LA Angels 14, Boston 13
When: 7:10 PM ET, Thursday, August 23, 2012
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature:
84°
Umpires:
Home -
Tim McClelland, 1B -
Jordan Baker, 2B -
Ted Barrett, 3B -
Brian Runge
Attendance:
37829
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Angels 14, Red Sox 13: Kendrys Morales lined a tiebreaking homer to lead off the 10th as visiting Los Angeles outlasted Boston in a wild contest to complete a three-game sweep.
Los Angeles rebounded from an early six-run deficit, racked up 20 hits without injured Albert Pujols (calf) and used a three-run ninth to overcome Boston's 11-9 lead before winning in extra frames.
Morales homered off Alfredo Aceves (2-8), who blew the two-run ninth inning lead. Vernon Wells delivered a run-scoring double later in the inning before Ernesto Frieri (2-0) allowed a run-scoring single in the bottom of the 10th. Frieri ended the contest by striking out Adrian Gonzalez.
Dustin Pedroia had five RBIs for the Red Sox, including a three-run homer, as Boston built an early 6-0 lead.
The Red Sox, who had 18 hits, tallied twice in the bottom of eighth to take an 11-9 lead on run-scoring singles by Jacoby Ellsbury and Pedroia, but the Angels rallied for three runs in the ninth as Wells hit a one-out homer, Torii Hunter had a tying RBI single and Mark Trumbo singled in the go-ahead run.
Frieri blew the save by allowing Cody Ross’ game-tying homer to lead off the bottom of the ninth.
Los Angeles erased Boston’s six-run lead by sending 13 batters to the plate in the third. Howie Kendrick had a run-scoring single while two bases-loaded walks and a fielding error by Red Sox third baseman Pedro Ciriaco allowed Los Angeles to pull within 6-4.
Chris Iannetta tied the game with a two-run ground single to left. Mike Trout and Hunter added run-scoring singles to cap the inning.
Boston pulled within 8-7 on a fifth-inning single by Ross and then tied the score in the sixth on a homer by Mike Aviles. The Red Sox took a one-run lead later in the sixth when Ellsbury lofted an opposite-field double off the left-field wall.
Trout grounded a single up in the middle to tie the score at 9-9 in the seventh. Trout stole two bases to raise his major-league leading total to 41.
Pedroia and Ciriaco had four hits apiece for Boston.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Trumbo played first base in place of Pujols, who hasn’t yet received a timetable for his return. … Boston hopes to activate slugger David Ortiz (Achilles’ tendon) from the disabled list prior to Friday’s game. … Iannetta had his second three-hit game of the season and went 7-for-14 in the series. … Red Sox OF Carl Crawford underwent Tommy John elbow reconstruction surgery on his throwing elbow (left) Thursday after seeing action in just 31 games this season. … Angels starter C.J. Wilson allowed seven runs (six earned) and eight hits in five innings for his 11th consecutive winless start. … Boston starter Franklin Morales allowed six runs (two earned) and six hits in 2 2/3 innings.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
LA Angels
|
20 |
2 |
28 |
.408 |
22 |
9 |
13 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
Boston
|
18 |
3 |
31 |
.375 |
9 |
12 |
13 |
1 |
1 |
2 |