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Series Summary

2018 AL Championship Series

Game 1, October 13
HOU 7 Final
BOS 2
Game 2, October 14
HOU 5 Final
BOS 7
Game 3, October 16
BOS 8 Final
HOU 2
Game 4, October 17
BOS 8 Final
HOU 6
Game 5, October 18
BOS 4 Final
HOU 1

Series Summary

Game Summary

Sunday, October 14, 2018
Start Time: 7:10 p.m. Local
Attendance: 37,960
Venue: Fenway Park
Game Duration: 3:45
Night Game, on grass

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Houston Astros 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 7 1
Boston Red Sox 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 X 7 9 0
WP: Matt Barnes (1-0) • LP: Gerrit Cole (1-1) • SV: Craig Kimbrel (3)

Houston Astros

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
George Springer CF 5 1 2 2 0 0 5 0.409 0.458 0.909 1.367 0.000 1.333
Jose Altuve 2B 4 0 1 1 1 1 5 0.227 0.292 0.409 0.701 0.000 0.500
Alex Bregman 3B 2 0 0 0 3 0 5 0.417 0.708 1.000 1.708 0.000 0.000
Yuli Gurriel 1B 4 1 1 0 0 1 4 0.200 0.304 0.400 0.704 0.000 0.500
Tyler White DH 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 0.273 0.500 0.364 0.864 0.000 0.000
   Tony Kemp PH-DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.400 0.571 0.600 1.171 0.000 0.000
Marwin Gonzalez LF 4 1 1 2 0 2 4 0.381 0.435 0.619 1.054 0.000 1.500
Carlos Correa SS 4 1 1 0 0 1 4 0.176 0.364 0.353 0.717 0.000 0.333
Martin Maldonado C 3 1 1 0 0 1 3 0.143 0.200 0.429 0.629 0.000 0.833
   Evan Gattis PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Josh Reddick RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.294 0.333 0.471 0.804 0.000 0.000
Gerrit Cole P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Lance McCullers Jr. P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Josh James P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Hector Rondon P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Tony Sipp P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 34 5 7 5 5 8 39 0.206 0.308 0.382 0.690 0.000 5.000

Boston Red Sox

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Mookie Betts RF 4 2 2 1 1 0 5 0.250 0.357 0.375 0.732 0.214 2.000
Andrew Benintendi LF 5 1 1 1 0 1 5 0.217 0.333 0.261 0.594 0.048 0.500
J.D. Martinez DH 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 0.238 0.333 0.381 0.714 0.000 0.000
Xander Bogaerts SS 3 1 1 0 1 0 4 0.292 0.333 0.417 0.750 0.214 1.000
Steve Pearce 1B 3 1 1 0 1 1 4 0.316 0.409 0.368 0.778 0.048 0.500
Rafael Devers 3B 3 2 2 1 1 0 4 0.400 0.455 0.400 0.855 0.214 1.167
Ian Kinsler 2B 4 0 0 0 0 3 4 0.235 0.278 0.353 0.631 0.000 0.000
Jackie Bradley Jr. CF 4 0 1 3 0 1 4 0.167 0.318 0.278 0.596 0.214 1.500
Christian Vazquez C 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.231 0.286 0.462 0.747 0.000 0.000
   Mitch Moreland PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.500 0.600 0.500 1.100 0.048 0.333
   Sandy Leon PR-C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
David Price P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Matt Barnes P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Ryan Brasier P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Rick Porcello P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Craig Kimbrel P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 34 7 9 6 4 9 38 0.265 0.342 0.382 0.724 1.000 7.000

Houston Astros

Houston Astros Table
Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit Str Ctct StS StL GB FB LD Unk GSc IR IS WPA aLI cWPA acLI RE24
Gerrit Cole, L (1-1) 6 6 5 4 2 5 0 3.46 27 90 56 30 10 16 9 11 4 0 45 -0.233 1.17 -3.71% 30.13 -1.8
Lance McCullers Jr. 0.2 0 1 0 1 2 0 0.00 3 17 9 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.079 1.13 -1.14% 29.17 -0.6
Josh James 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 9.00 6 27 16 10 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.009 0.31 0.12% 8.06 0.2
Hector Rondon 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 -0.038 0.49 -0.54% 12.61 -1.2
Tony Sipp 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0.008 0.26 0.12% 6.69 0.6
Team Totals 8 9 7 5 4 9 0 5.62 38 141 84 45 17 22 12 13 5 0 45 4 1 -0.333 1.00 -5.15% 25.67 -2.8

Hector Rondon faced 1 batter in the 8th inning.

