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- Romy Gonzalez hits a first-inning homer and Red Sox go on to beat Astros 7-3</p>
<p>KEN POWTAKAugust 3, 2025 at 8:14 AM</p>
<p>1 / 4Astros Red Sox BaseballBoston Red Sox's Trevor Story wears a Wally the Green Monster mask after hitting a two-run home run in the third inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Greg M. Cooper)</p>
<p>BOSTON (AP) — Romy Gonzalez homered over the Green Monster on the first pitch faced by a Boston batter, Trevor Story added a two-run shot, and the Red Sox beat the Houston Astros 7-3 on Saturday.</p>
<p>Abraham Toro added a two-run drive — one of three homers the Red Sox hit over Fenway Park's fabled left-field wall — and Story added an RBI double as Boston won its third straight.</p>
<p>Houston's Christian Walker homered for the second straight day, a two-run shot off Walker Buehler in the first inning.</p>
<p>The benches and bullpens cleared when Astros reliever Héctor Neris yelled at the Red Sox dugout and third-base coach Kyle Hudson at the end of the seventh. But order was quickly restored.</p>
<p>After beating the AL West leaders on Roman Anthony's walk-off single in the series opener on Friday night, the Red Sox erased a quick 2-0 deficit when Story hit his drive in a three-run third against Colton Gordon (4-4) that pushed Boston ahead 4-2.</p>
<p>Story's shot hit the top of a billboard over the Monster seats and bounced out of Fenway after Rob Refsnyder's RBI single.</p>
<p>Justin Wilson (3-1) came on in the fifth inning with runners on second and third with Boston leading 6-3 and struck out the only two batters he faced. Aroldis Chapman got the final two outs for his 20th save.</p>
<p>Gordon gave up six runs in four-plus innings.</p>
<p>Key moment</p>
<p>The Astros loaded the bases in the eighth against Jordan Hicks, but Carlos Correa struck out looking on a 99 mph fastball.</p>
<p>Key stat</p>
<p>Boston's bullpen went 4 2/3 scoreless innings.</p>
<p>Up next</p>
<p>Astros LHP Framber Valdez (11-4, 2.62 ERA) is set to face Red Sox RHP Lucas Giolito (7-2, 3.80) on Sunday in the series finale.</p>
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<p>AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb</p>
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