 pitched two scoreless innings of relief, allowing just one hit and striking out three. Craig Kimbrell earned his 24th save with a scoreless ninth inning.Andrelton Simmons hit a solo homer and Albert Pujols had an RBI single for the Angels, who have lost six straight.Los Angeles was up 1-0 until Devers led off the fifth with his 13th homer, to center off of Jamie Barria (5-4).Barria was pulled after giving up a one-out walk to J. D. Martinez with one out in the sixth and the score still tied 1-1. Jose Alvarez gave up a double to Mitch Moreland, with Martinez moving to third. Xander Bogaerts was then walked intentionally to load the bases, and Brock Holt drew a walk to drive in Martinez for Boston's first lead. Alvarez then got Devers to ground into a double play to end the inning.Barria was charged with two runs on four hits and two walks, striking out two over 5 1/3 innings.Bradley's homer, his sixth, in the seventh pushed Boston's lead to 4-1.The Angels picked up a run in the eighth off of Joe Kelly, who walked Trout to start the inning followed by back-to-back singles by Upton and Pujols. Both were still on first and second with one out when Andrew Benintendi made a catch that kept Los Angeles from tying it. Fletcher hit a hard shot to left that was headed to the Green Monster until Benintendi ran it down and reached behind him and caught the ball just before it could hit the scoreboard. Red Sox fans gave Benintendi a standing ovation before Chris Young flew out to center to end the inning.TRAINER'S ROOMAngels: Placed rookie reliever Jake Jewell on the DL with a broken right leg that could cause him to miss the rest of the season. He's scheduled to have surgery Friday. Jewell was carted off the field at Fenway Park on Wednesday night. ... The Angels recalled RHP Eduardo Paredes from Triple-A Salt Lake and added RHP Taylor Cole to the major league roster.UP NEXTAngels: RHP Felix Pena (0-0, 5.40 ERA) gets his third start of the season and first on the road when the Angels open up a weekend series in Baltimore on Friday.Red Sox: LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (9-2, 3.86) was on a six-start winning streak before taking the loss Saturday against Seattle. Rodriguez is scheduled to go up against Yankees LHP C. C. Sabathia (4-3, 3.18) in the series opener Friday night.---For more baseball coverage: https://apnews.com/tag/MLBbaseball)
TICKETSTICKETSRed Sox attempt to sweep aside Angels 1h ago• 4 min read BOSTON -- Their bats clearly on fire, the Boston Red Sox head to New York this weekend for the latest chapter of the rivalry with the New York Yankees.But first, there's work to do at home.After blowing a 6-0 lead but surviving to move back into first place in the American League East, the Red Sox go for the series and season sweep of the floundering Los Angeles Angels at Fenway Park on Thursday night.With Steven Wright hitting the disabled list with left knee inflammation, left-hander Brian Johnson (1-2, 4.50 ERA) gets the start for Boston against rookie righty Jaime Barria (5-3, 3.40) in Thursday night's finale -- before the three games in the Bronx.The Red Sox, who have scored 48 runs in their last six games, hit the halfway mark of their schedule by moving a half-game ahead of the Yankees at 54-27. They have outscored the Angels 45-10 in five games this season.Johnson started in the fifth game of the season, allowing one run on six hits in six innings at Miami. He now makes his eighth career start and second of the season. This will be his first start against Angels, although earlier this season, Johnson pitched three scoreless innings of relief in Boston's three-game sweep in Anaheim.The Red Sox are a season-high 27 games over .500. They are 3-3 against the Yankees, who are off Thursday before the third series of the season between the rivals.J. D. Martinez hit his 25th homer of the season Wednesday, already one more than Mookie Betts' club-leading total last season. Martinez is the seventh Red Sox player with at least 25 homers in half a season."He's becoming a leader of the team in the clubhouse," Boston manager Alex Cora said after Wednesday's game.Martinez, asked if he sets offensive goals before the start of the season, said, "Nah. My goal is to not give an at-bat away, you know?"While his team did rally from six runs down to make a game of it Wednesday, Los Angeles manager Mike Scioscia didn't have much to be happy about following the 9-6 defeat.The Angels, who have lost five straight and 12 of their last 16 games, got bad news before the game regarding Zack Cozart and then saw just-recalled reliever Jake Jewell carted off the field after suffering what appeared to be a serious ankle injury."Hoping everything is OK with Jewell," Cora said. "Everyone in the dugout and clubhouse will be praying for him." Cozart will likely miss the remainder of the season after surgery to repair a torn labrum in his non-throwing shoulder."Zack Cozart received a second opinion on his left shoulder after experiencing continued discomfort during his progressions," the Angels said in statement. "After additional imaging and clinical examination, it was recommended that he undergo surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder. Zack will undergo surgery in Los Angeles in the near future. We will update with additional information when appropriate." As far as the Angels' current situation, Scioscia said, "We'll keep battling, but at some point obviously we need to put both ends together, get the pitching we need and get some early runs, get the game on our terms and start to do things the way we can." Jewell, appearing in his third major league game after arriving earlier in the day, was injured covering home plate on a wild pitch in the eighth inning."It was sad, really sad," Los Angeles catcher Martin Maldonado said. "Young guy or an old guy, it's hard to see a teammate go down like that." It was back in 2014 that Angels right-hander Garrett Richards suffered a season-ending injury while covering first base at Fenway.Jewell and infielder Nolan Fontana had been recalled, while Akeel Morris was sent back to Salt Lake City and Tuesday night loser John Lamb hit the 10-day disabled with left shoulder and elbow inflammation.The Angels also said rookie Shohei Ohtani with have his left elbow re-evaluated Thursday -- amid talk he could return as a hitter this season while not pitching."If he was solely a DH, he would have been cleared right away," general manager Billy Eppler said on MLB Radio, "but because you are wanting that ligament to heal, to get that impact he brings on the mound, you want to -- I don't want to coin it the danger zone -- but you want to get to the point where you are feeling that area has plenty of time to scar and heal."That's what the three-week prescription is for, to buy you that time of scarring and healing." Barria, who allowed one run in five innings in his last start,has gone an impressive 3-1 with a 3.10 ERA on the road. He has never faced the Red Sox.
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