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- Updated: May 16, 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.
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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.
“We’ve got to play better,” said Astros pitcher Scott Feldman, who was on the mound when the Hanigan ball dropped. “I feel like we keep shooting ourselves in the foot. We’ve got a lot of talent in this room. I feel like there have been too many times where we head from the stadium saying, ‘Man, we should have won that game.’ Today’s just an example of that.”
Red Sox outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. extended his hitting streak to 21 games with a single in the fifth.
MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDHanigan handy: Hanigan had four RBIs in the game, including one on the two-out single in the seventh to score Rutledge and tie the game. Hanigan then scored from first on Mookie Betts’ triple to give the Red Sox the lead. The four RBIs are the most Hanigan has recorded with the Red Sox, and two shy of his career high.
“He’s a competitive at-bat,” said manager John Farrell. “I don’t even look at the …
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