Altuve leads Astros against the Red Sox following 4-hit game

Boston Red Sox (1-3) vs. Houston Astros (3-2)

Houston; Tuesday, 8:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Brayan Bello (0-0); Astros: Hunter Brown (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1.71 WHIP, nine strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Astros -150, Red Sox +126; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Houston Astros take on the Boston Red Sox after Jose Altuve had four hits against the Red Sox on Monday.

Houston went 87-75 overall and 46-35 at home a season ago. The Astros slugged .399 with a .714 OPS as a team in the 2025 season.

Boston went 89-73 overall and 41-40 in road games a season ago. The Red Sox pitching staff averaged 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings while giving up 4.2 runs per game in the 2025 season.

INJURIES: Astros: Hayden Wesneski: 60-Day IL (elbow), Brandon Walter: 60-Day IL (elbow), Nate Pearson: 15-Day IL (elbow), Zach Dezenzo: 10-Day IL (elbow), Ronel Blanco: 15-Day IL (elbow), Bennett Sousa: 15-Day IL (oblique), Enyel De Los Santos: 15-Day IL (knee), Josh Hader: 15-Day IL (biceps)

Red Sox: Patrick Sandoval: 15-Day IL (elbow), Kutter Crawford: 15-Day IL (wrist), Anthony Seigler: 10-Day IL (knee), Triston Casas: 10-Day IL (knee), Romy Gonzalez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Tanner Houck: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.