Boston Red Sox at Los Angeles Angels

· Major League Baseball

Boston Red Sox

40-42, 18-25 Away

Final
2 - 5

Los Angeles Angels

40-40, 19-18 Home

Kikuchi strikes out season-high 12 as the Angels beat Red Sox 5-2 to complete 3-game sweep

Boston Red Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels: Game Highlights

Kikuchi (3-6) allowed up two hits, walked one and threw 31 pitches in a shaky first inning when the Red Sox took advantage of shortstop Scott Kingery’s fielding error and scored two unearned runs on Trevor Story’s two-out, single with the bases loaded.

The 34-year-old Japanese left-hander recovered and limited Boston to one hit with no walks over the next six innings. Kikuchi struck out the side in the second and fifth innings and retired the Red Sox in order in the fourth, sixth and seventh innings.

Kikuchi induced 20 swinging strikes and threw 74 pitches over the final six innings. Ryan Zeferjahn worked a scoreless eighth and ninth for his second save as the Angels (40-40) reached .500 for the first time since May 23.

Adell and d’Arnaud homered off Red Sox starter Richard Fitts on consecutive pitches in the fourth for a 2-all tie. Adell’s 433-foot shot was his 17th homer of the season and 10th in June.

Boston reliever Luis Guerrero (0-1) issued a leadoff walk to Nolan Schanuel and a one-out walk to Mike Trout in the fifth. The right-hander struck out Taylor Ward with a 97-mph fastball before allowing consecutive two-out RBI singles to Adell and d’Arnaud, giving the Angels a 4-2 lead.

The Angels pushed the lead to 5-2 in the sixth on singles by Luis Rengifo and Kingery. Trout followed with an RBI single with two outs off reliever Zack Kelly.

Key moment Boston had a chance to extend its lead in the first, but Kikuchi got Ceddanne Rafaela to ground out to second with runners on second and third, ending the inning. Kikuchi then retired 18 of the next 19 batters he faced.

Key stat The Angels have used five starting pitchers — Kikuchi, Jose Soriano, Tyler Anderson, Kyle Hendricks and Jack Kochaanowicz — through 80 games, matching a franchise record set in 1999 for most games to begin a season using no more than five starters.

Up next Angels RHP Jose Soriano (5-5, 3.39 ERA) will oppose Washington RHP Jake Irvin (6-3, 4.18) in Anaheim on Friday. Red Sox RHP Brayan Bello (3-2, 3.31) will start Friday's series opener against Toronto in Boston.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Story flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Abreu struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Narváez struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	Moore struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	Schanuel grounded out to second.
	8th Inning	Kingery caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop.

Statistics

BOS		LAA
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
7	Ground Balls	9
14	Strikeouts	12
2	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
3	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	33
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
7	Runners Left On Base	20
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
10	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	1
136	Pitches	169
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
3	Total Bases	17
33	Plate Appearances	38
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
0	Extra Base Hits	3
-0.8	Runs Created	6.4
.097	Batting Average	.303
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.097	Slugging Percentage	.515
.065	Secondary Average	.303
.152	On Base Percentage	.395
.248	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.910
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
-0.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.2
11.0	Batter Rating	38.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	16.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.12	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.45
.000	Isolated Power	.212
0.14	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.061	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.105
-.032	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
4.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
59.0	MLB Rating	88.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0