Boston Red Sox

Boston Red Sox Table
Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit Str Ctct StS StL GB FB LD Unk GSc IR IS WPA aLI cWPA acLI RE24
David Price 4.2 5 4 4 4 4 1 9.95 23 80 50 31 7 12 6 9 2 0 38 -0.187 1.13 -3.06% 29.01 -1.8
Matt Barnes, W (1-0) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 4 15 11 5 2 4 2 1 0 0 2 0 0.143 1.38 2.05% 35.44 1.0
Ryan Brasier, H (2) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 4 19 11 7 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0.098 1.35 1.40% 34.66 0.5
Rick Porcello, H (2) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.35 3 18 15 8 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.078 1.01 1.12% 25.90 0.5
Craig Kimbrel, S (3) 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 10.80 5 16 10 5 2 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0.036 0.60 0.52% 15.35 -0.5
Team Totals 9 7 5 5 5 8 1 5.00 39 148 97 56 16 25 11 15 3 0 38 2 0 0.168 1.09 2.03% 27.94 -0.2

Balks: None.
WP: Lance McCullers Jr. (1); Craig Kimbrel (1).
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Play by play

Inn Score Out RoB Pit(cnt) R/O @Bat Batter Pitcher wWPA wWE Play Description SRC
Top of the 1st, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Red Sox’ David Price facing 1-2-3
t1 0-0 0 — 3,(1-1) BCX O HOU George Springer David Price 2% 52% Popfly: 1B 0.0
t1 0-0 1 — 7,(3-2) BSFFBBB HOU Jose Altuve David Price -2% 50% Walk 0.0
t1 0-0 1 1– 6,(3-2) CBBFBB HOU Alex Bregman David Price -3% 46% Walk; Altuve to 2B 0.0
t1 0-0 1 12- 3,(0-2) CSC O HOU Yuli Gurriel David Price 4% 51% Strikeout Looking 0.0
t1 0-0 2 12- 3,(0-2) CFS O HOU Tyler White David Price 4% 55% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Red Sox 0.
Bottom of the 1st, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Astros’ Gerrit Cole facing 1-2-3
b1 0-0 0 — 5,(3-1) CBBBX BOS Mookie Betts Gerrit Cole 6% 61% Double to CF (Fly Ball) 0.6667
b1 0-0 0 -2- 1,(0-0) X R BOS Andrew Benintendi Gerrit Cole 7% 67% Single to RF (Line Drive); Betts Scores 0.5
b1 1-0 0 1– 2,(1-0) BX O BOS J.D. Martinez Gerrit Cole -3% 65% Lineout: 2B 0.0
b1 1-0 1 1– 2,(0-1) FX BOS Xander Bogaerts Gerrit Cole 7% 72% Reached on E1 (throw) (Ground Ball); Benintendi to 3B; Bogaerts to 2B 0.5
b1 1-0 1 -23 4,(3-0) BB*BB BOS Steve Pearce Gerrit Cole 1% 72% Walk -0.0
b1 1-0 1 123 5,(2-2) FC*BBX R BOS Rafael Devers Gerrit Cole 7% 80% Single to LF (Ground Ball); Benintendi Scores/unER; Bogaerts to 3B; Pearce to 2B 0.3333
b1 2-0 1 123 3,(0-2) CSS O BOS Ian Kinsler Gerrit Cole -5% 74% Strikeout Swinging -0.0
b1 2-0 2 123 3,(1-1) *BFX O BOS Jackie Bradley Jr. Gerrit Cole -5% 69% Groundout: 2B-1B -0.0
  2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB. Astros 0, Red Sox 2.
Top of the 2nd, Astros Batting, Behind 0-2, Red Sox’ David Price facing 6-7-8
