Astros 6, Red Sox 3: Disappointment comes Early and often

**Three Studs**

**Roman Anthony:**After three hits last night, Roman Anthony was on base three more times today with a hit and two walks. Also, the hit was a liner the other way into the left field corner, so it was nice to see Anthony smack a free strike teams have been getting against him on the outer third of the plate. **Wilyer Abreu:**On base four times with two hits and two walks, and the only Red Sox player with a multi hit game. **The bullpen:** Ryan Watson and Tyler Samaniego probably wouldn’t tell you it was their best day on the mound, but together them combined for five innings of one run baseball that base kept the team in today’s game and saved all the high leverage relievers for a potential series win tomorrow.

**Three Duds**

**Willson Contreras:**That third inning double play was the backbreaker that set the table for the rest of the game. If he gets a hit or a walk in that spot, the Red Sox probably win the game. **Trevor Story:**Hit into a costly double play in the second inning and then had a costly strikeout with nobody out in the fourth after the first two batters walked. **Connelly Early:** The was the worst outing of Connelly Early’s career so far. Four runs allowed in four innings and gave up plenty of hard contact.

**Play of the game:**

One of the many frustrating things about this Red Sox season in a long line of frustrating things is how high the overall percentage of great defensive plays made in center field have been by their opponents. The Red Sox are supposed to have a huge advantage here with Ceddanne Rafaela patrolling that part of the diamond, and for whatever reason he’s off to a slow start with the glove while just about every opponent coming into Fenway Park has made themselves right at home in one of the more difficult centerfields to play in all of baseball. Anyways, it happened again today with Brice Matthews: View Link