HOUSTON — Instant reactions from the Red Sox ’ 7-6 loss to the Houston Astros on Monday at Daikin Park:

1) The Red Sox lost their third straight game to drop to 65-55 overall and 26-33 on the road. The Astros improved to 67-52.

Boston had swept the Astros in a three-game series to start the month at home.

2) Connor Wong doubled with two outs in the ninth, but left-handed reliever Bennett Sousa then entered the game and struck out Roman Anthony swinging.

The rally followed an eighth-inning sequence in which Romy Gonzalez hit a two-out single, then was thrown out at second base trying to steal with Rob Refsnyder at the plate. Gonzalez is now 4-for-7 trying to steal this year.

Houston went to Enyel De Los Santos — on his second team this year and making his Astros debut — for the f

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