After a rocky start that comes out of the stars break, the Red Sox are suddenly again, winners of four in a row and six of their last seven. Boston between Sunday in second place in the Al East, after having spent the Yankees both for this place and for the first position of Joker in the American League.
Boston can reconstruct another scan with a victory on Sunday, after having shot the astros behind an Anthony Roman Anthony on Friday and the Romy Gonzalez, Trevor Story and Abraham Toro circuits on Saturday.
The functions of broom will be handed over to Lucas Giolito, who continued the amazing turnaround in his season with six balloon sleeves at a race against the Twins on Tuesday.
The recharged astros, which brought back the star stop Carlos Correa to Houston in a profession with the twins imploding on the deadline, will put the ball to Framber Valdez to try to avoid the sweep. Valdez has another excellent season with an 11-4 file and a 2.62 MPM for Houston.
This is a start early Sunday with a first throw of 11:35 am. Here is an overview.
Lines
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 am
TV, radio: Year, Weei-FM 93.7
Astros against Giolito: Jose Altuve 4-14, Carlos Correa 7-26, Yainer Diaz 1-4, Mauricio Dubón 1-3, McCormick 2-9 Chas, Jeremy Peña 3-4, Jesús Sánchez 0-3, Taylor Tramell 0-2, Ramón Urias 2-7
Red Sox against 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 start against the angels on June 4 has increased its ERA to 6.42, Giolito 6-1 with an MPM of 2.17 in its last nine departures.
Notes: Dustin May, which Boston acquired at the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday, was initially starting on Sunday’s match, but his first departure with the Red Sox was postponed Wednesday, when Boston ends a three -game home series with Kansas City. … Giolito has a 2-6 sheet with an MPM of 5.94 in 53 rounds on nine career appearances – it all starts – against Houston. … Valdez has a 3-1 file and an MPM of 1.96 in five career games (three departures) against the Red Sox. He has 24 stick withdraws and three goals on balls in 23 rounds against Boston. … Astros have lost seven of their last nine games and five of their last seven series. Houston had 2 for 11 with runners in a score position on Saturday and stranded 14 runners. … The native of Rhode Island, Jeremy Pena, returned to Houston’s alignment on Friday after being activated from the list of wounded 10 days, but left the match with a cramp in 10th round. He did not play on Saturday but is expected in the alignment on Sunday. “I think the trip and go up a lot on the basis [Friday]He was a little excited, but he is fine, “said Espada.” Bring it back there [Sunday]. “”
Amin Touri can be contacted at amin.touri@globe.com.
