Red Sox Lose to Astros, Stranding Runners

On May 2nd, Red Sox fans, Connolly Early had been the steady force in a shaky rotation

this season, but Saturday at Fenway changed that with a 6-3 loss to the Astros.

It was his 7-start coming in with a 2.8-4 ERA after a strong 6-2-3rds innings against

the Orioles on April 26th.

The Astros jumped on him early, scoring in the first on a Christian Walker RBI single,

and blew it open in the fourth with a 3-run homer off the Green Monster by Bryce Matthews

and another RBI from Carlos Correa.

Early just couldn't find his rhythm after dominating lately.

His Triple-A manager Tracy raved about his quick adjustments, pitch mix, and big league

poise, saying he's got real potential to stick around.

Even without Yord Navarez getting a hit, he's zero for 9 in the series, the Astros

power through, despite his history of crushing Boston at Fenway.

Boston's bats Tee some rallies, but left 10 runners on base.

They loaded the bases multiple times, only for guys like Wilson Contreras, Trevor Story,

and Sede and Rafael Aella to come up empty with double plays and Strygouts.

It's a frustrating pattern, coming right after they stranded 9 against the Blue Jays earlier

this week, leaving the socks searching for ways to cash, and those chances as the series

wraps up.

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This is Boston Red Sox News today, I'm Corey with the story.