Puerto Rican shortstop Carlos Correa homered in the seventh inning to break a tie, José Altuve added one more in the eighth and the Houston Astros defeated the Boston Red Sox 5-4 on Friday night at the start of the Championship Series. of the American League Championship Series at Minute Maid Park.
The Puerto Rican shortstop broke a tie in the seventh inning with a long home run off the Red Sox on a night Kike Hernández homered twice.
Puerto Rican, Kike Hernández, of the Red Sox, had a hot night as well with four hits and two homers, one in the third inning and one in the ninth.