HOUSTON — Chas McCormick homered twice and had 4 RBIs to guide the Houston Astros to a 9-4 win over the Boston Red Sox on Monday night time.

The Astros bounced again after a three-game sweep by the Seattle Mariners this weekend. Houston opened its four-game sequence with a victory over Boston, which was coming off a sweep of the New York Yankees.

“We need to play like that every time we take the field,” Houston third baseman Alex Bregman mentioned.

Adam Duvall hit a three-run homer off Cristian Javier (9-2) within the first to place the Red Sox up early. But Houston rapidly jumped on James Paxton (7-4) to erase the deficit.

Yordan Alvarez drove in a run within the backside of the primary and the Astros scored three within the second to go on high 4-3.

McCormick related off Paxton on a three-run shot within the fourth to push the result in 7-3.

PHOTOS: McCormick homers twice and drives in 4 runs to guide the Astros to 9-4 win over the Red Sox

“It was tough obviously to go down 3-0 early,” McCormick mentioned. “But, that’s baseball, you’ve got to fight back. It’s a long game … and we’re a good team and we can come back and I’m happy with how we stayed strong mentally and we kept putting good at bats all the way through.”

McCormick added a solo shot off Chris Murphy with one out within the eighth, and the Astros went back-to-back when Yainer Diaz adopted with a homer to the seats in proper area to make it 9-4.

Javier allowed seven hits and three runs in 5 innings for his second straight win.

Paxton yielded 9 hits and 7 runs - each season highs - whereas tying a season excessive with three walks in simply 4 innings.

Paxton wasn’t helped by two errors by his protection, and supervisor Alex Cora mentioned it was certainly one of his staff’s “sloppiest” defensive video games in weeks.

“The walks put him in a bad spot,” Cora mentioned. “The line looks bad, but I think stuff-wise he was good. I think we gave them too many chances defensively.”

But Paxton didn’t make any excuses for his efficiency.

“I just didn’t have it today,” he mentioned. “It didn’t feel great coming out of my hand, but I tried to give it everything I had and battle for the team.”

Alex Verdugo hit a leadoff double earlier than a one-out single by Masataka Yoshida. There have been two outs within the inning when Duvall’s residence run to left area made it 3-0. It’s the tenth straight sport with at the least one homer for the Red Sox.

Jose Altuve singled to begin the underside of the primary and Alex Bregman walked. The Astros loaded the bases when Kyle Tucker reached on catcher interference by Reese McGuire.

Houston reduce the result in 3-1 when Altuve scored on a sacrifice fly by Alvarez.

Jake Meyers singled with no outs within the second and stole second base. Martín Maldonado doubled off the wall in left area to attain Meyers and reduce the result in 1. There was one out within the inning when Bregman singled on a grounder to left area to attain Maldonadoand tie it at 3.

Tucker singled earlier than Houston took the lead on an RBI single by Alvarez.

Paxton walked Bregman and Tucker with one out within the fourth. Alvarez then grounded right into a drive out that left Tucker out at second. McCormick then related on his 18th homer this season to push the result in 7-3.

Seth Martinez walked Jose Urias to begin the sixth and the Red Sox loaded the bases on consecutive singles by Alex Verdugo and Rafael Devers. Urias scored on a groundout by Yoshida to chop the result in 7-4.

But Martinez retired Triston Casas earlier than hanging out Duvall to finish the inning.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Red Sox: OF Jarren Duran sat out Monday after leaving Sunday’s sport within the sixth inning with a bruised left toe. Cora mentioned they hope he can keep away from a visit to the injured checklist, however that they’ll know extra Tuesday. … Casas returned to the lineup Monday after lacking Sunday’s sport due to a tooth an infection.

UP NEXT

Boston RHP Tanner Houck (3-6, 5.05 ERA) is scheduled to make his first begin since he sustained a facial fracture from a line drive June 16, when the sequence continues Tuesday night time. Cora mentioned he might be restricted to about 75 pitches in his return. Justin Verlander (8-6, 3.36) will begin for Houston.

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