Red Sox trade addition: ‘I’m going to ride this high for as long as I can’

HOUSTON — In his first two starts with the Red Sox , Dustin May has displayed visible emotion after recording inning-ending strikeouts.

“I definitely try to ride the highs,” May said. “I’ve had a lot of lows this year. So whenever I do have the good moments, I try to let my brain know that, ‘Hey, you got it. It’s still in here, for sure.’”

May dominated the Astros on Tuesday, pitching 6 scoreless innings with five hits, one walk, and eight strikeouts. Boston won 14-1 over Houston at Daikin Park.

The fired-up 27-year-old righty shouted and clapped his pitching hand into glove as he walked off the mound in the second inning after striking out Houston’s Jacob Melton looking.

“I haven’t had a good one in a minute, so this was huge,” May said.

Boston acquired May from the Dodgers at th