{"id":607,"date":"2024-08-08T10:30:17","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T14:30:17","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-08-08T10:30:17","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T14:30:17","slug":"upcoming-mlb-matchup-houston-astros-vs-boston-red-sox-on-august-9-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betwashingtondcsports.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/08\/upcoming-mlb-matchup-houston-astros-vs-boston-red-sox-on-august-9-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming MLB Matchup: Houston Astros vs Boston Red Sox on August 9, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On August 9, 2024, an exciting MLB matchup is set between the Houston Astros and the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, beginning at 7:10 PM under expected light rain conditions. Pitching for the Astros will be Ronel Blanco, who carries an ERA of 2.976, while Tanner Houck will take the mound for the Red Sox with an ERA of 3.090. Currently, the Astros are ranked 7th in the AL West Division, holding a season record of 59-55, which gives them a winning percentage of 0.52. They&#8217;ve won 4 of their last 10 games with a streak of 2 consecutive wins. The Astros have a home record of 32-26 and a slightly less favorable away record of 27-29, with more success in night games where they&#8217;ve won 39 out of 59 contests. As for the Red Sox, they sit 6th in the AL East Division with a 61-52 record, a winning percentage of 0.54, and have won 6 of their last 10 games but are coming off a recent loss. They&#8217;ve posted a nearly even 27-28 record at Fenway and a stronger 34-24 record on the road. Night games have seen 36 wins compared to 25 during day games. Boston has scored 563 runs to their 529 runs allowed throughout the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 9, 2024, an exciting MLB matchup is set between the Houston Astros and the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, beginning at 7:10 PM under expecte<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":608,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betwashingtondcsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betwashingtondcsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betwashingtondcsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betwashingtondcsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betwashingtondcsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/betwashingtondcsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betwashingtondcsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betwashingtondcsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betwashingtondcsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betwashingtondcsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}