WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS (8): 1903, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 2004, 2007, 2013 CHAMPIONS (13): 1903, 1904, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1946, 1967, 1975, 1986, 2004, 2007, 2013 AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION CHAMPIONS (8): 1975, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2007, 2013, 2016, 2017 AMERICAN LEAGUE WILD CARD (7): 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 @BOSTONREDSOXPR • HTTP://PRESSROOM.REDSOX.COM • @SOXNOTES HOUSTON ASTROS 4, 3 Sunday, October 1, 2017 • , Boston, MA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E PITCH COUNTS Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 8 1 RED SOX Boston 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 1 Pitcher # (Strikes) Win: McHugh (5-2) Loss: Abad (2-1) Save: Clippard (5) Hector Velázquez 63 (40) Robby Scott 15 (9) Time of Game: 3:09 Attendance: 34,517 Weather: 61°, wind SE at 9 mph Brandon Workman 14 (8) Astros HR: None Fernando Abad 11 (7) Red Sox HR: None Matt Barnes 25 (15) Joe Kelly 16 (10) RED SOX NOTES (93-69) ASTROS Pitcher # (Strikes) THE RED SOX fi nished the 2017 season 1st in the AL East with a 93-69 record, matching their 2016 division-leading mark. Collin McHugh 88 (64) Will Harris 9 (6) Sox pitchers fi nished the year having recorded a franchise-record 1,580 strikeouts...Marks the 3rd-most in a single season in Reymin Guduan 5 (4) Francis Martes 15 (8) MLB history, trailing only this season's CLE (1,614) and HOU (1,593) staffs. Tyler Clippard 12 (9) Marked the team's 84th game with 10+ strikeouts this season (11), tying HOU for the 2nd-most such team games in a single season since 1913 (2017 CLE-92). Also set a franchise record with 1,482.1 IP...Recorded a club ERA of 3.70 (610 ER), their lowest since 1992 (3.59). Went 11-6 in their fi nal 17 games and 16-8 in their last 24. Reached base in 5 straight PA to begin the 4th, plating 3 runs...Held the Astros scoreless into the 7th inning. Red Sox pitchers combined to strike out 6 straight hitters from the fi nal out of the 7th inning through the 2nd out of the 9th.

RAFAEL DEVERS (1-for-4, R, 2B, 2 RBI) hit a 2-run double in the 4th inning, giving the Red Sox a lead...Has recorded an RBI double in each of his last 3 games. Joins Tony Conigliaro, Dalton Jones, and (twice) as the only Red Sox hitters since 1913 to double in 3 straight games before turning 21. Is the fi rst Red Sox hitter since 1913 with RBI doubles in 3 straight games, all at age 20 or younger...The last ML hitter to do so was Andruw Jones in 1997 (3 G). 11 of his 14 2B and 17 of his 24 XBH this season came at home...Hit .312 (39-for-125) in 33 home games this year, hitting safely in 25 of 33 games. His 24 XBH are the 3rd-most by a Red Sox hitter through 58 career games, all before turning 21, since 1913...Trails Ted Williams (36) and Tony Conigliaro (25). Finished the year with an .819 OPS...The only Red Sox hitters since 1913 to post a higher OPS at age 20 or younger (min. 200 AB) are Ted Williams (1939) and Tony Conigliaro (1964-65).

HECTOR VELÁZQUEZ (4.0 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 4 SO) held HOU scoreless over 4.0 innings, extending his scoreless-innings streak to 12.1 IP. Was his fi rst scoreless start and tied his longest career scoreless outing, a relief win on 7/18 vs. TOR...Struck out a career-high-tying 4 (also 5/18 at OAK). Since allowing 6 ER over 5.0 IP in his ML debut on 5/18 at OAK, has allowed 2 ER in 19.2 IP (0.92 ERA) over 7 outings (2 starts).

BROCK HOLT (2-for-3, R, 2B, HBP) led off the 4th with a double...Was his 6th of the season, all of which have come since the start of August. Recorded multiple hits for the 2nd straight game...Is 7-for-20 (.350) with 4 runs and 2 2B in his last 10 games. Reached base a season-high-tying 3 times (also 7/31 vs. CLE).

RAJAI DAVIS (1-for-4) singled to lead off the game for the Red Sox...In his fi nal 4 regular-season games, went 5-for-12 (.417) with 4 runs, 2 2B, and 2 RBI. Reached base in 8 of 9 regular-season starts with the Red Sox this season, hitting .276 (8-for-29). Went 14-for-49 (.286) as the fi rst batter of a game this year.

