Schedule and 2018 Results
Regular Season Records: Boston 108-54, Houston 103-59
Game 1 on Saturday, 13 October: Houston wins at Boston, 7-runs-2
Game 2 on Sunday, 14 October: Houston loses at Boston, 7-runs-5
Game 3 on Tuesday, 16 October: Boston wins at Houston, 8-runs-2
Game 4 on Wednesday, 17 October: Boston wins at Houston, 8-runs-6
Game 5 on Thursday, 18 October: Boston wins at Houston, 4-runs-1

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Boston Red Sox visited and bested the Houston Astros 4-runs-1 to complete a 4-games-1 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1383 victory. With the series 1383 win, the Boston Red Sox improve their best-of-7 MLB playoff series record to 12-9 overall and 5-5 in the Semifinals round. With the series 1383 loss, the Houston Astros see their best-of-7 MLB playoff series record fall to 3-4 overall and 2-3 in the Semifinals round. The win order for the victorious Boston Red Sox in series 1383 was LWWWW: Series 1383 thus becomes the third MLB Semifinals-round series, the seventh MLB series (all rounds), and the 62nd MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. Series 1383 is the seventh consecutive best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series clinched on the road (beginning with the 2018 NBA and NHL Semifinals). The win order for the victorious Boston Red Sox in series 1383 was LWWWW: The first MLB/NBA/NHL team to notch a LWWWW win order in a best-of-7 playoff series was also the Boston Red Sox in series 11, in the 1915 MLB Finals over the Philadelphia Phillies.

After Game 4: The Boston Red Sox visited and bested the Houston Astros 8-runs-6 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1383 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Boston Red Sox have a series record of 4-0 and a Game 5 record of 2-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Houston Astros have a series record of 0-0 and a Game 5 record of 0-0. The last time that the Boston Red Sox led a best-of-7 MLB playoff series 3-games-1 was in series 14, against the Chicago Cubs in the 1918 MLB Finals en route to a six-game victory, one-hundred years ago. Series 1383 has become the first best-of-7 MLB playoff series in which the winning team notched seven or more runs in each of the first four games of the series.

After Game 3: The Boston Red Sox visited and defeated the Houston Astros 8-runs-2 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1383 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Boston Red Sox have a series record of 5-2 and a Game 4 record of 5-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Houston Astros have a series record of 0-2 and a Game 4 record of 2-0. Series 1383 becomes the first best-of-7 MLB playoff series in which the winning team scored seven or more runs in each of the first three games of the series.

After Game 2: The Boston Red Sox hosted and bested the Houston Astros 7-runs-5 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1383 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Boston Red Sox have a series record of 7-5 and a Game 3 record of 5-7, while the Houston Astros have a series record of 2-1 and a Game 3 record of 2-1.

After Game 1: The Houston Astros visited and defeated the Boston Red Sox 7-runs-2 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1383 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Houston Astros have a series record of 1-1 and a Game 2 record of 1-1. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Boston Red Sox have a series record of 4-4 and a Game 2 record of 4-4. Series 1383 Game 1 was the 996th best-of-7 MLB playoff game, and the 12th to end 7-runs-2 for the road team. Once before did the Red Sox lose a best-of-7 MLB playoff game 7-runs-2 in Boston - series 186 Game 7, to the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1967 MLB Finals.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2018 MLB regular season, the Boston Red Sox finished five games ahead of the Houston Astros. From 1905 through the 2017 MLB Finals round, when MLB teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by five regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 5-5 (.500) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1383 is the 21st best-of-7 MLB playoff series for the Boston Red Sox, and the seventh for the Houston Astros. In best-of-7 MLB playoff series, the Boston Red Sox have an all-rounds series record of 11-9, a Semifinals-round series record of 4-5, and a Game 1 record of 12-8, while the Houston Astros have an all-rounds series record of 3-3, a Semifinals-round series record of 2-2, and a Game 1 record of 2-4. Series 1383 is the first best-of-7 MLB playoff series meeting between the Boston Red Sox and the Houston Astros.