t2 0-2 0 — 7,(2-2) CBFBFFX O HOU Marwin Gonzalez David Price 2% 72% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
t2 0-2 1 — 2,(1-0) BX HOU Carlos Correa David Price -3% 69% Single to SS (Ground Ball) 0.3333
t2 0-2 1 1– 2,(0-1) CX HOU Martin Maldonado David Price -9% 61% Double to LF (Ground Ball); Correa to 3B 0.8334
t2 0-2 1 -23 1,(0-0) X O HOU Josh Reddick David Price 8% 68% Popfly: 2B -0.0
t2 0-2 2 -23 2,(1-0) BX RR HOU George Springer David Price -17% 52% Double to RF (Line Drive); Correa Scores; Maldonado Scores 0.8333
t2 2-2 2 -2- 3,(0-2) FSS O HOU Jose Altuve David Price 3% 55% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Red Sox 2.
Bottom of the 2nd, Red Sox Batting, Tied 2-2, Astros’ Gerrit Cole facing 9-1-2
b2 2-2 0 — 4,(2-1) BFBX O BOS Christian Vazquez Gerrit Cole -2% 53% Flyball: CF 0.0
b2 2-2 1 — 2,(0-1) CX O BOS Mookie Betts Gerrit Cole -2% 51% Flyball: CF 0.0
b2 2-2 2 — 3,(2-0) BBX O BOS Andrew Benintendi Gerrit Cole -1% 50% Flyball: LF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Red Sox 2.
Top of the 3rd, Astros Batting, Tied 2-2, Red Sox’ David Price facing 3-4-5
t3 2-2 0 — 4,(2-1) BCBX O HOU Alex Bregman David Price 3% 53% Foul Popfly: C (1B into Foul Terr.) 0.0
t3 2-2 1 — 2,(0-1) FX HOU Yuli Gurriel David Price -3% 50% Single to CF (Ground Ball) 0.5
t3 2-2 1 1– 1,(0-0) X O HOU Tyler White David Price 3% 53% Flyball: RF 0.0
t3 2-2 2 1– 7,(3-2) F11BBFB>F>X RR HOU Marwin Gonzalez David Price -21% 32% Home Run (Fly Ball); Gurriel Scores 1.5
t3 4-2 2 — 1,(0-0) X O HOU Carlos Correa David Price 1% 33% Flyball: LF 0.0
  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Red Sox 2.
Bottom of the 3rd, Red Sox Batting, Behind 2-4, Astros’ Gerrit Cole facing 3-4-5
b3 2-4 0 — 5,(2-2) BFBCS O BOS J.D. Martinez Gerrit Cole -3% 31% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b3 2-4 1 — 6,(3-2) BSCBBX BOS Xander Bogaerts Gerrit Cole 3% 34% Single to CF (Ground Ball) 0.5
b3 2-4 1 1– 4,(1-2) CC*BX BOS Steve Pearce Gerrit Cole 10% 43% Double to LF (Line Drive); Bogaerts to 3B 0.5
b3 2-4 1 -23 4,(3-0) BB*BB BOS Rafael Devers Gerrit Cole 2% 45% Walk 0.5
b3 2-4 1 123 3,(0-2) CSS O BOS Ian Kinsler Gerrit Cole -9% 36% Strikeout Swinging -0.0
b3 2-4 2 123 4,(2-1) B*BSX RRR BOS Jackie Bradley Jr. Gerrit Cole 29% 65% Double to LF (Fly Ball); Bogaerts Scores; Pearce Scores; Devers Scores 1.5
b3 5-4 2 -2- 4,(1-2) SBFS O BOS Christian Vazquez Gerrit Cole -3% 62% Strikeout Swinging -0.0
  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Red Sox 5.
Top of the 4th, Astros Batting, Behind 4-5, Red Sox’ David Price facing 8-9-1
t4 4-5 0 — 4,(1-2) BCFS O HOU Martin Maldonado David Price 3% 65% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t4 4-5 1 — 5,(2-2) CBSBX O HOU Josh Reddick David Price 2% 67% Lineout: LF 0.0
