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07/04 23:35 CDT Homers by Contreras, Gonzalez back Gray's strong start in Red
Sox's 8-1 win over Angels
Homers by Contreras, Gonzalez back Gray's strong start in Red Sox's 8-1 win
over Angels
By MIKE DiGIOVANNA
Associated Press
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) --- Willson Contreras and Romy Gonzalez homered to back
the superb pitching of Sonny Gray, who allowed one run and four hits in six
innings of the Boston Red Sox's 8-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday
night.
Wilyer Abreu added a two-run double, and relievers Jovani Morn, Greg Weissert
and Alec Gamboa combined for three hitless innings for the Red Sox, who have
won seven of nine games. The Angels have lost five straight and 11 of 17 since
June 17.
Gray (10-1) induced two of Boston's three double-play grounders, struck out
seven and walked one. The 36-year-old right-hander has six straight quality
starts since May 30, a stretch in which he's gone 5-0 with a 1.97 ERA.
Though he leads the American League in wins and ranks second with a 2.61 ERA
this season, Gray was not named to the AL All-Star team Saturday.
Angels starter Sam Aldegheri (3-4) walked two ahead of Contreras' 19th homer, a
421-foot blast to left-center that gave Boston a 3-0 lead in the first.
Josh Lowe's one-out solo homer pulled the Angels to within 3-1 in the second.
Jo Adell walked, and Wade Meckler singled, but Gray struck out Donovan Walton
and Tyler Heineman to escape the jam.
Aldegheri did not allow a hit in the second, third and fourth, but with his
pitch count at 88, he was pulled in favor of left-hander Samy Natera Jr., who
gave up one run in his first nine big-league games.
Anthony Seigler led off the fifth with a double, Ceddanne Rafaela walked, and
Abreu slammed a two-run double off the right-field wall for a 5-1 lead.
Gonzalez, robbed of a potential first-inning homer when Adell made a leaping
catch of his drive above the wall in right, followed with a towering 368-foot
fly that cleared the short left-field wall for his first homer of the season
and a 7-1 lead. Rafaela's RBI single in the eighth made it 8-1.
Up next
Red Sox LHP Ranger Suarez (4-3, 2.94 ERA) will oppose Angels RHP Ryan Johnson
(1-3, 7.40) in Sunday night's series finale.
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