Framber Vadez (L), Carlos Correa (R)Houston Astros Framber Valdez heads back to the mound and Carlos Correa walks back to third after they couldn’t make a play on an infield hit by Abraham Toro during the fourth inning at Fenway Park on August 3, 2025 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images)Getty Images

BOSTON — In what surely is a quirk of the schedule, this marks the third straight season in which the Red Sox and Houston Astros have played their entire season series during the month of August.

Long story short, it didn’t go well for the Red Sox last year or the year before.

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