Sunday, September 30, 2007

Recap of Angels vs Red Sox games in 2007

The Angels and Red Sox played 10 times this year with the Red Sox winning 6 of the games. Here is a recap of those 10 games. Recap links go to Yahoo Sports.

(Coming later in the week, Angels vs Boston player stats)

April 13 at Boston Red Sox 10, Angels 1
-The Red Sox scored 6 runs in the 8th inning to pull away. John Lackey started and allowed 3 earned runs in 5.2 ip. The Angels mustered only 5 hits off starter Tim Wakefield and 3 Boston relievers.

April 14 at Boston Red Sox 8, Angels 0
- Curt Schilling pitched 8 shutout innings as the Angels bats were again silenced (5 hits) in Boston. Hector Carrasco started for the Angels before giving way to Darren Oliver, Chris Bootcheck and Greg Jones.

April 16 at Boston Red Sox 7, Angels 2
- Ervin Santana started for the Halos and the Sox had 5 runs before Santana recorded an out. Josh Beckett hit Vladimir Guerrero on the hand in the first inning and he was forced to leave the game.

August 7 at Anaheim Angels 4, Red Sox 2
- Maicer Izturis' solo home run in the 7th inning broke a 2-2 tie and gave the Angels a rare victory over the Sox. Jered Weaver outdueled Curt Schilling allowing 2 earned runs in 6 innings. "I could have very easily shut those guys out tonight if I had executed some pitches tonight," Schilling said.

August 8 at Anaheim Angels 10, Red Sox 4
- Gary Matthews Jr was 3-for-5 with 4 rbi as the Angel bats exploded for 14 hits. Joe Saunders was shaky -giving up 4 runs in 5.1 ip. Chris Bootcheck and Darren Oliver came out of the pen and gave up only one hit in 3.2 ip.

August 9 at Anaheim Red Sox 9, Angels 6
- Dustin Pedroia hit a solo shot off of Garret Anderson's glove in the 7th inning to snap a 6-6 tie. Dustin Moseley made the start for the Halos and gave up 6 earned runs in 4.2 ip.

August 17 at Boston Red Sox 8, Angels 4 (Game 1 of DH)
- John Lackey had his worst outing of the season as the Red Sox scored 6 runs in the 1st inning off of Lackey. Casey Kotchman was 4-for-4 in the loss.

August 17 at Boston Angels 7, Red Sox 5 (Game 2 of DH)
- In the second game of the duobleheader, Ervin Santana returned from the minor leagues and retired the first 13 batters he faced. The Angels took a 4-1 lead into the bottom of the 9th inning when Scot Shields and Francisco Rodriguez couldn't hold the lead. Shields struck out the first batter, then walked two batters and allowed a single to load the bases. K-Rod came in with the bases loaded to face David Ortiz. He threw a wild pitch allowing one run, then gave up doubles to Ortiz and Manny Ramirez as the Sox took a 5-4 lead. As Boston prepared for the doubleheader sweep, the Angels took advantage of Eric Gagne scoring 3 runs in the 9th to win the game.

August 18 at Boston Red Sox 10, Angels 5
- The Angels built a 5-0 lead going into the bottom of the 5th inning, but Jered Weaver couldn't hold it. The Red Sox scored 6 runs in the 5th including a grand slam by David Ortiz. The Angels managed just one base runner after the 5th and Justin Speier gave up 4 runs with two outs in the 8th inning in the loss.

August 19 at Boston Angels 3, Red Sox 1
- Joe Saunders pitched into the 8th inning allowing just one run and 6 hits. Scott Shields was shaky, allowing Saunders' inherited runner to score, but Justin Speier and K-Rod shut down the Sox for the win and a split of the series.

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