-out error by third baseman Josh Rutledge in the sixth to score three unearned runs for a 9-8 lead.
MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDHanigan handy: Hanigan had four RBIs in the game, including one on the two-out single in the seventh to score Rutledge …
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