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What is Cora doing with the bullpen? — 10:35 p.m.

Cora is going for it in this one. With Garrett Whitlock warming in the Sox bullpen, you would imagine Cora leans on him for two innings.

Who gets the ninth? Perhaps Eovaldi, who is in the bullpen this evening. The game will dictate what Cora decides.

Taylor gets Correa looking to get out of the sixth — 10:30 p.m.

Correa was waiting for a slider on that strike-three pitch, a pitch that Ottavino has mastered and one that Correa handles well.

Instead, Ottavino froze him with a heater down the middle of the plate for the third strike of the inning. The matchups worked in Cora and the Sox’ favor in that frame.

Why Alex Cora swapped Taylor for Ottavino — 10:24 p.m.

Cora brought Taylor in to face two lefties in this inning — Brantley and Alvarez. Lefties hit just .146 against Taylor this year. On the contrary, righties batted .327 vs. Taylor which is why Ottavino is in to face Correa.

Pivetta is done — 10:18 p.m.

His final line: 5 innings, 2 hits, 1 run, 2 walks, 3 Ks, 65 pitches, 36 of them for strikes.

Another lost opportunity — 10:16 p.m.

The Sox are 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position. Oof.

Pivetta is dealing, but it’s no surprise the bullpen is working — 10:07 p.m.

Despite Pivetta’s low pitch count, it’s no surprise that manager Alex Cora had his bullpen working that inning. Hitters bat .276 against Pivetta the third time through the order. Against a lineup like Houston, that could work against the Red Sox.

The Sox bullpen, meanwhile, is rested. It will be interesting to see what Cora does in the next frame with Pivetta with the Nos. 2, 3, 4 in the order due up. Still, Pivetta is dealing.

Missed call — 10:03 p.m.

It turns out Kyle Schwarber’s foot was off the bag on the final out of the top of the fifth. Rafael Devers chucked a long throw across the field in an effort to get Jose Altuve out. The umpire called it and preserved a 1-2-3 inning, but the replay showed that wasn’t the case.

Lots of missed opportunities at the plate for the Red Sox — 9:58 p.m.

Kyle Schwarber grabbed at his left hamstring during that last at-bat, which will be something to keep an eye on throughout this game and moving forward. Following Christian Arroyo’s one-out triple, Schwarber grounded out to the left side with the infield in and then Kiké Hernández popped out into foul territory.

The Sox have missed a number of opportunities this evening — they are 0 for 6 with runners in scoring position.

Ottavino warming up — 9:57 p.m.

Action in the Sox bullpen.

Schwarber tweaks hamstring — 9:50 p.m.

He spun all the way around on the first pitch of his at-bat in the fourth and immediately walked away to walk it off. Uh-oh.

He grounded out, but is back out at first for the top of the fifth.

What we’ve seen from Nick Pivetta so far — 9:47 p.m.

Nick Pivetta worked around a leadoff walk in the fourth. He’s steered his way through four innings and has yielded just a run, on that Bregman solo shot in the first. He’s induced a lot of weak contact, including four pop outs.

His fastball has life, particularly at the top of the…