The Red Sox are 10-23 in the last 33 meetings.
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Boston Red Sox manager John Farrell has been ejected after an animated argument over a called strike in a game against the Los Angeles Angels.
How many relievers do the Red Sox really need if their starter is going six, seven or eight innings consistently? Since Independence Day, Red Sox starters have completed six innings if work in 13 of 20 games.
Tonight, Drew Pomeranz makes his third start since the Red Sox acquired him from the San Diego Padres fresh off his All-Star Game appearance.
The Red Sox are 10-4 in their last 14 Sunday games and 4-1 in Wrights last 5 starts.
Santiago walked Dustin Pedroia and Xander Bogaerts before striking out Jackie Bradley Jr.
With one out, Mike Trout lined a single past just past Bogaerts’s glove at shortstop, then Pujols followed by dumping a single into short center field. Trout crossed the plate on a ground out by Jefry Marte, cutting the Sox lead in half. But Brentz again looked at a called third strike, this time on a 94 miles per hour fastball, to end the inning.
The Angels expanded their lead to 4-2 in the fourth. Santiago (10-4) allowed two runs, four hits, six walks and a wild pitch but finished with six strikeouts.
Johnny Giovatella had an RBI single in the fourth, and Jeff Bandy added an RBI double in the sixth to cap the scoring for Los Angeles. Joe Smith was summoned from the bullpen to face Bogaerts, who laced a ball to Escobar at third base. Robinson batted ninth and played right field for OF Kole Calhoun, who was not in the starting lineup. They were 12-3 in the month of July prior to this rough stretch, in which they have now failed to win a series against both the last-place Twins and the last-place Angels in the past week.
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Wright (12-5, 3.12) will start opposite lefty Tyler Skaggs (1-0, 0.00). The latest episode is below and check us out on ITUNES as well!
