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07/05 23:53 CDT Red Sox ride homers by Duran and Contreras plus stout relief
work to 7-5 win over Angels
Red Sox ride homers by Duran and Contreras plus stout relief work to 7-5 win
over Angels
By MIKE DiGIOVANNA
Associated Press
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) --- Jarren Duran and Willson Contreras homered, and five
Boston pitchers combined to give up two runs over 6 1/3 innings in relief of
injured starter Ranger Suarez to lead the Red Sox to a 7-5 win over the Los
Angeles Angels on Sunday night.
Boston's eighth victory in 10 games completed a three-game sweep of the Angels,
who have lost six straight and 12 of 19 since June 14.
Suarez, named to the American League All-Star team Saturday, exited with two
outs in the third because of left adductor tightness, an injury he sustained
when he jumped for Jo Adell's chopper over the mound.
The left-hander was followed by Greg Weissert (1-2), Tyron Guerrero and Garrett
Whitlock, who combined for 4 1/3 hitless innings. Justin Slaten gave up a run
in the eighth, and Aroldis Chapman allowed a solo homer to Zach Neto in the
ninth before earning his 18th save.
The Angels scored twice in the first on Jorge Soler's grounder and Adell's RBI
single. Boston tied it 2-all in the second on Duran's 13th homer, a two-run
shot to right-center off starter Ryan Johnson (1-4).
Neto's RBI double gave the Angels a 3-2 lead in the bottom half, but the Red
Sox took advantage of Neto's major league-leading 14th error to score three
unearned runs in the third.
Tsung-Che Cheng led off with a bunt single. Anthony Seigler and Ceddanne
Rafaela flied out, and Wilyer Abreu hit a routine grounder to shortstop that
should have ended the inning.
Neto bobbled the ball for an error, though, and Contreras crushed Johnson's
next pitch for his 20th homer, a 446-foot shot to left-center that left his bat
at 112 mph and gave Boston a 5-3 lead.
The Red Sox tacked on two insurance runs in the seventh on Abreu's sacrifice
fly and Masataka Yoshida's RBI single for a 7-3 advantage.
The Angels scored in the eighth on Donovan Walton's double and Adell's RBI
single.
Up next
Red Sox: LHP Payton Tolle (4-6, 3.39 ERA) faces White Sox LHP Noah Schultz
(2-5, 5.86) on Tuesday night in Chicago.
Angels: RHP Jose Soriano opposes Rangers RHP Jacob deGrom (7-5, 3.48 ERA) on
Tuesday night in Texas.
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