Roman Anthony lined a fly ball over drawn-in centre fielder Chas McCormick's head to score the automatic runner from third, and the Boston Red Sox rallied in the 10th inning to beat the new-look Houston Astros 2-1 on Friday night.

If the Red Sox are to make good on their insistence that they are worthy of the postseason — lack of major trade deadline additions be damned — Friday night was a convincing start. Roman Anthony’s walkoff single against Bennett Sousa lifted the Sox to a 2-1,