Los Angeles Angels at Boston Red Sox

· Major League Baseball

Los Angeles Angels

54-90, 24-46 Away

Final
2 - 5

Boston Red Sox

80-65, 36-34 Home

Adley Rutschman's three-run HR off Pesky Pole carries Red Sox past Angels, 5-2

Jarren Duran hit his 20th homer, a solo shot, to spark a four-run second inning for Boston, which improved to an MLB-best 34-17 since the All-Star break and closed to two games behind the Yankees for the AL’s top-wild card spot. New York owns the tiebreaker by winning the season series.

Moisés Ballesteros hit a solo homer for the AL West’s last-place Angels, who have lost 12 of 14 games.

Making his first start since giving up a career high-tying eight runs on June 4 before he was sent to Triple-A for nearly a month, Bello (6-7) worked around a high pitch count to keep the Angels to four hits with seven strikeouts.

The 27-year-old Bello, who had a solid run out of the bullpen the past two months, started because interim manager Chad Tracy decided to move back every starter.

Garrett Whitlock, the third reliever, pitched the ninth for his third save.

Duran hit the first pitch from Grayson Rodriguez (4-7) deep into the right-field seats to open the big second inning. Rutschman hooked his down the line, smacking the pole to make it 4-0.

Eli White added an RBI single in the third.

Boston swept a three-game series against the Angels in Anaheim in early July.

Rodriguez allowed three earned runs or fewer in six of his previous seven starts before giving up five over four innings Monday.

Up next LHP Reid Detmers (4-8, 3.44 ERA) is set to start for the Angels against LHP Patrick Sandoval (1-4, 4.41) on Tuesday night in the middle game of the series.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Neto struck out looking. Los Angeles Angels challenged: call on the field was upheld.
	9th Inning	Heineman struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Frazier flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Whitlock relieved Gamboa
	9th Inning	Frazier hit for Paris
	8th Inning	Anthony flied out to right.

Statistics

LAA		BOS
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
7	Ground Balls	10
15	Strikeouts	6
2	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	9
1	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	20
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
11	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
160	Pitches	146
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
10	Total Bases	17
37	Plate Appearances	37
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
2	Extra Base Hits	4
3.0	Runs Created	6.8
.182	Batting Average	.281
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.303	Slugging Percentage	.531
.242	Secondary Average	.438
.270	On Base Percentage	.378
.573	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.910
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
3.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.9
20.0	Batter Rating	40.0
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	16.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.32	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.95
.121	Isolated Power	.250
0.20	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.83
.081	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.135
.061	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.156
4.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
69.8	MLB Rating	89.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0