Boston Red Sox vs Houston Astros

Boston Red Sox 54

Houston Astros leads 55-54

wins

2003 to 2026

Houston Astros have won 2 straight

Houston Astros 55

Series timeline

▲ Boston Red Sox ahead (peak +13) ▼ Houston Astros ahead (peak +1)

Boston Red Sox Houston Astros Tie Postseason One meeting per cell

Longest streaks: Boston Red Sox 7 (2011–2013), Houston Astros 7 (2023–2024). Current: Houston Astros 2.

Splits

Split	Boston Red Sox record
Regular season	47-47
Postseason	7-8
Hosted by Boston Red Sox	27-26
Hosted by Houston Astros	27-29
Last 10 seasons (2016 to 2026)	35-45
Largest Boston Red Sox win	17-1 (2023)
Largest Houston Astros win	12-2 (2017)

Postseason meetings

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Site
2021	Oct 22, 2021	Houston Astros	5-0	at Houston Astros
2021	Oct 20, 2021	Houston Astros	9-1	at Boston Red Sox
2021	Oct 19, 2021	Houston Astros	9-2	at Boston Red Sox
2021	Oct 18, 2021	Boston Red Sox	12-3	at Boston Red Sox
2021	Oct 16, 2021	Boston Red Sox	9-5	at Houston Astros
2021	Oct 15, 2021	Houston Astros	5-4	at Houston Astros
2018	Oct 18, 2018	Boston Red Sox	4-1	at Houston Astros
2018	Oct 17, 2018	Boston Red Sox	8-6	at Houston Astros
2018	Oct 16, 2018	Boston Red Sox	8-2	at Houston Astros
2018	Oct 14, 2018	Boston Red Sox	7-5	at Boston Red Sox
2018	Oct 13, 2018	Houston Astros	7-2	at Boston Red Sox
2017	Oct 9, 2017	Houston Astros	5-4	at Boston Red Sox
2017	Oct 8, 2017	Boston Red Sox	10-3	at Boston Red Sox
2017	Oct 6, 2017	Houston Astros	8-2	at Houston Astros
2017	Oct 5, 2017	Houston Astros	8-2	at Houston Astros

In the record book

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Every meeting

2020s

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Site	Round
2026 (1-5)	Mar 30, 2026	Houston Astros	8-1	at Houston Astros
	Mar 31, 2026	Houston Astros	9-2	at Houston Astros
	Apr 1, 2026	Houston Astros	6-4	at Houston Astros
	May 1, 2026	Boston Red Sox	3-1	at Boston Red Sox
	May 2, 2026	Houston Astros	6-3	at Boston Red Sox
	May 3, 2026	Houston Astros	3-1	at Boston Red Sox
2025 (4-2)	Aug 1, 2025	Boston Red Sox	2-1	at Boston Red Sox
	Aug 2, 2025	Boston Red Sox	7-3	at Boston Red Sox
	Aug 3, 2025	Boston Red Sox	6-1	at Boston Red Sox
	Aug 11, 2025	Houston Astros	7-6	at Houston Astros
	Aug 12, 2025	Boston Red Sox	14-1	at Houston Astros
	Aug 13, 2025	Houston Astros	4-1	at Houston Astros
2024 (2-4)	Aug 9, 2024	Houston Astros	8-4	at Boston Red Sox
	Aug 10, 2024	Houston Astros	5-4	at Boston Red Sox
	Aug 11, 2024	Houston Astros	10-2	at Boston Red Sox
	Aug 19, 2024	Houston Astros	5-4	at Houston Astros
	Aug 20, 2024	Boston Red Sox	6-5	at Houston Astros
	Aug 21, 2024	Boston Red Sox	4-1	at Houston Astros
2023 (2-5)	Aug 21, 2023	Houston Astros	9-4	at Houston Astros
	Aug 22, 2023	Houston Astros	7-3	at Houston Astros
	Aug 23, 2023	Boston Red Sox	7-5	at Houston Astros
	Aug 24, 2023	Boston Red Sox	17-1	at Houston Astros
	Aug 28, 2023	Houston Astros	13-5	at Boston Red Sox
	Aug 29, 2023	Houston Astros	6-2	at Boston Red Sox
	Aug 30, 2023	Houston Astros	7-4	at Boston Red Sox
2022 (4-2)	May 16, 2022	Boston Red Sox	6-3	at Boston Red Sox
	May 17, 2022	Houston Astros	13-4	at Boston Red Sox
	May 18, 2022	Boston Red Sox	5-1	at Boston Red Sox
	Aug 1, 2022	Boston Red Sox	3-2	at Houston Astros
	Aug 2, 2022	Boston Red Sox	2-1	at Houston Astros
	Aug 3, 2022	Houston Astros	6-1	at Houston Astros
2021 (4-9)	May 31, 2021	Houston Astros	11-2	at Houston Astros
	Jun 1, 2021	Houston Astros	5-1	at Houston Astros
	Jun 2, 2021	Houston Astros	2-1	at Houston Astros
	Jun 3, 2021	Boston Red Sox	5-1	at Houston Astros
	Jun 8, 2021	Houston Astros	7-1	at Boston Red Sox
	Jun 9, 2021	Houston Astros	8-3	at Boston Red Sox
	Jun 10, 2021	Boston Red Sox	12-8	at Boston Red Sox
	Oct 15, 2021	Houston Astros	5-4	at Houston Astros	Postseason
	Oct 16, 2021	Boston Red Sox	9-5	at Houston Astros	Postseason
	Oct 18, 2021	Boston Red Sox	12-3	at Boston Red Sox	Postseason
	Oct 19, 2021	Houston Astros	9-2	at Boston Red Sox	Postseason
	Oct 20, 2021	Houston Astros	9-1	at Boston Red Sox	Postseason
	Oct 22, 2021	Houston Astros	5-0	at Houston Astros	Postseason

