HOUSTON—The Houston Astros completed a three-game sweep of the Boston Red Sox with a 6-4 win Wednesday afternoon at Daikin Park, their fifth consecutive victory to open what is suddenly looking like a very promising 2026 season.
It wasn’t pretty at the end, but it counted.
Mike Burrows started and worked five innings, allowing two runs on five hits while striking out six. AJ Blubaugh, Bryan King, and Kai-Wei Teng each contributed a scoreless inning of relief before Bryan Abreu came on in the ninth and made things interesting. Roman Anthony greeted him with a solo home run to cut the lead to 6-4, but Abreu buckled down and struck out the side—Marcelo Mayer, Jarren Duran, and Trevor Story—to nail down the save and the sweep.
The Astros grabbed the lead for good in the fifth inning. Jose Altuve singled, Yordan Alvarez was hit by a pitch, and Carlos Correa followed with a three-run home run to left field—his first of the season—to make it 5-2. Christian Vázquez added a solo shot in the seventh, his first homer of 2026, to push the lead to 6-2.
The early innings were a back-and-forth affair. Yordan Alvarez doubled in the first to score a run, and Isaac Paredes followed with an RBI double of his own—his fourth double of the season, among the league leaders—to make it 2-1. Christian Walker added an RBI single to push the lead to 3-1, though a Trevor Story fielding error helped set that up. Boston answered with two runs in the second on a Connor Wong double and a Jarren Duran groundout to tie it at 2-2, but Correa’s fifth-inning homer put Houston in front for good.
Cam Smith had another strong day, picking up a single and stealing two bases—one of which came courtesy of a throwing error by catcher Connor Wong. Walker continued his torrid start, adding a hit to go along with his major league-leading five doubles on the season.
Houston improves to 5-2 and heads to Sacramento for a three-game series against the A’s beginning Friday.
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