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

The Red Sox (66-55) avoided a 4th straight loss with a (14-1) blowout win over the Astros Tuesday night at Daikin Park in Houston. The series is even at 1-1 and the Red Sox are now 4-1 on the season against the Astros. It's the Sox 66th win of the season.  They won their 66th game last season on August 20 at Houston. The Sox are now 19-0 when scoring 10 or more runs in a Game this season.  

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Going with May: Dustin May turned in his terrific outing in his 2nd start with the Red Sox. The 27-year-old tossed 6 scoreless innings and exited with an 8-0 lead. May walked 1 and struck out 8. He gave up a Single on the 1st pitch of the Game to Jeremey Pena and 5 hits total (all Singles). He was 20 of 24 on 1st-pitch strikes.

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Sox at the Dish: The Sox got on the board first for the 2nd straight night.  Trevor Story was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the 3rd to bring in the Sox first run. Masa Yoshida picked up an RBI with a Sac Fly to make it 2-0.  The Sox added on with Carlos Narvaez tagging a 3-run Home Run (#10) in the 6th that made it 5-0.  After a two-out walk to Roman Anthony (his 3rd of the Game), Alex Bregman hit his 2nd Homer (#16) of the series that made it 7-0. Wilyer Abreu added on with a run-scoring Double in the 7th. Roman Anthony hit his 2nd Home Run in 2 Games with a solo shot in the 8th. Later in the inning, Abreu knocked in 2 more runs with his 2nd Double of the Game.  

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At-Bat of the Night: Carlos Narvaez made it 5-0 in the 6th with a 2-out, 3-run Home Run. According to Baseball Savant the Narvaez would have been out in all 30 Big League Ballparks. (Exit Velocity- 108.6).  

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#'s of the Night: 

--Trevor Story made it a perfect 20-20 on the season in stolen bases when he stole 2nd in the 3rd Inning. It's the 4th time that Story has stolen 20 or more bases in a

   season. He did it 3 times with the Rockies, including a career-high 27 stolen bases in 2018.

--The Red Sox have hit 6 Home Runs in the 1st 2 Games of the Series in Houston and 9 Home Runs in 5 games against the Astros this season. 

--It's the 40th time this season where the Sox hit 2 or more Home Runs in a Game (31-9) and 14th time this season with 3 Homers in a Game (11-3).

--In Wednesday's series finale, the Red Sox will be looking to win a series for the 10th time this season after losing the series opener. 

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What's On Tap?: The Red Sox and Astros wrap up their series Wednesday night in Houston.  Walker Buehler faces RHP Hunter Brown in Wednesday's finale. Buehler tossed 6 scoreless and picked up the win in the Red Sox 10-2 win over the Padres Fright nigh tin San Diego.  After Wednesday, the Sox return home and open up a 3-game series with the Miami Marlins on Friday.  The Red Sox will also have a 2-game series with the Baltimore Orioles that starts next Monday.  The Red Sox have 41 games remaining in the Regular Season with 21 on the r