CHRIS YOUNG (1-for-4) singled in the 4th and started a double play from right fi eld in the 2nd inning...Was his fi rst outfi eld assist as a member of the Red Sox (last 9/25/15 with NYY vs. CWS). Had not started a double play since 7/7/14 with NYM vs. ATL...Today's was his fi rst career double play from right fi eld.

CHRISTIAN VÁZQUEZ (1-for-4, R) singled in the 4th and came around to score his 43rd run, extending a career high. Finished 2017 with more runs, hits (94), 3B (2), HR (5), and SB (7) than his career totals prior to this year...Doubled his career totals in 2B (18) and RBI (32). Ended the season 2nd in the AL with a .348 home batting average (54-for-155, min. 100 AB)...Reached safely in 36 of 48 home games.

MATT BARNES (1.2 IP, 4 SO) threw 1.2 perfect innings, striking out 4 of his 5 batters faced...Are his most strikeouts since 6/12 vs. PHI (5).

ASTROS NOTES (101-60) THE ASTROS won for the 6th time in their last 7 games, improving to 14-3 in their last 17. Won 101 games this season, 1 shy of the club-record 102 victories in 1998. Were tied with CLE for the highest road winning percentage in the majors this season (.654, 54-28). Led MLB in runs (896), doubles (346), AVG (.282), OBP (.346), SLG (.478), and OPS (.823). Set a new single-season franchise record for hits (1,581), surpassing the previous record of 1,578 in 1998...Their .282 AVG also surpassed the 1998 club's previous record of .280. HOU pitchers tallied a club-record 1,593 strikeouts this season, trailing only this year's CLE staff (1,614) for the highest single-season total in ML history. Won the season series vs. BOS, 4-3. YULI GURRIEL (2-for-3, SF, 2 2B, RBI) doubled in the 1st and 6th innings, extending his Astros rookie record for most doubles in a season to 43...Is the 12th AL rookie ever with 43+ doubles in a season, and the 1st since had 43 in 1997. Tallied his 75th RBI of the year with a sacrifi ce fl y in the 7th...Trails only Jeff Bagwell's 82 RBI in 1991 for the highest single-season total by a HOU rookie. Hit safely in each of his last 6 games of the season (.400/8-for-20). Batted .385 (20-for-52) over his fi nal 15 games (6 R, 7 2B, HR, 9 RBI). Posted a .312 AVG (86-for-276) over 70 road games this year (39 R, 20 2B, 3B, 10 HR, 42 RBI). Over 7 games vs. BOS this season, went 9-for-27 (.333) with 2 R, 6 2B, and 3 RBI. JOSE ALTUVE (0-for-2) fi nished the season with a career-best .346 AVG (204-for-590), the highest mark in the majors. Won his 3rd AL batting title in the last 4 seasons...He is just the 3rd right-hander batter in AL history to win 3 or more batting titles. COLLIN MCHUGH (6.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, BB, 8 SO) earned his 5th straight win, his 4th-longest career streak...Holds a 2.52 ERA (10 ER/35.2 IP) in 7 starts during the streak. Made 12 starts for HOU this season, going 5-2 with a 3.55 ERA (25 ER/63.1 IP). Is 16-0 with a 3.02 ERA (41 ER/122.1 IP) in 20 regular season starts between September and October during his Astros career (2014-present). JUAN CENTENO (2-for-4, R, RBI) singled home the Astros' fi rst run with a 7th-inning single...Was his fi rst RBI since 8/6. Recorded multiple hits for the 4th time this season, and fi rst since 8/10. COLIN MORAN (1-for-2, BB, R, RBI) recorded his 3rd RBI of the season with a 7th-inning single. Hit .364 (4-for-11) with 3 R, 3B, HR, and 3 RBI in 7 games with HOU this season. MARWIN GONZALEZ (0-for-0, 2 BB) walked twice, his 5th multi-BB contest in 2017 and the 62nd time he has reached base in multiple plate appearances. CARLOS BELTRÁN (1-for-2) is a career .283 hitter vs. BOS (95-for-336), having hit .385 (5-for-13) in 5 games against the club this season. TONY KEMP (1-for-5, RBI) drove in his 4th run of the year in the 7th inning with a single...Had 5 hits in his fi nal 14 AB of the season (.357). Stole 2nd base in the 7th inning...Was his 1st stolen base this season (1st attempt, 17 games played).