2010s

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Site	Round
2019 (2-4)	May 17, 2019	Houston Astros	3-1	at Boston Red Sox
	May 18, 2019	Houston Astros	7-3	at Boston Red Sox
	May 19, 2019	Boston Red Sox	4-3	at Boston Red Sox
	May 24, 2019	Houston Astros	4-3	at Houston Astros
	May 25, 2019	Houston Astros	4-3	at Houston Astros
	May 26, 2019	Boston Red Sox	4-1	at Houston Astros
2018 (7-5)	May 31, 2018	Houston Astros	4-2	at Houston Astros
	Jun 1, 2018	Houston Astros	7-3	at Houston Astros
	Jun 2, 2018	Boston Red Sox	5-4	at Houston Astros
	Jun 3, 2018	Boston Red Sox	9-3	at Houston Astros
	Sep 7, 2018	Houston Astros	6-3	at Boston Red Sox
	Sep 8, 2018	Houston Astros	5-3	at Boston Red Sox
	Sep 9, 2018	Boston Red Sox	6-5	at Boston Red Sox
	Oct 13, 2018	Houston Astros	7-2	at Boston Red Sox	Postseason
	Oct 14, 2018	Boston Red Sox	7-5	at Boston Red Sox	Postseason
	Oct 16, 2018	Boston Red Sox	8-2	at Houston Astros	Postseason
	Oct 17, 2018	Boston Red Sox	8-6	at Houston Astros	Postseason
	Oct 18, 2018	Boston Red Sox	4-1	at Houston Astros	Postseason
2017 (4-7)	Jun 16, 2017	Boston Red Sox	2-1	at Houston Astros
	Jun 17, 2017	Houston Astros	7-1	at Houston Astros
	Jun 18, 2017	Boston Red Sox	6-5	at Houston Astros
	Sep 28, 2017	Houston Astros	12-2	at Boston Red Sox
	Sep 29, 2017	Houston Astros	3-2	at Boston Red Sox
	Sep 30, 2017	Boston Red Sox	6-3	at Boston Red Sox
	Oct 1, 2017	Houston Astros	4-3	at Boston Red Sox
	Oct 5, 2017	Houston Astros	8-2	at Houston Astros	Postseason
	Oct 6, 2017	Houston Astros	8-2	at Houston Astros	Postseason
	Oct 8, 2017	Boston Red Sox	10-3	at Boston Red Sox	Postseason
	Oct 9, 2017	Houston Astros	5-4	at Boston Red Sox	Postseason
2016 (5-2)	Apr 22, 2016	Boston Red Sox	6-2	at Houston Astros
	Apr 23, 2016	Houston Astros	8-3	at Houston Astros
	Apr 24, 2016	Boston Red Sox	7-5	at Houston Astros
	May 12, 2016	Boston Red Sox	11-1	at Boston Red Sox
	May 13, 2016	Houston Astros	7-6	at Boston Red Sox
	May 14, 2016	Boston Red Sox	6-5	at Boston Red Sox
	May 15, 2016	Boston Red Sox	10-9	at Boston Red Sox
2015 (2-4)	Jul 3, 2015	Houston Astros	12-8	at Boston Red Sox
	Jul 4, 2015	Boston Red Sox	6-1	at Boston Red Sox
	Jul 5, 2015	Boston Red Sox	5-4	at Boston Red Sox
	Jul 21, 2015	Houston Astros	8-3	at Houston Astros
	Jul 22, 2015	Houston Astros	4-2	at Houston Astros
	Jul 23, 2015	Houston Astros	5-4	at Houston Astros
2014 (4-3)	Jul 11, 2014	Boston Red Sox	8-3	at Houston Astros
	Jul 12, 2014	Houston Astros	3-2	at Houston Astros
	Jul 13, 2014	Boston Red Sox	11-0	at Houston Astros
	Aug 14, 2014	Boston Red Sox	9-4	at Boston Red Sox
	Aug 15, 2014	Houston Astros	5-3	at Boston Red Sox
	Aug 16, 2014	Boston Red Sox	10-7	at Boston Red Sox
	Aug 17, 2014	Houston Astros	8-1	at Boston Red Sox
2013 (6-1)	Apr 25, 2013	Boston Red Sox	7-2	at Boston Red Sox
	Apr 26, 2013	Boston Red Sox	7-3	at Boston Red Sox
	Apr 27, 2013	Boston Red Sox	8-4	at Boston Red Sox
	Apr 28, 2013	Boston Red Sox	6-1	at Boston Red Sox
	Aug 5, 2013	Houston Astros	2-0	at Houston Astros
	Aug 6, 2013	Boston Red Sox	15-10	at Houston Astros
	Aug 7, 2013	Boston Red Sox	7-5	at Houston Astros
2011 (3-0)	Jul 1, 2011	Boston Red Sox	7-5	at Houston Astros
	Jul 2, 2011	Boston Red Sox	10-4	at Houston Astros
	Jul 3, 2011	Boston Red Sox	2-1	at Houston Astros

2000s

Season	Date	Winner	Score	Site
2008 (1-2)	Jun 27, 2008	Boston Red Sox	6-1	at Houston Astros
	Jun 28, 2008	Houston Astros	11-10	at Houston Astros
	Jun 29, 2008	Houston Astros	3-2	at Houston Astros
2003 (3-0)	Jun 13, 2003	Boston Red Sox	4-3	at Boston Red Sox
	Jun 14, 2003	Boston Red Sox	8-4	at Boston Red Sox
	Jun 15, 2003	Boston Red Sox	3-2	at Boston Red Sox