MLB Upates: Houston Astros wins Over Boston Red Sox; 6th Straight Win

Boston Red Sox got defeated in a matchup of the AL division leaders against Houston Astros on Friday night, leading 6th straight wins for Astros.  Astros manager AJ Hinch says his team is at its best when his players are putting together good at-bats one after another which proved to be true on September 7, 2018, at Fenway Park.

Carlos Correa's lofted a tiebreaking fly at the 8th innings working as the key to Astros' victory. Even though Boston's starter David allowed just one hit and retired 14 in a row till the 7th innings, Boston Red Sox couldn't take the advantage leaving them their best record of 3 in a row.

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While Alex Bregman's double and a walk and, after Ryan Brasier took over the game, the Astros was only up to the score of 3. The game soon somersaulted as  J.D. Martinez tied it with a single for his second RBI of the game and then, the Houston  Astros scored 3  times in the 8th innings.

Correa hit a  tiebreaking fly leading the Astros ahead and took the advantage of a wild pitch by Joe Kelly (4-2) and scored a run, secured by Tyler White's RBI single.

Them boys.#Astros 6, #RedSox 3 | End 8 pic.twitter.com/HEOn8wLKva

— Houston Astros (@astros) September 8, 2018

Boston Red Sox's game was also praiseworthy; while Boston's Price tied a season-high with 10 strikeouts over 6 1/3 innings, allowing 2 hits and 2 runs, Xander Bogaerts hit his 20th home run to open for the team in the 4th inning.

What a blast by Xander. pic.twitter.com/5z5OrGt9Vz

— NESN (@NESN) September 8, 2018

The game ended with 6 runs and 10 hit for Houston Astros dominating Boston Red Sox's 3 runs and 8 hits. 

On Saturday afternoon (ET), the Red Sox and Astros will play the middle contest of their three-game set at the first pitch from Fenway Park, scheduled for 4:05 p.m.