The Angels wasted no time getting to Porcello in the top of the first inning as Kole Calhoun effortlessly singled to left to begin. Somehow Porcello got Mike Trout swinging before Shohei Ohtani easily doubled to the Monster. Justin Upton crushed a 500,000 foot home run to put the Angels up for good 4 batters into the game. Jackie Bradley Jr climbed the Monster to rob Matt Thaiss of a double and Sam Travis dove into the Angels bullpen to rob David Fletcher of a home run to end the inning with the Angels up for good 3-0.
Andrew Heaney easily shut down the Sox in the bottom of the first inning as Mr. Mookie Betts hit a weak pop up to first to start. Xander Bogaerts lined one off the glove of Fletcher for an error but JD Martinez weakly popped up to center. Sam Travis popped up weakly to right to end the inning.
Porcello cruised in the top of the second inning as Luis Rengifo flied out to center to begin. Kevan Smith grounded out to short and Betts made a great leaping catch to rob Wilfredo Tovar of a triple to end the inning. The Sox offense quit in the bottom of the second as Christian Vazquez looked at strike three to start. Michael Chavis whiffed before Brock "The Hitman" Holt somehow drew a walk. Sandy Leon whiffed badly to end the inning.
Porcello whiffed Calhoun to open the top of the third as Sox analyst Dave O'Brien took a big crap on Rick by saying he's only induced 4 double plays all season. Trout grounded back to the mound and Ohtani popped up to left to end the inning. JBJ was hit with a pitch to begin the bottom of the third and Mr. Mookie lined a base hit to left. Upton misplayed it and both runners advanced into scoring position. Bogaerts failed to get anyone home with a weak pop up to right although somehow Martinez got drilled to load the bases. Travis brought home JBJ with a sac fly to left to put the Sox on the board but Vazquez popped up to left to end the inning with the Sox down 3-1.
Upton popped up to right on the first pitch of the top of the fourth before Thaiss grounded out to second on the third pitch. It took 7 pitches but Fletcher lined out to JBJ to end the inning. Chavis whiffed to start the bottom of the fourth before Holt grounded out to short. Somehow Leon singled to left and JBJ singled up the middle to put runners at the corners. That was it for Heaney as Taylor Cole was brought in to pitch to Mr. Mookie. Natrually Betts popped up weakly to right to end the inning.
Porcello continued to dominate the top of the fifth as Rengifo grounded out to first to start.Smith took strike three and Tovar grounded out to first to end the inning, Porcello had retired 14 in a row after the Upton bomb. It didn't matter as the Sox offense did nothing in the bottom of the fifth. Bogaerts grounded out to first to start but somehow Martinez singled. Naturally Travis and Vazquez whiffed to end the inning.
After retiring 14 in a row, Porcello allowed a single to Calhoun and 2 run backbreaking bomb to Trout to end his day. Once again Porcello got shelled, allowing 5 runs in 5 plus innings. Darwinzon Hernandez came in to punch out Ohtani before Upton lined out to center. Thaiss walked but Fletcher grounded into a force to end the inning with the Angels up 5-1.
The Sox tried to fight back in the bottom of the sixth as Chavis grounded out to second to start to chase Cole. Adalberto Mejia allowed Holt to double to left but Leon lined out to second. JBJ walked as Ty Buttrey replaced Mejia. Mr. Mookie doubled home Holt to cut the lead. Bogaerts grounded out to short to end the inning with the Sox down 5-2.
The Angels took a big dump on the Sox in the top of the seventh inning as Rengifo singled to start before Smith was hit by a pitch. A passed ball moved both runners over and Tovar singled home Rengifo. Calhoun walked to load the bases and Hector "The Insurance Policy" Velazquez came in to pour gas on the fire. Trout was plunked to force home a run and Ohtani singled home Tovar and Calhoun while advancing Trout to third. Upton hit a sac fly to score Trout and Thaiss walked. Fletcher singled to left and Travis booted the ball, scoring Ohtani and Thaiss. Rengifo flied out to left and Smith lined out to third to end the inning but it was 12-2 Sox. This game sucks.
Somehow the Sox scored in the bottom of the seventh inning against JC Ramirez. Martinez grounded out to second but Travis made up for his error by smashing his 5th home run of the season. Vazquez doubled to center and moved to third on a wild pitch. Chavis grounded out to second but Vazquez scored another run. Holt tripled to center and if the bullpen didn't implode, this would be a one run game with a man on third. As it was, Leon grounded out to second to end the inning with the Sox down 12-4.
Ryan Weber came in for the top of the eighth inning and Tovar grounded out to third to start. Calhoun flied out to right but Brian Goodwin pinch hit for Trout only to ground out to second to end the inning. JBJ grounded out to first to start the bottom of the eighth before Mr. Mookie walked. Bogaerts forced Betts at second and Martinez lined out to left to end the inning.
Weber punched out Ohtani to start the top of the ninth before Upton grounded out to third. Thaiss singled to right and Fletcher doubled him to third. Rengifo whiffed to end the inning. Hansel Robles ended the game in the bottom of the ninth. Travis grounded out to second to begin before Vazquez looked at strike three. Chavis whiffed to end the game. The Angels had pounded the Sox 12-4.
Jackass of the Night is Hector Velazquez. He allowed 3 inherited runners to score and 3 of his own in a disastrous 7th inning.
The Good:
Mookie Betts was 2 for 4 with a walk and an rbi.
Brock Holt was 2 for 3 with a walk and a run scored.
Jackie Bradley Jr was 1 for 2 with a walk and a run scored.
Ryan Weber tossed 2 scoreless innings.
The Bad:
Xander Bogaerts was 0 for 5.
Rick Porcello took the loss by allowing 5 runs in just 5 innings.
Darwinzon Hernandez was charged with 4 runs in just an inning plus.
The Ugly:
JD Martinez was just 1 for 4.
Sam Travis was just 1 for 4 with an error but drove in two total runs and homered.
Christian Vazquez was just 1 for 5 with a hat trick of 3 strikeouts but scored a run.
Michael Chavis was 0 for 5 with a hat trick of 3 strikeouts but drove in a run.
Sandy Leon was just 1 for 4.
Final Thoughts:
42 games left....that's it. 42 games left and the Sox still can't get their act together. At this point its never going to happen because they don't have enough pitching talent. With Chris Sale on the rocks and David Price hurt, the pitching depth is non-existent. That falls on Dave Dombrowski who failed big time to help this team in the off-season and at the deadline. His only acquisition this season was Andrew Cashner and he's been a complete flop so far. Luckily there's only a month and a half left to grin and bear before Dombrowski is gone. Say what you will about Sox owner John Henry, but he's managed to correct every mistake he's made in 18 seasons as owner. The loss dropped the Sox to 63-57, a hundred million games behind the New York Yankees for first place in the AL East. Tomorrow afternoon the Sox look to rebound against the Angels when the Sox send Andrew Cashner to the mound against Patrick Sandoval at 1:05 PM at Fenway Park.
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