Trevor Story and Ceddanne Rafaela had consecutive RBI singles in a six-run fourth inning filled with five Houston mistakes, Lucas Giolito pitched a season-high eight stellar innings, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Astros 6-1 to complete a series sweep.

SportsLine's model simulated Houston vs. Boston 10,000 times and revealed its MLB picks for the matchup at Fenway Park

The Astros will start Framber Valdez (11-4) versus the Red Sox and Lucas Giolito (7-2). Yesterday, the Red Sox claimed a 7-3 victory over the Astros, with Justin Wilson (0.2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 K) registering the win for the Red Sox.

If the Red Sox are to make good on their insistence that they are worthy of the postseason — lack of major trade deadline additions be damned — Friday night was a convincing start. Roman Anthony’s walkoff single against Bennett Sousa lifted the Sox to a 2-1,

Roman Anthony lined a fly ball over drawn-in center fielder Chas McCormick’s head to score the automatic runner from third, and the Boston Red Sox rallied in the 10th inning to beat the new-look Houston Astros 2-1 on Friday night.

The Minnesota Twins traded 10 players at this year’s deadline. And while Joe Ryan wasn’t one of them, he thought he was.

Regardless of the Red Sox' activity (or lack thereof) at the trade deadline, they are still riding a lot of momentum. They are winners of five of their last seven games and were 17-7 in July. With a 59-51 record, they are one game ahead of the Seattle Mariners for the second AL Wild Card spot.

The Boston Red Sox made a surprisingly generous offer to the Minnesota Twins, but were turned down, a new report says.