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

Dustin May and the Boston Red Sox are both hoping to make the most of an awkward situation. May arrived in Boston on Thursday in a trade with the Los Angeles Dodgers, who didn't want him in their starting rotation anymore.

Jarren Duran was the subject of countless trade rumors leading up to the July 31 trade deadline, but the Red Sox made it clear they wouldn't trade him. Not even a Joe Ryan deal with the Twins could entice Boston into giving up Duran.

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.