Angels 3, Red Sox 2

 

Dagnabbit! Four straight losses in a row! This west coast road trip has turned into a disaster. 

To make it worse, this loss follows an absolute pitching masterpiece by Garrett Crochet - 10 strike-outs over seven scoreless innings, with only three hits and three walks. By the top of the 8th, the Sox had a 1-0 lead, but then Greg Weissert gave up Christian Moore's first homer of the night in the bottom of the inning. Tied, 1-1, the game went into extra innings.

Marcelo Mayer singled to score Rafaela in the top of the 10th and Boston took a 2-1 lead. But in the bottom of the inning, Justin Wilson gave up Moore's second homer of the night, which also scored the baserunner, and just like that, the Angels won, 3-2. 

The Sox are once again below .500 and once again closer to last place than first. 

Boston will try to avoid the sweep this afternoon (4:00 pm Eastern) with Richard Don't-Call-Him-"Dick" Fitts (0-3, 4.71) against the Angels' Yusei Kikuchi  (2-6, 3.01). Loser versus loser. Can't wait.