From Hunter Brown's start to Bryan Abreu finishing off his first save of the season, Astros pitchers had to adapt to notch a series win over the Red Sox.

Hunter Brown permitió apenas una carrera en seis innings y dos tercios para llegar a 10 triunfos, los dominicanos Jeremy Peña y Yainer Díaz conectaron sendos

The Houston Astros may want to work on an extension earlier rather than later with this young All-Star pitcher.

Brown's four-seam fastball has the second-highest mark in baseball. It is, by most public metrics, one of the best pitches in the game.

The Houston Astros were able to recently win an important series against the Boston Red Sox, which wrapped up a key stretch against American League East opponen

Javier is the second Astros player in the past five days to make it back to the rotation after an injury. Spencer Arrighetti, who returned on Wednesday after four months with a broken thumb, will pitch Tuesday's game, while Hunter Brown will pitch Wednesday.

After winning two of three at the Yankees, the Astros held onto slim lead in AL West and showed signs of an energized offense and rotation.

To put Brown's recent stretch into perspective, the current AL Cy Young frontrunner, Tarik Skubal, has posted a 3.56 ERA over the same stretch, while the consensus second-place runner at the moment, Garrett Crochet, has an ERA sitting at 3.91.