The Red Sox (66-56) closed out their 6-game road trip with a 4-1 loss to the Houston Astros Wednesday night at Daikin Park in Houston. The Sox dropped 2 of 3 to the Astros and went 2-4 against the Padres and Astros.  The Sox have 40 Games remaining in the regular season and open up a 5-Game Homestand at Fenway Friday night.  

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Buehler in Finale: The Sox handed the ball to Walker Buehler for the start in the series finale against the Astros Wednesday night. Buehler gave up a leadoff Home Run to Jeremey Pena to start the game.  The Astros added a 2nd run in the 1st inning on a 2-out Single from Yainer Diaz.  Buehler settled in nicely after the 1st Inning and he retired 9 in a row and 15 of 16 before running into trouble in the 6th. Buehler walked a hitter with 2 outs and then Diaz made it 4-1 with a 2-run Home Run.  Buehler went 6.0 IP and allowed 4 earned runs on 4 Hits (2 Home Runs). He walked 4 and struck out 3. He departed the game with the Sox trailing, 4-1.   

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Sox at the Dish: The Sox got on the board against Hunter Brown with Ceddanne Rafaela knocking in a run with a 2-out Single. Brown departed after allowing 1 earned run over 6.2 Innings. Top-3 Hitters in the Sox lineup (Anthony, Bregman & Duran) combined to go 0-for-8 with a walk against Brown.  Roman Anthony went 0-for-4 with 3 strikeouts in the Loss.  Boston went 1-2-3 in 4 different innings against Brown and the Houston bullpen. The Sox had 2 on with no one out in the 9th but Bryan Abreu retired the next 3 hitters to finish off the win. The Sox went 1-for-10 with RISP and left 8 runners on base.   

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At-Bat of the Night: Astros went up 4-1 on Yainer Diaz 2-out, 2-run Home Run in the 6th Inning against Buehler.    

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#'s of the Night: 

--The Red Sox went 4-2 vs. the Astros in the season series.  

--The Sox have lost 2 straight series after winning 4 in a row. They return home having won 7 straight series at Fenway.

--Alex Cora was ejected for the 5th time this season when he was tossed in the 7th Inning by plate umpire Brian Blakney.  

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What's On Tap?: The Red Sox return to Boston and have an off day on Thursday before starting a 3-Game Series against the Miami Marlins Friday night at Fenway.  The Red Sox will also have a 2-game series with the Baltimore Orioles that starts next Monday.  The Red Sox have 40 games remaining in the Regular Season with 20 on the road and 20 at Fenway.       

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