Boston will probably be glad to see the rotation turning over with ace Garrett Crochet on the mound Wednesday. Crochet thew six shutout innings on Opening Day in opposition to the Reds, the Sox’ solely win over the season.
Righthander Mike Burrows will get the ball for Houston. Burrows was roughed up in his first begin of the season, permitting 5 runs on 9 hits in a loss to the Angels on Friday.
RED SOX (1-4): Duran LF, Story SS, Yoshida DH, Contreras 1B, Abreu RF, Durbin 3B, Rafaela CF, Kiner-Falefa 2B, Wong C
Pitching: LHP Garrett Crochet (1-0, 0.00 ERA)
ASTROS (4-2): Altuve 2B, Alvarez DH, Paredes 3B, Correa SS, Walker 1B, Smith RF, Meyers CF, Matthews LF, Vazquez C
Pitching: RHP Mike Burrows (0-1, 7.94 ERA)
Time: 2:10 p.m.
TV, radio: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7
Red Sox vs. Burrows: Roman Anthony 1-1, Jarren Duran 1-2, Caleb Durbin 0-3, Carlos Narváez 0-1, Ceddanne Rafaela 0-0, Trevor Story 1-2, Masataka Yoshida 1-2
Astros vs. Crochet: Nick Allen 1-3, Jose Altuve 3-7, Yordan Alvarez 2-3, Carlos Correa 2-7, Yainer Diaz 0-6, Jake Meyers 1-5, Isaac Paredes 2-3, Jeremy Peña 4-8, Cam Smith 1-1, Christian Vázquez 2-5, Christian Walker 1-2
Stat of the day: Crochet has struggled in opposition to the Astros in his profession, going 0-3 with a 6.28 ERA in 4 video games (three begins).
Notes: The Red Sox have eight hits within the first two video games of the sequence — 4 in every recreation — and have 13 runs of their 5 video games this season. Boston has struck out 54 instances. “We just have to be better,” Red Sox supervisor Alex Cora stated. … Boston struck out 13 instances within the Tuesday loss. Leadoff hitter Roman Anthony fanned in every of his 4 at-bats. His first three strikeouts got here on 9 pitches. “I’m not worried,” Cora, the Astros’ bench coach in 2017, stated about Anthony. “I’ve been in this building before, and supposedly it’s a good place to hit. Sometimes you don’t pick up the ball, especially early for some reason up there. I’m not saying that’s the case. I haven’t talked to him. I avoid a lot of conversations in the dugout because they’re in the middle of the battle. We’ll sit down and talk and people will talk to him and see where we’re at.” … The Astros have received 4 video games in a row since an 0-2 begin and have scored at the least eight runs in every of the 4 wins. … Burrows has confronted the Red Sox as soon as, giving up one run on 5 hits in two reduction innings.
Amin Touri could be reached at amin.touri@globe.com.
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