{"id":848,"date":"2025-08-13T23:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T23:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsmediamvp.com\/?p=848"},"modified":"2025-09-04T12:26:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T12:26:53","slug":"brown-shines-diaz-powers-astros-past-red-sox-4-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsmediamvp.com\/?p=848","title":{"rendered":"Brown Shines, Diaz Powers Astros Past Red Sox 4\u20131"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"848\" class=\"elementor elementor-848\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8bc0f7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e8bc0f7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a011727 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a011727\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2200\" height=\"1467\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsmediamvp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250813-016A7584-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-851\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsmediamvp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250813-016A7584-1.jpg 2200w, https:\/\/sportsmediamvp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250813-016A7584-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsmediamvp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250813-016A7584-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sportsmediamvp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250813-016A7584-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsmediamvp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250813-016A7584-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sportsmediamvp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250813-016A7584-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sportsmediamvp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250813-016A7584-1-650x433.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2200px) 100vw, 2200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Photo by John Steelman<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12690c2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"12690c2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7333563 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7333563\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"186\" data-end=\"429\"><strong data-start=\"186\" data-end=\"203\">Houston, TX \u2014<\/strong> Hunter Brown\u2019s steady arm and Yainer Diaz\u2019s big bat carried the Houston Astros to a 4\u20131 win over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night at Minute Maid Park, pushing Houston into sole possession of first place in the AL West.<\/p><hr data-start=\"431\" data-end=\"434\" \/><p data-start=\"436\" data-end=\"692\"><strong data-start=\"436\" data-end=\"464\">Brown Controls the Mound<\/strong><br data-start=\"464\" data-end=\"467\" \/>Brown (10\u20135) worked 6 2\/3 innings, limiting Boston to one run despite scattering six hits and three walks. Time and again, the right-hander stranded runners, holding the Red Sox to just 1-for-6 with men in scoring position.<\/p><p data-start=\"694\" data-end=\"1031\">The biggest moment came in the sixth, when Boston threatened with the tying run on third. A heated exchange followed after manager Alex Cora argued for a balk call on Brown. The umpires huddled but made no ruling, and Brown escaped unscathed. Cora\u2019s frustration boiled over into the seventh, earning him his fifth ejection of the year.<\/p><hr data-start=\"1033\" data-end=\"1036\" \/><p data-start=\"1038\" data-end=\"1368\"><strong data-start=\"1038\" data-end=\"1074\">Astros Strike Early, Add On Late<\/strong><br data-start=\"1074\" data-end=\"1077\" \/>Houston wasted no time at the plate. On just the fifth pitch of the night from Boston starter Walker Buehler (7\u20137), Jeremy Pe\u00f1a launched his fifth leadoff homer of the season to right-center. Two batters later, Yainer Diaz added to the tally with a two-out RBI single for a quick 2\u20130 lead.<\/p><p data-start=\"1370\" data-end=\"1678\">Boston trimmed the deficit in the fifth, but Diaz answered back in the sixth. The red-hot catcher crushed a hanging sweeper from Buehler deep to left-center for a 415-foot solo homer \u2014 his 17th of the year \u2014 stretching the Astros\u2019 advantage to 3\u20131. Houston added insurance in the eighth to cap the scoring.<\/p><hr data-start=\"1680\" data-end=\"1683\" \/><figure id=\"attachment_852\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-852\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-852 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsmediamvp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250813-016A7721-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsmediamvp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250813-016A7721-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sportsmediamvp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250813-016A7721-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsmediamvp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250813-016A7721-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsmediamvp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250813-016A7721-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sportsmediamvp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250813-016A7721-650x433.jpg 650w, https:\/\/sportsmediamvp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250813-016A7721.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-852\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by John Steelman<\/figcaption><\/figure><p data-start=\"1685\" data-end=\"1920\"><strong data-start=\"1685\" data-end=\"1711\">Bullpen Slams the Door<\/strong><br data-start=\"1711\" data-end=\"1714\" \/>Bennett Sousa kept Boston at bay after Brown\u2019s exit, recording four big outs to bridge the game to Bryan Abreu. 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