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Boston will be glad to see the rotation turning over with ace Garrett Crochet on the mound Wednesday. Crochet thew six shutout innings on Opening Day against the Reds, the Sox\u2019 only win over the season.<\/span><\/p>\nRighthander Mike Burrows will get the ball for Houston. Burrows was roughed up in his first start of the season, allowing five runs on nine hits in a loss to the Angels on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\nRED SOX (1-4):<\/b> Duran LF, Story SS, Yoshida DH, Contreras 1B, Abreu RF, Durbin 3B, Rafaela CF, Kiner-Falefa 2B, Wong C<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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Get Starting Point<\/span><\/p>\nA guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nPitching:<\/b> LHP Garrett Crochet (1-0, 0.00 ERA)<\/span><\/p>\nASTROS (4-2):<\/b> Altuve 2B, Alvarez DH, Paredes 3B, Correa SS, Walker 1B, Smith RF, Meyers CF, Matthews LF, Vazquez C<\/span><\/p>\nPitching:<\/b> RHP Mike Burrows (0-1, 7.94 ERA)<\/span><\/p>\nTime:<\/b> 2:10 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\nTV, radio:<\/b> NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7<\/span><\/p>\nRed Sox vs. Burrows:<\/b> Roman Anthony 1-1, Jarren Duran 1-2, Caleb Durbin 0-3, Carlos Narv\u00e1ez 0-1, Ceddanne Rafaela 0-0, Trevor Story 1-2, Masataka Yoshida 1-2<\/span><\/p>\nAstros vs. Crochet:<\/b> Nick Allen 1-3, Jose Altuve 3-7, Yordan Alvarez 2-3, Carlos Correa 2-7, Yainer Diaz 0-6, Jake Meyers 1-5, Isaac Paredes 2-3, Jeremy Pe\u00f1a 4-8, Cam Smith 1-1, Christian V\u00e1zquez 2-5, Christian Walker 1-2<\/span><\/p>\nStat of the day:<\/b> Crochet has struggled against the Astros in his career, going 0-3 with a 6.28 ERA in four games (three starts).<\/span><\/p>\nNotes:<\/b> The Red Sox have eight hits in the first two games of the series \u2014 four in each game \u2014 and have 13 runs in their five games this season. Boston has struck out 54 times. \u201cWe just have to be better,\u201d Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. … Boston struck out 13 times in the Tuesday loss. Leadoff hitter Roman Anthony fanned in each of his four at-bats. His first three strikeouts came on nine pitches. \u201cI\u2019m not worried,\u201d Cora, the Astros\u2019 bench coach in 2017, said about Anthony. \u201cI\u2019ve been in this building before, and supposedly it\u2019s a good place to hit. Sometimes you don\u2019t pick up the ball, especially early for some reason up there. I\u2019m not saying that\u2019s the case. I haven\u2019t talked to him. I avoid a lot of conversations in the dugout because they\u2019re in the middle of the battle. We\u2019ll sit down and talk and people will talk to him and see where we\u2019re at.\u201d … The Astros have won four games in a row since an 0-2 start and have scored at least eight runs in each of the four wins. … Burrows has faced the Red Sox once, giving up one run on five hits in two relief innings.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nAmin Touri can be reached at amin.touri@globe.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n