FINAL: Angels 12, Red Sox 4 - Upton, Trout homers powering LA

WHO: Red Sox (62-56) vs. Los Angeles Angels (56-61)
WHEN: 4:05 p.m.
WHERE: Fenway Park
SERIES TO DATE: Boston 2-0
STARTING PITCHERS: RHP Rick Porcello (10-8, 5.54) vs. LHP Andrew Heaney (1-3, 5.09)
TV/RADIO: NESN/WEEI 93.7 FM

LIVE GAME COVERAGE

Seventh inning

Just a mess of an inning.
Single, HBP, RBI single, walk, Velazquez enters and hits Trout with bases loaded, two-run single. ANGELS 9, RED SOX 2.
Upton sac fy. ANGELS 10, RED SOX 2.
Another two-run single. ANGELS 12, RED SOX 2.

Sam Travis with a homer. ANGELS 12, RED SOX 3.
Double by Vazquez.
RBI groundout by Chavis on a ridiculous play by Renfro. ANGELS 12, RED SOX 4.
Holt triples with two outs, but Leon grounds out.

Sixth inning

Mike Trout hits his first Fenway home run. ANGELS 5, RED SOX 1.

https://twitter.com/DingerTracker/status/1160308299230785543

Hernandez is on now.

One-out double by Holt.

After a two-out walk, Betts doubles to score one off former Red Sox prospect Ty Buttrey. ANGELS 5, RED SOX 2.

Bogaerts grounds out. Red Sox have now left nine on base, and they are 1 for 6 with RISP.

Fourth inning

Porcello has now retired 11 straight batters.

Back-to-back two-out singles by Leon and JBJ with two outs bounce Heaney, who just came off the DL. 74 pitches for him.

Taylor Cole will be the new pitcher. ... Betts flies out to center.

Third inning

Lead-off HBP by JBJ so maybe they can get something going here.
Mookie rips one to left, but Upton boots it in second. Second and third, no one out.
Pop out to RF by Bogarts not deep enough.
Second HBP to load the bases for your illustrious No. 4 hitter Sam Travis, who does have two homers in the previous two games. ... Sac fly. ANGELS 3, RED SOX 1.
Only one run for the Sox. That's going to hurt.

Second inning

Two-out walk from Holt, but Leon whiffs.

First inning

Lead-off single by Calhoun through the shift to left.
Whiffs Trout.
Ohtani doubled to LCF to put runners on second and third.
Upton hits a three-run homer to give the Angels a 3-0 lead in the first for second-straight day. ANGELS 3, RED SOX 0.

https://twitter.com/Angels/status/1160286965406883842

Nothing doing for Sox besides a walk.

LINEUPS

Angels

Calhoun RF
Trout CF
Ohtani DH
Upton LF
Thaiss 1B
Fletcher 3B
Rengifo 2B
Smith C
Tovar SS

Red Sox

Mookie Betts RF
Xander Bogaerts SS
J.D. Martinez DH
Sam Travis LF
Christian Vazquez 1B
Michael Chavis 3B
Brock Holt 2B
Sandy Leon C
Jackie Bradley Jr. CF

WHAT'S UP

The Red Sox have won each of their last 8 games against the Angels, their 4th-longest streak ever against the franchise. ... They won 10 in a row from 1993-94 and have twice won nine straight vs. LAA. ...  Red Sox pitchers have allowed only five hits in this series (5-for-56, .089 AVG). They have given up three hits or fewer in consecutive games for the first time since 8/22-23 in 2017. ... Red Sox relievers have allowed only 1 run on 1 hit in this series (7.1 IP, 1-for-20). ... In the last nine games, the BOS bullpen has posted a 2.65 ERA and held opponents to a .185 AVG (34.0 IP, 22 H, 10 ER). ... Last night, J.D. Martinez recorded the 8th game since RBI became an official stat in 1920 in which a Red Sox player had 4+ XBH, 4+ RBI, and 4+ runs scored. ... He and Mookie Betts (7/26 vs. NYY) are the only AL players to accomplish the feat this year (only NL player: Paul DeJong). ... Rick Porcello allowed one run in 6.0 innings vs. KC on 8/5. He’s now won 5 of his last 6 decisions. The Red Sox are 13-6 in Porcello’s last 19 starts and 5-1 in his last 6. Has thrown 5.0+ innings in 18 of his last 20 starts, including each of his last 6. ... Michael Chavis is 0 for his last 7. ... Andrew Heaney missed last 18 games with left shoulder inflammation; also missed first 51 games of the year with left elbow inflammation. … In two career games vs. Red Sox, he is 1-0 with a 6.97 ERA (10.1 IP – 8 ER) and eight strikeouts. … Allowed six earned runs in 3.1 innings in only previous game at Fenway Park on June 27, 2018.