The good news was the Boston Celtics defeated the Miami Heat in Game 4 of their NBA East Finals series but the bad news was the Los Angeles Angels shut out the Boston Red Sox. For the second day in a row, the Boston bats went silent against Angels pitching. Struggling starter Griffin Canning looked like 1973 Nolan Ryan as he held the Sox to 2 measly hits in 7 innings. Brayan Bello (3-2, 4.08 ERA) was the hard luck loser allowing 2 runs in 7 strong innings. Any hope for a comeback ended when Joely Rodriguez gave up a two run bomb to Mike Trout in the bottom of the eighth. The Sox have now scored exactly 1 run in 18 innings as the Angels won this one 4-0 at Angels Stadium. How many runs did the Sox score Dean Wormer?
Jarren Duran struck out swinging to start the top of the second before Kike Hernandez flied out to right. Triston Casas walked and Enmanuel Valdez got a base hit to right, but Reese McGuire struck out swinging to end the inning. Matt Thaiss grounded out to second to start the bottom of the second before Gio Urshela struck out looking. Zach Neto went down hacking to end the inning.
Verdugo grounded out to third to start the top of the third before Yoshida flied out to center. Turner took strike three to end the inning. Moniak flied out to center to start the bottom of the second and Trout grounded out to second. Ohtani grounded out to first to end the inning.
Devers lined out to left to start the top of the fourth before Duran grounded out to first. Hernandez walked but Casas swung at air to end the inning. Renfroe grounded out to third to open the bottom of the fourth and Walsh took strike three. Drury grounded out to third to end the inning.
Valdez grounded out to first to start the top of the fifth before McGuire struck out swinging. Verdugo lined out to left to end the inning. Thaiss hit a home run all the way to the Baltic Sea to start the bottom of the fifth before Urshela grounded out to third. Neto got a base hit to center but Moniak flied out to center. Trout flied out to right to end the inning with the Angels up 2-0.
Thaiss hits one out
Yoshida flied out to left to start the top of the sixth before Turner grounded out to third. Devers grounded out to short to end the inning. Ohtani lined out to left to start the bottom of the sixth before Renfroe lined out to left. Walsh flied out to right to end the inning.
Duran grounded out to short to start the top of the seventh before Hernandez lined out to right. Casas got a base hit to right but Valdez popped up to third to end the inning. Bello returned for one last inning in the bottom of the seventh and Drury grounded out to second to start. Thaiss struck out swinging but Urshela doubled to right. Neto grounded out to third to end the inning. Bello allowed 2 runs on 6 hits while striking out 6.
Hard luck Bello
Matt Moore came in to pitch the top of the eighth with Rob Refsnyder pinch hitting for McGuire. Rob walked and Verdugo forced him at second. Yoshida grounded into a double play to end the inning. Connor Wong took over behind the plate with Joely Rodriguez now on the mound to start the bottom of the eighth. Taylor Ward pinch hit for Moniak and doubled to left. Trout hit a home run all the way into the Pacific Ocean to ice the game. Ohtani took strike three but Renfroe doubled to left. Walsh walked and that was it for the incompetent Rodriguez. Justin Garza got Drury lined out to right and Thaiss to strike out swinging to end the inning with the Angels up 4-0.
Jacob Webb came in to close out the top of the ninth and Turner flied out to center to start. Devers struck out swinging and Duran went down hacking to end the game. The Angels had won it 4-0.
Angels win
Jackass of the Night is Joely Rodriguez. Not that the Sox were going to score any runs, he eliminated any hope for a comeback when he served up a two run jack to Mike Trout.
Nice going Jackass
The Good:
Triston Casas was 1 for 2.
Enmanuel Valdez was 1 for 3.
Rob Refsnyder walked as a pinch hitter.
One of the rare times the losing pitcher ends up on the Good list but Brayan Bello held the Angels to two runs in 7 innings. He allowed 6 hits while striking out 6.
Justin Garza got the final two outs of the eighth inning.
The Bad:
Alex Verdugo was 0 for 4.
Masataka Yoshida was 0 for 4.
Rafael Devers was 0 for 4 with a strikeout.
Jarren Duran was 0 for 4 with 2 strikeouts.
Reese McGuire was 0 for 2 with 2 strikeouts.
The Ugly:
Justin Turner was 0 for 3 with a strikeout but walked.
Kike Hernandez was 0 for 2 but walked.
Honorable Mention:
Connor Wong caught the bottom of the eighth.
Final Thoughts:
Someone wake up the Boston Red Sox bats because they've gone completely asleep in two games against the Los Angeles Angels. Scoring one run last night and nothing tonight isn't going to get the job done. Trevor Story and Adam Duvall being out hurts but the offense shouldn't be THIS bad. Joely Rodriguez poured gas on the fire but the Sox weren't doing anything offensively anyway. Its one thing if it was an ace pitcher but Griffin Canning shut them down. It'll be a while before Duvall and Story come back so the Sox have to do something to score some runs, small ball, bunts....SOMETHING! Bello pitched a hell of a game and that's the only highlight really. If the bats can produce, Bello turning into an ace would help big time. The less said of this nonsense, the better. The loss dropped the Sox to 26-23, 8.5 games behind the Tampa Bay Rays for first place in the AL East. The Sox look to avoid a sweep tomorrow night when James Paxton (1-0) takes on Tyler Anderson of the Angels. The game begins at 9:30 PM at Anaheim Stadium.
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