t4 4-5 2 — 1,(0-0) X O HOU George Springer David Price 1% 68% Flyball: RF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Red Sox 5.
Bottom of the 4th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 5-4, Astros’ Gerrit Cole facing 1-2-3
b4 5-4 0 — 3,(1-1) BCX O BOS Mookie Betts Gerrit Cole -2% 66% Groundout: P-1B 0.0
b4 5-4 1 — 3,(1-1) BCX O BOS Andrew Benintendi Gerrit Cole -2% 65% Lineout: CF 0.0
b4 5-4 2 — 1,(0-0) X O BOS J.D. Martinez Gerrit Cole -1% 64% Flyball: CF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Red Sox 5.
Top of the 5th, Astros Batting, Behind 4-5, Red Sox’ David Price facing 2-3-4
t5 4-5 0 — 4,(1-2) BCFX O HOU Jose Altuve David Price 3% 67% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
t5 4-5 1 — 7,(3-2) BCBBFFB HOU Alex Bregman David Price -4% 63% Walk 0.0
t5 4-5 1 1– 1,(0-0) X O HOU Yuli Gurriel David Price 3% 66% Groundout: 3B-1B; Bregman to 2B 0.0
t5 4-5 2 -2- 4,(3-0) B*BBB HOU Tyler White David Price -2% 65% Walk 0.0
t5 4-5 2 12- 4,(0-2) .CSFS O HOU Marwin Gonzalez Matt Barnes 6% 71% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Astros 4, Red Sox 5.
Bottom of the 5th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 5-4, Astros’ Gerrit Cole facing 4-5-6
b5 5-4 0 — 2,(0-1) CX O BOS Xander Bogaerts Gerrit Cole -2% 68% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
b5 5-4 1 — 4,(1-2) FCBS O BOS Steve Pearce Gerrit Cole -2% 67% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b5 5-4 2 — 4,(1-2) BFCX O BOS Rafael Devers Gerrit Cole -1% 66% Groundout: P-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Red Sox 5.
Top of the 6th, Astros Batting, Behind 4-5, Red Sox’ Matt Barnes facing 7-8-9
t6 4-5 0 — 4,(2-1) BCBX O HOU Carlos Correa Matt Barnes 4% 69% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
t6 4-5 1 — 6,(2-2) CCBBFX O HOU Martin Maldonado Matt Barnes 3% 72% Popfly: 3B 0.0
t6 4-5 2 — 1,(0-0) X O HOU Josh Reddick Matt Barnes 2% 74% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Red Sox 5.
Bottom of the 6th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 5-4, Astros’ Gerrit Cole facing 7-8-9
b6 5-4 0 — 4,(1-2) FBCX O BOS Ian Kinsler Gerrit Cole -2% 72% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
b6 5-4 1 — 3,(1-1) BFX O BOS Jackie Bradley Jr. Gerrit Cole -2% 70% Flyball: RF 0.0
b6 5-4 2 — 2,(0-1) CX O BOS Christian Vazquez Gerrit Cole -1% 69% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Red Sox 5.
Top of the 7th, Astros Batting, Behind 4-5, Red Sox’ Ryan Brasier facing 1-2-3
t7 4-5 0 — 1,(0-0) .X O HOU George Springer Ryan Brasier 4% 73% Flyball: RF 0.0
t7 4-5 1 — 9,(3-2) FBCFFFBBX O HOU Jose Altuve Ryan Brasier 3% 76% Lineout: CF 0.0
t7 4-5 2 — 6,(3-2) BBBCCB HOU Alex Bregman Ryan Brasier -2% 74% Walk 0.0
t7 4-5 2 1– 3,(1-1) *BSX O HOU Yuli Gurriel Ryan Brasier 5% 79% Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Red Sox 5.
