The Los Angeles Angels broke open a tie game with four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning en route to a 9-5 victory over the visiting Boston Red Sox on Monday night.
Christian Moore’s sacrifice fly drove in LaMonte Wade Jr. to put Los Angeles in front 6-5, and the Angels made it 7-5 when Garrett Whitlock walked Taylor Ward with the bases loaded. Travis d’Arnaud’s two-run single extended the lead to 9-5.
Whitlock (5-1) allowed all four runs in the inning. Boston issued 11 walks in the loss.
Zach Neto provided a solo home run for the Angels, and Trevor Story hit a solo home run for the Red Sox.
Sam Bachman (1-0) earned the win for pitching a scoreless eighth. Kenley Jansen was removed from the game with an apparent injury after throwing four pitches in the ninth.
Boston starter Walker Buehler surrendered five runs on three hits in four innings. He walked seven and struck out three. Buehler has allowed 21 earned runs in 16 1/3 innings this month.
After the Red Sox took a 3-0 lead in the top of the first on a two-run single by Wilyer Abreu and an RBI single by Ceddanne Rafaela, the Angels pushed five runs across in the bottom half of the inning.
Neto’s solo home run started the inning. After Jo Adell’s RBI single scored Mike Trout, Buehler issued bases-loaded walks to Luis Rengifo and Moore before he hit Neto with the bases full. Eleven batters came to the plate in the inning.
Boston pulled within a run in the fourth when Rafaela scored on Connor Wong’s sacrifice fly to left.
Red Sox manager Alex Cora was ejected by second base umpire Alan Porter with two outs in the fifth for arguing a no-obstruction call after Abraham Toro was thrown out sliding into second base.
Boston tied the game in the sixth on Story’s solo homer.
Four-run eighth propels Angels past Red Sox
