Recreation 113: Astros at Purple Sox lineups and notes for the sequence finale
After a rocky begin popping out of the All-Star break, the Purple Sox are immediately streaking once more, winners of 4 straight and 6 of their final seven. Boston enters Sunday in second place within the AL East, having handed the Yankees each for that spot and for the primary wild card place within the American League.
Boston can piece collectively one other sweep with a win on Sunday, having taken down the Astros behind a Roman Anthony walk-off on Friday and homers from Romy Gonzalez, Trevor Story, and Abraham Toro on Saturday.
Broom duties might be handed to Lucas Giolito, who continued the gorgeous turnaround to his season with six innings of one-run ball towards the Twins on Tuesday.
The reloaded Astros, which introduced star shortstop Carlos Correa again to Houston in a commerce with the imploding Twins on the deadline, will hand the ball to Framber Valdez to attempt to keep away from the sweep. Valdez is having one other glorious season with an 11-4 document and a 2.62 ERA for Houston.
It’s an early begin on Sunday with an 11:35 a.m. first pitch. Right here’s a preview.
Lineups
ASTROS (62-49): Peña SS, Altuve DH, Sanchez RF, Correa 3B, Walker 1B, Diaz C, Trammell CF, Dubon LF, Urias 2B
Pitching: LHP Framber Valdez (11-4, 2.62 ERA)
RED SOX (61-51): Refsnyder DH, Bregman 3B, Anthony LF, Gonzalez 2B, Story SS, Rafaela CF, Toro 1B, Abreu RF, Wong C
Pitching: RHP Lucas Giolito (7-2, 3.80 ERA)
Time: 11:35 a.m.
TV, radio: Roku, WEEI-FM 93.7
Astros vs. Giolito: Jose Altuve 4-14, Carlos Correa 7-26, Yainer Diaz 1-4, Mauricio Dubón 1-3, Chas McCormick 2-9, Jeremy Peña 3-4, Jesús Sánchez 0-3, Taylor Trammell 0-2, Ramón Urías 2-7
Purple Sox vs. Valdez: Romy González 2-5, Ceddanne Rafaela 1-3, Rob Refsnyder 1-7, Trevor Story 1-5, Abraham Toro 1-6, Connor Wong 0-2
Stat of the day: Since a disastrous begin towards the Angels on June 4 ballooned his ERA to six.42, Giolito 6-1 with a 2.17 ERA over his final 9 begins.
Notes: Dustin Might, whom Boston acquired from the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday, was initially scheduled to start out Sunday’s recreation, however his first begin with the Purple Sox has been pushed again to Wednesday, when Boston will wrap up a three-game dwelling sequence with Kansas Metropolis. … Giolito is 2-6 with a 5.94 ERA in 53 innings over 9 profession appearances — all begins — towards Houston. … Valdez has a 3-1 document and a 1.96 ERA over 5 profession video games (three begins) towards the Purple Sox. He has 24 strikeouts and three walks in 23 innings towards Boston. … The Astros have misplaced seven of their final 9 video games and 5 of their final seven sequence. Houston was 2 for 11 with runners in scoring place Saturday and stranded 14 runners. … Rhode Island native Jeremy Pena returned to Houston’s lineup Friday after being activated from the 10-day injured record however left the sport with a cramp within the tenth inning. He didn’t play Saturday however is predicted again within the lineup Sunday. “I feel the journey and getting on base quite a bit [Friday], he cramped up somewhat bit, however he’s doing OK,” Espada mentioned. “Get him again in there [Sunday].”
Amin Touri might be reached at amin.touri@globe.com.