Trout, who led off Tuesday’s All-Star Game with a home run against major league ERA leader Zack Greinke, took a pitch from Red Sox closer Koji Uehara over the fence in left-center for his American League-leading 27th homer.
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“It’s awesome, just being in the big leagues”, Wright said on “Red Sox Final” between Games 1 and 2 of Monday’s doubleheader.
They continued that, but with rain starting to fall again, the game was called at 7:30 after a delay of 2 1/2 hours. The Red Sox offense snapped a string of 21 consecutive scoreless innings when 1B Mike Napoli drove in a run with a single in the fourth inning of Game 1.
PHILADELPHIA – Pinch hitter Jeff Francoeur capped a four-run eighth inning with a three-run homer as Philadelphia snapped a five-game losing streak. It was the third time in his last five starts that the Angels didn’t score while he was in the game.
Sandoval doubled in the fifth and advanced on a groundout to become the only Boston baserunner to reach third base in the series, but Richards stranded him.
Rodriguez wasn’t done throwing meatballs, as the next batter, Kole Calhoun, crushed his third home run of the series.
E-Rod got Trout to line out, but Albert Pujols then smashed a homer, the 547th of his career (8 behind Manny Ramirez), to make it 7-0 LA in the second inning. They can also be exchanged for another game, subject to availability, if they were purchased through the team’s ticket office, online at Angels.com or Ticketmaster, a team official said. Angels 7, Red Sox 1.
Tonight kicked off the second half of the season, with the Angels sitting pretty in first place, but it also kicked off a wraparound series with the reviled Boston Red Sox. Unfortunately these teams are heading in the opposite way fast, as the Angels have taken over the AL West and the Red Sox are in last place in the AL East.
Angels: RHP Garrett Richards (9-6) will pitch on eight days’ rest in his rematch with Porcello.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – The first rainout at Angel Stadium in 20 years did nothing to slow the Los Angeles Angels’ monthlong surge.
Ross ability to save Boston’s bullpen was of utmost performance today in the first game of a double-header. He’s now hitting. 306 on the season and it’s really remarkable how much of an improvement he has made since last season both at the plate and in the field. It was the first home rainout for the Angels since June 16, 1995, when they were supposed to play the Chicago White Sox.
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Red Sox: Eduardo Rodriguez (5-2, 3.59 ERA), the 22-year-old Venezuelan lefty, has given up just four runs in 17 1-3 innings over his last three starts.
