G82: Astros 12, Red Sox 8 (10)

Astros  - 000 500 210 4 - 12 17  2
Red Sox - 020 030 210 0 -  8 11  1

With the game on the line in the eighth and tenth innings, John Farrell, the team's brilliant in-game tactician, chose to rely on Craig Breslow and Noe Ramirez, respectively. ... For some odd reason, those two decisions did not turn out to be wise ones.

Dan Straily / Justin Masterson

Betts, CF
Holt, 2B
Bogaerts, SS
Ortiz, DH
Ramirez, LF
Sandoval, 3B
Napoli, 1B
De Aza, RF
Hanigan, C

The Red Sox return home for a eight-game homestand against the Astros, Marlins, and Yankees. ... After the All-Star Break, they head west to Anaheim and Houston.

David Ortiz:

If we finish the first half of the season playing the way we have lately, it'll give you hope for the second half, especially when you're in a division where there's not too many games apart. We played the worst the first couple months of the season and we're still six, seven games away.

AL East
BAL  42  37  ---
MFY  42  37  ---
FKR  42  39  1.0
TOR  42  39  1.0
BOS  37  44  6.0