Carlos Narvaez’s three-run homer in the top of the sixth helped spark the Red Sox to a huge rout of the Astros, snapping the club’s three-game losing streak in the process.
Carlos Narvaez has been a revelation for the Red Sox this season, but the rookie’s heavy workload has begun to take its toll. Over the past month Narvaez has batted just north of .100 and last week he nearly landed on the injured list due to knee soreness.
If Tuesday night was any indication, the couple of days off his feet made a world of difference.
Narvaez smashed a three-run home run in the top of the sixth to help spark a 14-1 Red Sox rout of the Houston Astros. Narvaez went deep to blow open what had up to that point been a two-run game, and Alex Bregman followed with a two-run shot of his own, his second homer in two games back facing his former team.
Roman Anthony also homered for the second straight game and drew four walks to reach safely five times, and with the win the Red Sox snapped a three-game losing streak.
“Great win for us, that swing there helped us to open the game a little bit and then Bregman with the opposing and Roman with the nice swing,” Narvaez told NESN’s Tom Caron postgame. “That was big for us to make a statement here and to get the series win tomorrow.”
Much like on Monday, the Red Sox jumped out to an early 2-0 lead. Astros starter Spencer Arrighetti loaded the bases with nobody out in the top of the third and hit Trevor Story with a pitch to drive in a run. Masataka Yoshida followed that by sending a cutter to deep center field for a sacrifice fly, though Arrighetti was able to avoid further damage after forcing Abraham Toro to fly out with men still on the corners.
During the inning Trevor Story also recorded his 20th stolen base of the season, making him a perfect 20 for 20 on the year. He is now two home runs away from becoming the 11th player in Red Sox history to record a 20-20 season, following Jarren Duran (last season), Mookie Betts (three times, most recently 2018) and Andrew Benintendi (2017) over the past decade.
