Nick Pivetta pitched a two-hitter, Xander Bogaerts hit a solo home run, Rafael Devers added an RBI double and the Red Sox beat the Astros 5-1 on Wednesday night
Boston Red Sox's Rafael Devers slides past Houston Astros third baseman Aledmys Diaz on a triple during the first inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park, Wednesday, May 18, 2022, in Boston. – The Astros littered the seats of Fenway Park with home runs during their rout of the Red Sox on Tuesday.
It was the fourth complete game in the major leagues this season after Ryan Detmers’ no-hitter for the Los Angeles Angels, Walker Bueher’s three-hitter for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Patrick Corbin’s nine-hit effort for Washington.It also marked the second straight victory for Pivetta , who has bounced back from a disastrous April in which he lost three of four starts and saw his ERA balloon as high as 8.27.
Pivetta finished with eight strikeouts and didn’t issue a walk. He threw 112 pitches, 78 for strikes. Altuve opened the game by battling Pivetta for 10 pitches before getting under a 95-mph fastball and lifting a fly ball over the fence in center field for his eighth homer of the season to put the Astros in front 1-0.
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