Tyler Anderson better go long. It looks like the bullpen is a little bit used up right now.
A crowd of 33,315 seems a bit much for a Tuesday evening game. Were there a million “Bostonian” attendants? I don’t know. Nothing happened for two and a half innings. In the top of the third inning, Marcelo Mayer tripled. Then Nate Eaton hit a sacrifice fly to score Campero. 1-0 Boston.
There were questionable base running decisions by either Taylor Ward or his third base coach. It remained 1-0 into the seventh inning. Brogdon and Strickland pitched. Still, nobody scored. I shouldn’t be negative. It should not be that difficult to get a run. It must be the solar flares.
Sam Bachman came in to pitch a 1-2-3 inning in the top of the eighth. Greg Weissert came in to pitch for Garrett Crochet. Christian Moore was happy to greet him with his second MLB home run. 1-1 tie.
Zach Neto knocked a one out single to left field then Luis Rengifo struck out. Mike Trout was batting while Zach Neto was caught stealing second.
Kenley Jansen came in to pitch. Romy Gonzalez was safe on a throwing error by Zach Neto who left the game with an apparent arm injury. Gonzalez stole second. Jarren Duran walked. Trevor Story popped out under the infield fly rule. Ceddanne Rafeala flied out to Jo Adell for the third out.
Aroldis Chapman came in to pitch for the Red Sox in the ninth inning. Mike Trout bounced one off the glove of Chapman for a single. Taylor Ward struck out. Logan O’Hoppe also struck out. Jo Adell walked. Nice patience, Jo! Scott Kingery came up with two men on and two outs. He struck out. Bleh!
Reid Detmers came in, but he gave up a quick single to score the ghost runner. 2-1 Red Sox. David Hamilton grounded into a double play which helped. Wilyar Abreu singled to keep the half inning alive. Roman Anthony struck out.
Justin Wilson now replaced Aroldis Chapman on the mound. LaMonte Wade Jr struck out. Christian Moore jacked a walk-off homer to put the Angels up 3-2 for the victory. All right. He’s a’ight.
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