The Boston Red Sox faced off against the Los Angeles Angels Of Anaheim yesterday at Fenway Park with the Red Sox securing the victory 5 to 1. It was a great baseball game that fans with Red Socks tickets will remember for quite some time.
Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester (3.93 ERA) got the win, while Kevin Jepsen (4.63 ERA) took the loss for the Angels. Jon Lester went 8 solid innings for the Red Sox, allowed 5 hits, no home runs and one earned run with 2 walks and 5 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Red Sox was Jonathan Papelbon (1.93). The Angels’s starter Ervin Santana went 7 innings, allowed 7 hits, no home runs and one earned run with one walk and 7 strikeouts. Scot Shields (9.39) also pitched for the Angels. With the win, Lester’s record goes to 2-2, while Jepsen drops to 0-1.
In addition to the 5 runs, the Red Sox put up 11 hits and committed no errors. Marco Scutaro led the Red Sox in hitting with 3 hits, followed by Jeremy Hermida’s 2 hits, and J.D. Drew with 2. David Ortiz had a tough day at the plate, leaving 4 runners on base. Mike Napoli had the most hits for the Angels (3), followed by Howard Kendrick (1). The Angels got one run, 5 hits and one error.
Umpiring duties were performed by James Hoye, Wally Bell, Laz Diaz and John Hirschbeck. There were 37,411 Red Sox ticket holders in attendance at Fenway Park.
The win puts the Red Sox at a record of -, ( games behind the division leader), while the loss brings the Angels to -, ( games behind first place in the division). Next up for the Red Sox are the (-) at the Red Sox’s Fenway Park. If you are in the area you might want to check out what’s available for tickets because that game should be a good one. The Angels will next take on the (-) at Fenway Park in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your tickets today and get in on the action.
