Box score Noticing that manager Bo Porter didn’t reach for the ball, Astros lefthander Brett Oberholtzer appreciated the vote of confidence Monday night as he prepared to face the Red Sox’s Brandon Snyder with a man on third and a slim one-run lead in the seventh inning. Oberholtzer had dominated the team with the best record in baseball for most of the night, and he was more than worthy of the Porter’s confidence. He got Snyder to chase a high 91-mph fastball to escape the inning while propelling the Astros to a 2-0 victory before a pro-Boston crowd at Minute Maid Park. “When I went to the mound what I [...]