The game started out with dueling home runs in the first, first the Astros, then the Red Sox. Trevor Story’s own homer in the third put the Sox in front.
Today, we got our first look at Steven Matz. The Sox plans for him have been a bit of a mystery; would he be used as a one-inning guy, or could he go longer? He began by issuing a walk, then struck out Jose Altuve on a swing that made his batting helmet fly off. That was fun. It turns out Matz is a one-inning guy, at least for today.