Houston, Texas /
Venezuelan starter Martín Pérez worked 7.2 innings to lead the Boston Red Sox’s 5-1 win over the Houston Astros, avoiding being swept, and preparing to start his first series of the year against the New York Yankees.
What’s more, Christian Arroyo hit his first home run of the season, a three-run punch in the first inning, which gave Perez a good back-up to work out. With this victory, the series was 3-1 in favor of the ninth Texan.
Arroyo’s home run gave the Red Sox more runs than they had totaled in the previous two games combined, in a series in which his hitting had been unproductive.
Pérez (4-2) allowed six hits and struck out four in his longest outing of the season, to earn his fourth consecutive decision. The Venezuelan had retired eight of the previous nine batters when Garrett Stubbs singled him with one out in the eighth.
This was followed by a walk to Cuban Aledmys Díaz with two outs. Then, Adam Ottavino retired Alex Bregman to end the inning.
Boston se dirige al Yankee Stadium en the second place in the East Division of the American League, two and a half games behind Tampa Bay and two and a half above New York, which is third. With information from AP
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