John Candelaria got the start for the Angels and Wade Boggs led the game off with a pop up to center. Marty Barrett grounded out to third and Bill Buckner whiffed with his bat flying to end the inning. Boyd started the bottom of the first by walking Gary Pettis but the alert Rich Gedman gunned him down trying to steal. Wally Joyner grounded out to second and Brian Downing looked at strike three to end the inning.
The Sox struck first in the top of the second inning when Jim Rice drew a leadoff walk. Don Baylor singled through the hole at short but got himself picked off when he strayed too far down the path. Dwight Evans singled to left to send Rice to third and Gedman's base hit to center scored Rice to give the Sox the lead. Tony Armas popped up to first before Spike Owen grounded back to the mound to end the inning with Boston ahead 1-0.
Reggie Jackson flied out to center to begin the bottom of the second before Doug DeCinces flied out to left. Ruppert Jones grounded out to second to end the inning.
Downing ran down a Boggs liner to left to start the top of the third before Barrett grounded out to short. Buckner whiffed again with his bat flying to end the inning. Boyd stayed tough in the bottom of the third as Grich popped up to third to start. Boggs made a great running play to nail Schofield at first before Boone grounded out to short to end the inning.
The Sox did nothing in the top of the fourth as Rice looked at strike three to start. Baylor flied out to center and Evans flied out to right to end the inning. The Angels threatened in the bottom of the fourth although Boyd snared a liner by Pettis to start. Joyner and Downing struck back to back singles but Jackson popped up to short. DiCences hit a squibber that hit the first base bag. Buckner fired home and Joyner was ruled safe. Sox manager John McNamara ran a gold medal worthy sprint out of the dugout to challenge the call along with an irate Gedman, Boyd & Buckner. Home plate umpire Terry Cooney ran for cover as third place umpire Rich Garcia correctly overruled the call, Joyner was out at home. Angels manager Gene Mauch ran out of the dugout with a crowbar and chased Garcia away as Cooney said Mauch was out of the game. When the mayhem ended the Sox still led 1-0.
The Sox had a golden chance to ice the game in the top of the fifth but pissed that away although Gedman singled to start. Armas doubled off the right field fence but Owen grounded out to first. Boggs walked to load the bases but Barrett squandered a chance by popping up to first. Buckner grounded out to first to end the inning and the Sox pissed away a big chance. Boyd navigated the bottom of the fifth as Jones grounded out to second to begin. Grich flied out to left but Schofield doubled into the gap. Boone popped up to third to end the inning.
Rice whiffed to begin the top of the sixth inning but Baylor walked. Evans and Gedman both flied out to center to end the inning. The Angels tied it in the bottom of the 6th although Boyd froze Pettis for strike three to start. Joyner walked and Downing hit a ground ball to third. Boggs went to second but Joyner slid in safely. Jackson turned back to clock and singled home Joyner to tie the game. Boyd started wrestling with himself for giving up the shutout as Gedman and McNamara had to come out and calm him down. The Angels fans went wild to try to rattle Boyd but it failed as DeCinces banged into a double play to end the inning. Boyd was furious with himself in the dugout as the game was tied 1-1.
Candelaria cruised in the top of the seventh inning as Armas flied out to center to start. Owen took strike three and Boggs flied out to left to end the inning. The Angels put the game away in the bottom of the seventh although Jones hit a comebacker to Boyd to start. Grich took strike three but Schofield crushed a 500,000 foot home run to give the Angels the lead. Boone stuck his bat out and singled to center and Pettis iced the game with a 2 run bomb halfway to Hawaii. That was it for Boyd who gave up two big mistakes in the 7th inning to seal his doom after 6 2/3 innings. Joe Sambito came in and got Joyner to ground to second to end the inning but it was 4-1 Angels.
The Sox refused to go quietly in the top of the eighth inning against Angels closer Donnie Moore. Barrett lashed a base hit to left but Buckner popped up to center. Rice doubled just out of the reach of Jones to put runners in scoring position before Moore was charged with a balk to advance Rice to third and score Barrett. Schofield ran into foul territory to reel in a pop up from Baylor but Evans drew a walk. Gedman ripped a single to right to score Rice and put the go-ahead run at first. With the game on the line...Armas lined out to center to end the inning with the Sox down 4-3. The Sox got close but couldn't get the knockout punch.
Just as soon as the Sox got back in the game, the Angels got the big insurance run off Calvin Schiraldi in the bottom of the eighth. Downing lined out to short to start but Jackson drew a walk. DeCinces hit a routine grounder to Boggs...under his glove as Jackson made a mad dash to third on the error. Armas made a great diving catch of a line drive by Jones but couldn't gun down the 40 year old Jackson at home. Grich lined out to left to end the inning with the Angels ahead 5-3.
Mike Greenwell pinch hit for Owen to open the top of the ninth with Devon White now in right field. Greenwell popped up to Pettis before Boggs also flied out to center. Barrett lined a single to right to bring the tying
Jackass of the Night is Oil Can Boyd. He pitched well but couldn't finish the job, allowing 4 runs in 6 2/3 innings.
The Good:
Marty Barrett was 2 for 5 with a run scored.
Jim Rice was 1 for 3 with a walk and 2 runs scored.
Don Baylor was 1 for 3 with a walk.
Dwight Evans was 1 for 3 with a walk.
Rich Gedman was 3 for 4 with 2 rbi's.
Joe Sambito retired the only man he faced.
The Bad:
Bill Buckner was 0 for 5.
Spike Owen was 0 for 3 with a strikeout.
Mike Greenwell popped up as a pinch hitter.
The Ugly:
Wade Boggs was 0 for 4 with an error but walked.
Tony Armas was just 1 for 4.
Calvin Schiraldi gave up the insurance run but it was unearned due to the Boggs error.
Final Thoughts:
This was a really tough loss considering the prospect of having to pitch Roger Clemens on 3 days rest tomorrow. Basically if it wasn't for the Angels throwing up on themselves in Game 2, they essentially should be up 3-0 right now. The Sox couldn't hit Candelaria the same way they couldn't hit Witt in Game 1. The prospect of facing both of them again is frightening. Now they have to face Don Sutton tomorrow and hope they can crack him, otherwise they're down 3 games to 1 and forget about it. The Sox look to even the series tomorrow night when they send Roger Clemens to the mound on 3 days rest to take on Don Sutton in Game 4 at 8:00 PM eastern time at Anaheim Stadium.
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