Roman Anthony’s walk-off single lifts Red Sox over Astros 2-1 in 10 innings

BOSTON AP Roman Anthony lined a fly ball over drawn-in center fielder Chas McCormick s head to total the automatic runner from third and the Boston Red Sox rallied in the th inning to beat the new-look Houston Astros - on Friday night Boston trailed - on Christian Walker s second-inning home run before tying it in the seventh on Wilyer Abreu s sacrifice fly With Abreu starting the bottom of the th on second base Ceddanne Rafaela tried unsuccessfully to bunt him to third before swinging away and hitting the ball just a inadequate feet in front of the plate Catcher Yanier Diaz tried to get Abreu at third but his throw was late Anthony lined a - pitch to center McCormick ran after it and it flew just beyond his glove for what was scored as a walk-off single Greg Weissert - pitched a perfect th for the win as the Red Sox won for the fifth time in six games to reach a season-high nine games above Bennett Sousa - failed to get an out in picking up his first career loss Christian Walker homered Hunter Brown took a shutout into the seventh inning and Jeremy Pe a had three hits for Houston Exchange deadline acquisition Jes s S nchez had two hits and Carlos Correa went hitless in his return to the crew that picked him No overall in and re-acquired on Thursday the AL West-leading Astros loaded up in their quest for a ninth straight postseason appearance Key moment In the top of the th the Astros had a runner on third with one out when Mauricio Dub n hit a grounder to short and Trevor Story threw home to keep the go-ahead run from scoring Key stat Bregman who played his first nine years in Houston singled in each of his first two career at-bats against the Astros Up next Red Sox RHP Walker Buehler - will face Astros LHP Colton Gordon - on Saturday AP MLB https apnews com hub MLB