Trey Mancini homers in first Astros start, beat Red Sox in series finale

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After a stressful week dealing with trade rumors, Jose Urquidy was relieved to remain with the Houston Astros as the deadline passed Tuesday.

With that worry off his mind, Urquidy turned in his best start of the season Wednesday to help the Astros to a 6-1 win over the Boston Red Sox.

"I’m more calm right now," Urquidy said. "I was like, ‘What’s going to happen with me? Where am I going to be?’ And now I feel more comfortable and I’m very grateful to stay on this team."

Urquidy (10-4) allowed two hits and tied a career high with 10 strikeouts in seven shutout innings.

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Houston Astros' Trey Mancini, right, celebrates with Christian Vazquez after hitting a two-run home run against the Boston Red Sox during the second inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, in Houston.  (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Trey Mancini homered in his first start for Houston to back Urquidy's sterling performance. Mancini, who was traded from Baltimore on Monday to bolster the offense with first baseman Yuli Gurriel struggling, grounded out as a pinch-hitter in his Astros debut Tuesday night.

Things went much better in his first at-bat Wednesday, when he knocked a pitch from Rich Hill (4-5) into the seats in left field for a two-run shot that made it 4-0 with no outs in the second inning.

"Wherever they want to put me, whatever my role is, I just want to help in whatever way I can," Mancini said. "I’m all in. I know they’ve got a really good thing going and wherever I fit that certain day, I’m going to do my best to do the job and just help contribute to wins as best I can."

Urquidy retired the first 13