A leadoff home run off the bat of Jose Altuve gave the Houston Astros an early lead against the Red Sox on Wednesday night in Boston.

It was a tough start for Victoria-born pitcher Nick Pivetta, but one that met an immediate response. Pivetta followed the 10-pitch at-bat with Altuve by retiring 18 Astros hitters in a row en route to throwing Boston鈥檚 first complete game since 2019.

The 29-year-old Pivetta allowed just two hits in Boston鈥檚 5-1 win. Along with the offensive support from his Red Sox squad, Pivetta credited his array of breaking balls as they helped all but silence the Astros鈥� bats after the opening homer.

鈥淚 just feel like I had all of my pitches working, it was just one of those nights,鈥� Pivetta said postgame before teammates showered him with the water cooler鈥檚 icy remnants.

Came through drippin'.

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The Vancouver Island native had eight strikeouts and walked none in just the fourth complete game of this Major League Baseball season.

After a slow start to the season, Pivetta has been getting better with each trip to the mound in May 鈥� with his two wins coming in the last week.

鈥淗e had that look, he had it,鈥� Red Sox manager Alex Cora said of his starter. 鈥淗e did an outstanding job.鈥�

鈥淭hat was fun to watch.鈥�

Pivetta is 2-4 on the year with a 4.22 ERA and 41 strikeouts through eight games.

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