Scott Lewis got the Sox for the Angels in the top of the first inning and Bob Zupcic grounded out to third to start. Carlos Quintana flied out to right and Mike Greenwell grounded out to second to end the inning. Dopson got Luis Polonia to ground out to second to begin the bottom of the first before. Chad Curtis grounded out to short. JT Snow singled to left and took second on a passed ball but Chili Davis took strike three to end the inning.
The Sox ran themselves out of a rally in the top of the second inning as Andre Dawson singled to left to start. Mo Vaughn whiffed but Scott Cooper singled Andre to third. John Valentin hit a fly ball to center and Dawson gunned it home. The throw was late but Cooper inexplicably waited until Dawson was safe to try for second and he was thrown out at second to end the inning. The Sox still led 1-0 despite Cooper's foolishness.
Dopson cruised in the bottom of the second as Tim Salmon took strike three to start. Greg Myers fanned and Rene Gonzalez grounded out to third to end the inning.
Ernie Riles popped up to third to start the top of the third inning before Tony Pena grounded out to short. Zupcic popped up to third to end the inning. Torey Lovullo watched strike three go by to begin the bottom of the third inning before Gary DiSarcina was frozen for strike three. Polonia lined out to short to end the inning.
The Sox struck again in the top of the fourth inning although Quintana grounded out to third to start. Greenwell cracked his second home run of the season to increase the lead. Dawson hit one up the elevator shaft and Vaughn grounded out to first to end the inning but the Sox were up 2-0.
Dopson promptly pissed the lead away in the bottom of the fourth inning as Curtis doubled to right to begin. Snow grounded out to first but Davis hit a seeing eye singled to score Curtis. Salmon hit a ground rule double and Davis scored on the Myers ground out. Gonzalez whiffed to end the inning but the Angels tied it 2-2.
The Sox re-took the lead in the top of the fifth inning as Cooper doubled to right to start. Valentin sacrificed Scott to third and he scored on the Riles fly ball to give the Sox the lead back. Pena lined out to second to end the inning but it was 3-2 Sox.
Dopson got in trouble in the bottom of the fifth inning although Lovullo grounded out to second to start. DiSarcina singled before Polonia walked. Gary was thrown out at third trying to steal although Polonia took second. Curtis whiffed to end the inning.
Chuck Crim came in to pitch the top of the sixth and Zupcic popped up to second to start. Quintana grounded out to short and Greenwell grounded out to second to end the inning. Dopson returned for the bottom of the sixth inning and Snow tripled into the left field corner to start. Sox manager Butch Hobson jolted awake from his nap, stumbled out of the dugout and brought in Scott Bankhead to pitch ice cold out of the bullpen. Dopson was game but was knocked out after 5 innings of 3 run ball.
Scott Bankhead poured gas on the fire by allowing an rbi single to Davis to tie the game. Salmon walked and Myers sacrificed the runners over. Gonzalez lined out to right but Salmon scored to give California the lead. Lovullo was intentionally walked but DiSarcina walked to load the bases. Sox manager Butch Hobson ran out of the dugout and all the way to the bullpen to tell Ken Ryan to go pitch. When Ryan got to the mound, Polonia lashed a base hit to left and Salmon scored easily but Lovullo was thrown out at home to end the inning with the Angels ahead 5-3.
Crim retired Dawson to open the top of the seventh before Ken Patterson came in to pitch to Vaughn. The move backfired as Vaughn crushed a solo blast to cut the lead. Cooper walked to put the tying run on but Julio Valera came in to pitch. Valentin and Riles both lined out to right to end the inning but the Sox were down 5-4.
The Angels iced the game in the bottom of the seventh although Curtis grounded out to second to start. Snow walked and Davis singled before Salmon doubled them home. Salmon tried to third and Valentin heaved the ball into the dugout for an error to give Salmon an unofficial inside the park home run. Myers grounded out to second and Gonzales grounded back to the mound to end the inning but the Angels had blown it open 8-4.
Ivan Calderon pinch hit for Pena to open the top of the eighth and he drew a walk. Zupcic flied out to left but Calderon was forced at second by Quintana. Greenwell whiffed to end the inning. Bob Melvin took over behind the plate in the bottom of the eighth and Lovullo flied out to center to begin. DiSarcina hit a routine grounder to Cooper and Scott threw his glove at the ball, dove on it and wrestled with it for an error. Polonia forced DiSarcina at second and was thrown out trying to steal by the alert Melvin to end the inning.
The Sox refused to go quietly in the top of the ninth as Dawson singled to start, but was erased on the Vaughn double play. That proved to be huge as Cooper cracked his second home run of the year to cut the lead. Valentin flied out to right to end the game. The Sox had lost it 8-5.
Jackass of the Night is Ken Ryan. He allowed an inherited runner to score and 3 of his own to put the game out of reach.
The Good:
Andre Dawson was 2 for 4 with a run scored.
Scott Cooper was 3 for 3 with 2 runs scored and a home run.
Ivan Calderon walked as a pinch hitter.
The Bad:
Bob Zupcic was 0 for 4.
Carlos Quintana was 0 for 4.
Tony Pena was 0 for 2 with a passed ball.
John Dopson was knocked out in the sixth inning after allowing 3 runs in just 5 innings.
Scott Bankhead was charged with 2 runs and allowed an inherited run to score in 2/3 of an inning.
The Ugly:
Mike Greenwell was just 1 for 4 but the one hit was a solo home run.
Mo Vaughn was just 1 for 4 but the one hit was a solo home run.
John Valentin was 0 for 2 with an error but drove in a run.
Ernie Riles was 0 for 2 but drove in a run.
Honorable Mention:
Bob Melvin caught the bottom of the eighth
Final Thoughts:
Figures, the Sox offense finally scores a bunch of runs but the pitching fails them. Dopson couldn't match his Patriots Day gem but the bullpen didn't help either. I don't know what Hobson was thinking bringing in Ken Ryan instead of Paul Quantrill or Greg Harris but it cost them big time. Still, maybe the Sox offense will pick up from here and they'll be fine moving forward. Tomorrow night the Sox and Angels will be on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball. In a nationally televised contest, Scott Sanderson of the Angels goes up against Roger Clemens (3-0) of the Sox at 8:05 PM Eastern Time at Anaheim Stadium.
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