The Boston Red Sox narrowly defeated the Los Angeles Angels Of Anaheim yesterday at Angel Stadium with the Red Sox coming out on top 4 to 2. It was a solid match that aficionados with Red Sox tickets won’t soon forget.
Red Sox pitcher John Lackey (4.26 ERA) got the win, while Jered Weaver (3.19 ERA) took the loss for the Angels. John Lackey went 7.1 solid innings for the Red Sox, allowed 7 hits, one home run and 2 earned runs with one walk and 4 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Red Sox was Daniel Bard (1.84). The Angels’s starter Jered Weaver went 7 innings, allowed 6 hits, no home runs and 2 earned runs with 2 walks and 8 strikeouts. Kevin Jepsen (4.50), and Brian Fuentes (3.86) also pitched for the Angels. With the win, Lackey’s record goes to 10-5, while Weaver is at 9-7. Jonathan Papelbon earned the save for the Red Sox, bringing his saves up to 24.
In addition to the 4 runs, the Red Sox scored 9 hits and committed one error. Marco Scutaro led the Red Sox in hitting with 3 hits, followed by Darnell McDonald’s 2 hits, and Jed Lowrie with 2. Adrian Beltre had a tough day at the plate, leaving 6 runners on base. The Angels didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. The Angels scored 2 runs, 7 hits and one error.
Umpiring duties were performed by James Hoye, Todd Tichenor, Laz Diaz and Wally Bell. There were 40,120 Angels ticket holders in attendance at Angel Stadium.