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BOSTON (AP) — Astros manager AJ Hinch says his team is at its best when his players are putting together good at-bats one after another.Against the Boston Red Sox http://www.chicagocubsteamshop.com/authentic-anthony-rizzo-jersey , the Houston hitters did that — eventually.Carlos Correa lofted a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning and the Astros won their sixth straight game, rallying past Boston 6-3 Friday night in a matchup of AL division leaders.The Red Sox, with the best record in the majors, had won three in row.Boston starter David Price had allowed just one hit and retired 14 in a row when he went into the seventh with a 2-0 lead. He left after Alex Bregman’s double and a walk and, after Ryan Brasier took over, the Astros scored three times. J.D. Martinez tied it with a single for his second RBI of the game.Houston then scored three times in the eighth. Correa put the AL Central leaders ahead, a wild pitch by Joe Kelly (4-2) scored another run and Tyler White added an RBI single.“Price was unbelievable tonight. He was throwing fastballs Kosuke Fukudome Jersey , cutters, both sides of the plate, changeup,” Bregman said. “It was good stuff by him, but it was a good team win by us. Happy to knock him out.Ryan Pressly (2-1) got two outs and Roberto Osuna posted his 14th save. Astro starter Gerrit Cole went six innings, giving up five hits and two runs and striking out eight.“We’re in the ballgame. Guys don’t give up at bats, whether the score is 9-0 or 0-0. It’s just not the way they go about their business http://www.chicagocubsteamshop.com/authentic-andre-dawson-jersey ,” Cole said. “I’m really thankful that they do that and it makes it easier to sit there to having blown the lead but try to continue to throw quality innings. … This is a team game and it was a great team win.”Price tied a season-high with 10 strikeouts over 6 1/3 innings, allowing two hits and two runs. Boston had won the previous nine games he had started.“It’s been a couple days since the last time I was out there. I thought I threw the ball pretty good,” said Price, who returned from a bruised wrist. “I lost it there in the seventh inning when I really needed to make pitches. And I wasn’t able to do that.”Yuli Gurriel’s RBI double and Tony Kemp’s two-run double off Brasier made it 3-2 the seventh.Martinez put AL East-leading Boston in front 1-0 with a sacrifice fly that scored Mookie Betts.Xander Bogaerts hit his 20th home run to open the Boston fourth. He had an opportunity to put up more runs in the fifth but struck out with the bases loaded to end the inning.TRAINER’S ROOMRed Sox: Manager Alex Cora said LHP Chris Sale (mild left shoulder inflammation) will return to the rotation as the “opener” when Boston begins its three-game series against Toronto. Sale will be limited to about two innings for 40 pitches. … Cora also announced that 2B Dustin Pedroia has been officially shut down for the remainder of 2018. Cora said the 35-year-old veteran had an additional arthroscopic surgery on his left knee while rehabbing in Arizona in July to cleanup some scar tissue. Pedroia had two initial procedures on the knee last October.ROAD WARRIORSNow 48-21 away from Houston, the Astros own the majors’ highest road winning percentage (.696). They are 13-4 in their last 17 road games.INJURY TIMEOUTThere was about a 13-minute delay between at-bats in the second inning after home plate umpire Brian O’Nora was escorted off the field after being hit int the face by a foul tip. James Hoye moved from first base and took his place behind the plate. They went with a three-person crew the rest of the game.UP NEXTAstros: RHP Charlie Morton is 0-1 with a 4.60 ERA and 17 strikeouts in three career starts against Boston.Red Sox: LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (12-3) is 0-1 with a 4.50 ERA in three career outings (three starts) against Houston. SAN FRANCISCO — First place could be on the line when the National League West-leading Colorado Rockies meet the San Francisco Giants on the middle day of a three-game series Saturday night.Right-hander German Marquez (12-9, 3.94 ERA), unbeaten in his last six starts Ron Santo Jersey , will seek to record his first career win at AT&T Park against a rival who has had more than his fair share of success in his career against the Rockies, left-hander Madison Bumgarner (5-6, 3.30).Colorado’s nine-game trip got off to a rocky start Friday night when Giants righty Chris Stratton threw his first career shutout, a two-hitter that delivered the Rockies a costly 2-0 defeat.Article continues below ...The loss snapped a two-game winning streak for the Rockies (81-66) and allowed the Los Angeles Dodgers (81-67) to move within a half-game of first place in the West.The Dodgers could get even by the time the Rockies take the field Saturday. Los Angeles plays a day game at St. Louis, where the Dodgers have won the first two contests of a four-game series.The Rockies and Dodgers meet three last times in Los Angeles starting on Monday. The Dodgers currently lead the season series 9-7.Marquez allowed two runs in 6 2/3 innings against the Giants on Sept. 4. He did not get a decision but Colorado won the game 6-2.He’s gone 3-0 with a 1.69 ERA in his last six starts, allowing just eight earned runs in 42 2/3 innings.That impressive form has never traveled to San Francisco, where the 23-year-old has gone 0-2 with an 8.79 ERA in three starts at AT&T Park. He’s 0-2 with a 6.86 ERA in four career starts against the Giants.Marquez has never faced Austin Slater Ernie Banks Jersey , the offensive hero of Friday’s win. His two-run single in the second inning provided Stratton all the offensive support he would need.Brandon Belt has been the toughest out for Marquez, having recorded two singles, a double, two triples and a walk in eight career head-to-heads.Bumgarner, meanwhile, will have to deal with the same lineup that rocked him in a 9-8 loss at Colorado last week. He gave up seven runs (six earned) in five innings in that game and allowed 12 runs (11 earned) and 12 hits over 11 innings in his last two starts.Both those outings, however http://www.chicagocubsteamshop.com/authentic-ryne-sandberg-jersey , were on the road. The former World Series Most Valuable Player has been much tougher at home of late, not having allowed a run in 14 innings over his last two AT&T Park starts.Bumgarner is 12-8 with a 3.14 ERA in 29 career starts against the Rockies, and he is 0-1 with a 4.00 ERA in three starts against them this season.The 29-year-old was bombed for three homers — two by Trevor Story — in that 9-8 loss to Colorado. Story had been just 2-for-17 previously against Bumgarner, although one of those hits was a 2017 homer.Story, a candidate for National League MVP honors this season, went 0-for-2 with a walk in the series opener. He had collected two or more hits in four of his previous six road games.The third-year pro has totaled 10 RBIs in his first 24 games in San Francisco.