Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Tanner Houck reacted to news on Sunday that he has to undergo Tommy John surgery.

That made a sweep of the Houston Astros this weekend, in the first series coming out of the trade deadline, all the more important as the Red Sox vie for a postseason spot. “It’s big,” shortstop Trevor Story said.

Houck had non-surgical alternatives available, including platelet-rich plasma and stem-cell treatment, to try to fix his arm. But those would have merely been “delaying the inevitable,” he said.

Red Sox starter Lucas Giolito is not a morning person. But he threw a gem after waking up at 8 a.m. to start Boston's 11:35 a.m. game

Lucas Giolito only had one blemish in his start on Sunday, giving up just three hits in eight innings to help the Red Sox sweep the Astros.

Trevor Story and Ceddanne Rafaela had RBI singles in a six-run fourth inning filled with five Houston mistakes and the Boston Red Sox beat the Astros 6-1 on Sunday.

Roman Anthony’s walkoff single against Bennett Sousa lifted the Sox to a 2-1, 10-inning victory over the Astros, as well as their first three-game win streak since the All-Star break.

Just trying to find any way I can to put the ball in play and score a run there. Just fighting.” The post Red Sox’ Roman Anthony records first career walk-off hit, seals extra-inning victory over Astros appeared first on Boston.

Houston Astros (62-48, first in the AL West) vs. Boston Red Sox (60-51, third in the AL East) Boston; Saturday, 4:10 p.m. EDT. PITCHING PROBABLES: Astros: Colton Gordon (4-3, 4.74