Sloppy Red Sox lose another game to Astros, see season slipping away

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Sloppy Red Sox lose another game to Astros, see season slipping away

BOSTON (AP) — Alex Bregman and Yordan Alvarez hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning and the Houston Astros continued their late-August surge with a 6-2 win over the Red Sox on Tuesday night. Mauricio Dubón added a two-run double in the sixth for the Astros, who kept pace in a tight race for the AL West after entering the night one game behind division-leading Seattle. “It was huge just to come out and get some runs on the board,” said B…