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The Royals arrive in Beantown having taken two of three over the weekend in Toronto while the Sox swept the Astros in Boston. Lets dive into the series and specifically tonight's matchup and find a sweat or two.

Matt Kawahara covers the Astros for the Houston Chronicle. He can be reached at matt.kawahara@houstonchronicle.com. He joined the Chronicle in June 2023 after previously working a

A six-run fourth inning helped the Boston Red Sox defeat the visiting Houston Astros 6-1 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.

It wasn’t just that the Red Sox swept the AL West-leading Astros, it was how they did it. Friday’s walk-off win in 10 innings was the closest game as the Red Sox outscored Houston 15-4 in the next two.

"It’s gonna be long, it’s gonna be hard, but I’m ready for it. I’ve made peace with it myself.” The post Red Sox pitcher Tanner Houck reacts to news that he needs Tommy John surgery appeared first on Boston.

Houck had non-surgical alternatives available, including platelet-rich plasma and stem-cell treatment, to try to fix his arm. But those would have merely been “delaying the inevitable,” he said.