Locked On Red Sox POSTCAST- Red Sox swept by Astros & Paxton Goes Down with Calf Injury

Locked On Red Sox - Daily Podcast On The Boston Red Sox

The Red Sox lost their starting pitcher, James Paxton, in the 1st inning and the Sox lost the series finale to the Astros, 10-2, Sunday afternoon at Fenway Park. The Red Sox have been swept at home for the 2nd straight year in an August series against the Astros and for the 4th time this season.

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Short Outing for The Big Maple: James Paxton allowed a single to leadoff hitter Jose Altuve on the 1st pitch of the game. Paxton had 2 outs on just 2 pitches with Alex Bregman hitting into a ground ball double play on the 1st pitch that he saw from Paxton. Next hitter, Yordan Alvarez reached on an infield single, but on the play, Paxton went to cover 1st and came up hobbling. He left the game having thrown only 5 pitches and was barely able to put any weight on his right leg. Red Sox announced that Paxton suffered a right calf strain.

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On the Board: Astros got their 1st run of the game in the 3rd when Mauricio Dubon scored from 3rd on a wild pitch from Brennan Bernardino. Astros added on with 5 runs in the 5th Inning. Alex Bregman hit a 3-run Home Run to make it 4-0. Yordan Alvarez followed up with his 3rd Home Run of the series to make it 5-0. Alvarez now has 7 career Home Runs at Fenway.

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Avoiding the Shutout: The Sox got their 2 runs in the Bottom of the 6th inning against winning pitcher Hunter Brown. Wilyer Abreu walked with the bases loaded to bring in the 1st run of the day for the Red Sox. Masa Yoshida knocked in the 2nd run with an RBI Double. Sox have gone 59 straight games without being shutout. Red Sox were shutout 5 times over their 1st 57 games.

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Too Many K's- The Red Sox struck out 13 on Sunday and struck out 40 times against Houston pitching during the 3-Game Series.

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Dom On the Mound: Dominic Smith made his 3rd appearance as a position player on the mound Sunday. Smith gave up a leadoff double, but also got an inning-ending double play. He's worked 3 scoreless outings in '24.

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What's Next?: Red Sox welcome in the Texas Rangers for a 3-Game Series that starts Monday night at Fenway. The Sox are expected to send Brayan Bello to the mound in the series opener. The Rangers are TBA for their starting pitchers for Monday and Wednesday's finale.

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Notes on Bello: Red Sox have won Bello's previous 3 starts and are 6-1 in his last 7 outings. His last loss came at home against the Blue Jays on June 25th.

Bello has 4 straight no-decisions.

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Locked On Red Sox POSTCAST Notes:

The Red Sox have struck out 10 or times in a game 60 times this season.

The Red Sox are now 27-31 at Fenway Park.s

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