Boston Red Sox at Los Angeles Angels

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Boston Red Sox

39-48, 22-21 Away

Final
8 - 1

Los Angeles Angels

36-54, 21-24 Home

Homers by Contreras, Gonzalez back Gray's strong start in Red Sox's 8-1 win over Angels

Boston Red Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels: Game Highlights

Wilyer Abreu added a two-run double, and relievers Jovani Morán, Greg Weissert and Alec Gamboa combined for three hitless innings for the Red Sox, who have won seven of nine games. The Angels have lost five straight and 11 of 17 since June 17.

Gray (10-1) induced two of Boston’s three double-play grounders, struck out seven and walked one. The 36-year-old right-hander has six straight quality starts since May 30, a stretch in which he’s gone 5-0 with a 1.97 ERA.

Though he leads the American League in wins and ranks second with a 2.61 ERA this season, Gray was not named to the AL All-Star team Saturday.

Angels starter Sam Aldegheri (3-4) walked two ahead of Contreras’ 19th homer, a 421-foot blast to left-center that gave Boston a 3-0 lead in the first.

Josh Lowe’s one-out solo homer pulled the Angels to within 3-1 in the second. Jo Adell walked, and Wade Meckler singled, but Gray struck out Donovan Walton and Tyler Heineman to escape the jam.

Aldegheri did not allow a hit in the second, third and fourth, but with his pitch count at 88, he was pulled in favor of left-hander Samy Natera Jr., who gave up one run in his first nine big-league games.

Anthony Seigler led off the fifth with a double, Ceddanne Rafaela walked, and Abreu slammed a two-run double off the right-field wall for a 5-1 lead.

Gonzalez, robbed of a potential first-inning homer when Adell made a leaping catch of his drive above the wall in right, followed with a towering 368-foot fly that cleared the short left-field wall for his first homer of the season and a 7-1 lead. Rafaela’s RBI single in the eighth made it 8-1.

Up next Red Sox LHP Ranger Suarez (4-3, 2.94 ERA) will oppose Angels RHP Ryan Johnson (1-3, 7.40) in Sunday night’s series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Soler flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Schanuel grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Guzman grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Gamboa relieved Weissert
	9th Inning	Duran grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	González lined out to right.

Statistics

BOS		LAA
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	12
6	Strikeouts	9
7	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	4
2	Stolen Bases	0
6	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	3
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	28
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
19	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	0
20	Fly Balls	7
0	Caught Stealing	0
183	Pitches	101
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
16	Total Bases	7
43	Plate Appearances	31
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
5	Extra Base Hits	1
6.6	Runs Created	0.3
.200	Batting Average	.143
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.457	Slugging Percentage	.250
.486	Secondary Average	.214
.349	On Base Percentage	.226
.806	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.476
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.7
6.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.3
51.0	Batter Rating	11.0
17.5	At Bats Per Home Run	28.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.26	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.26
.257	Isolated Power	.107
1.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.140	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.097
.286	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.071
15.0	Runs Produced	2.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
91.0	MLB Rating	64.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0