Game 2 is Saturday evening at Minute Maid Park. History is on Houston's side but nothing is guaranteed. That said, when these two teams met in the 2018 ALCS, the Astros won Game 1 before the Red Sox ripped off four straight wins.
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Historically, the team that wins Game 1 of a best-of-seven has gone on to win the series 64 percent of the time. In the ninth, a four-game set against the first-place Yankees, they opened with back-to-back losses and trailed by two runs in the 10th inning of Game 3. Brantley is 2 for 10 in his career against Nathan Eovaldi, Boston's Game 2 starter. The Boston Red Sox lost every one of their first eight series against AL East opponents this season. He'll try to extend the streak to a record-tying 17 games Saturday. Michael Brantley: 16 games (2020 to present)īrantley is 24 for 69 (.348) with two doubles and three home runs during his 16-game postseason hitting streak. Here are the longest hitting streaks in postseason history:ĥ. He dunked a single in front of a diving Hernández in the fifth inning, and has now hit safely in 16 consecutive postseason games dating back to Game 2 of last year's Wild Card Series against the Twins. Very quietly, Brantley has put together one of the longest hitting streaks in postseason history. Below you can relive all of the action from Game 1 with highlights and running commentary from CBS Sports. They were 15-0 in such games prior to Friday. It was a battle of the bullpens and eventually Boston's broke.Īccording to MLB.com's Sarah Langs, this is the first time under manager Alex Cora that the Red Sox lost a postseason game after leading by multiple runs. Jose Altuve and Carlos Correa were the heroes late, and the two starting pitchers combined to throw 5 1/3 innings. Houston has a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. The Houston Astros rallied in the late innings to earn a 5-4 win ( box score) over the Boston Red Sox in Game 1. In Tarik Skubals past three starts, the 25-year-old has allowed 15 runs with seven walks and 14 strikeouts.
With any luck the rest of the series will feature the same sort of exciting back and forth baseball. Detroit Tigers Tarik Skubal struggles again in 6-2 loss as Boston Red Sox sweep series.
There were fireworks on offense, multiple lead changes, and sketchy starting pitching. Game 1 of the American League Championship Series played out as expected Friday night at Minute Maid Park.
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