Bottom of the 7th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 5-4, Astros’ Lance McCullers Jr. facing 1-2-3
b7 5-4 0 — 6,(3-2) .CBBBCB BOS Mookie Betts Lance McCullers Jr. 3% 82% Walk 1.0
b7 5-4 0 1– 4,(1-2) FBC1S O BOS Andrew Benintendi Lance McCullers Jr. -1% 80% Strikeout Swinging, Wild Pitch; Betts to 2B 0.0
b7 5-4 1 -2- 2,(1-0) BB BOS J.D. Martinez Lance McCullers Jr. 3% 83% Passed Ball; Betts to 3B 0.0
b7 5-4 1 –3 7,(3-2) BB.SS*BFT O BOS J.D. Martinez Lance McCullers Jr. -6% 78% Strikeout Swinging 0
b7 5-4 2 –3 1,(0-0) B R BOS Xander Bogaerts Lance McCullers Jr. 9% 87% Passed Ball; Betts Scores/unER/No RBI -0.0
b7 6-4 2 — 4,(3-0) B..BBB BOS Xander Bogaerts Josh James 1% 87% Walk 0
b7 6-4 2 1– 7,(2-2) *BFBC>F>FX O BOS Steve Pearce Josh James -1% 86% Groundout: SS-1B -0.0
  1 run, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Red Sox 6.
Top of the 8th, Astros Batting, Behind 4-6, Red Sox’ Rick Porcello facing 5-6-7
t8 4-6 0 — 9,(2-2) ..FCBFFFFBX O HOU Tony Kemp Rick Porcello 4% 90% Groundout: 1B-P 0.0
t8 4-6 1 — 3,(0-2) CSS O HOU Marwin Gonzalez Rick Porcello 3% 92% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t8 4-6 2 — 6,(1-2) CSBFFS O HOU Carlos Correa Rick Porcello 1% 94% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Red Sox 6.
Bottom of the 8th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 6-4, Astros’ Josh James facing 6-7-8
b8 6-4 0 — 1,(0-0) .X BOS Rafael Devers Josh James 1% 95% Single to RF (Ground Ball) 0.3334
b8 6-4 0 1– 7,(2-2) BCFFFBS O BOS Ian Kinsler Josh James -1% 94% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b8 6-4 1 1– 4,(1-2) FBSS O BOS Jackie Bradley Jr. Josh James -1% 93% Strikeout Swinging -0.0
b8 6-4 2 1– 4,(2-1) .BSBX BOS Mitch Moreland Josh James 1% 93% Single to RF (Ground Ball); Devers to 2B 0.3333
b8 6-4 2 12- 3,(1-1) ..BCX R BOS Mookie Betts Hector Rondon 4% 97% Double to CF (Line Drive); Devers Scores; Leon to 3B 0.3333
b8 7-4 2 -23 4,(3-0) .BBBX O BOS Andrew Benintendi Tony Sipp -1% 96% Flyball: CF -0.0
  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Astros 4, Red Sox 7.
Top of the 9th, Astros Batting, Behind 4-7, Red Sox’ Craig Kimbrel facing 8-9-1
t9 4-7 0 — 6,(3-2) …CBBBSX O HOU Evan Gattis Craig Kimbrel 2% 98% Popfly: 2B 0.0
t9 4-7 1 — 3,(0-2) CFS O HOU Josh Reddick Craig Kimbrel 1% 100% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t9 4-7 2 — 3,(2-0) BBX HOU George Springer Craig Kimbrel -1% 99% Double to LF (Ground Ball) 0.5
t9 4-7 2 -2- 1,(0-0) B HOU Jose Altuve Craig Kimbrel 0% 99% Wild Pitch; Springer to 3B 0.5
t9 4-7 2 –3 2,(1-0) B.X R HOU Jose Altuve Craig Kimbrel -2% 96% Single to LF (Fly Ball); Springer Scores 0
t9 5-7 2 1– 2,(0-1) CX O HOU Alex Bregman Craig Kimbrel 4% 100% Flyball: LF -0.0
  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 5, Red Sox 7.