Craig Kimbrel gets the first two outs of the ninth inning, then George Springer doubles and Jose Altuve singles to make the score Boston 7, Houston 5. Alex Bregman drives a high fly ball to the wall in left, but it falls just short and is caught for the final out of the game. The Red Sox win and even the series at one.

Houston does get the split on the road, so they have to be glad of that. Both league championship series will go five games, so we are guaranteed four more consecutive days of baseball.