Haren injured in debut with Angels; Big Papi powers Red Sox
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07/27/2010 -
Anaheim, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - David Ortiz homered twice and knocked in three
runs, powering the Boston Red Sox past the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 6-3,
in Dan Haren's injury-shortened debut with his new team.
Haren (0-1), acquired by LA on Sunday in a trade with Arizona, exited the game
in the fifth inning after taking a Kevin Youkilis line drive off his right
forearm. He was diagnosed with a contusion and took the loss, allowing two
runs on seven hits to go with eight strikeouts and no walks in 4 2/3 innings.
His counterpart, Clay Buchholz (11-6), threw seven innings of one-run ball,
yielding just five hits and a walk while fanning seven in his second start
since being activated off the disabled list. Jonathan Papelbon nailed down his
23rd save of the season by recording the final four outs.
Victor Martinez (thumb) was in the starting lineup for the first time in a
month and drove in a run for Boston, which had lost four of six coming in.
The Angels lost for the fifth time in six games despite home runs by Bobby
Abreu and Hideki Matsui.
Boston quickly tied the game following Abreu's first-inning solo homer, as
Adrian Beltre tripled leading off the second and trotted home on Martinez's
single to center.
The Red Sox stranded two runners in the inning, and the Angels wasted a no-
out, bases-loaded situation in the bottom half, with Buchholz getting out of
the jam thanks to a pair of infield pop outs and a flyout to left off the bat
of Erick Aybar.
In the third, Ortiz got just enough of a Haren offering to send it over the
short porch in right for his 20th round-tripper of the year.
The Angels left two more on in the third and went down in order from the
fourth through the sixth innings while their newly-acquired starter hit the
showers early.
Francisco Rodriguez and Kevin Jepsen kept it a one-run game until the seventh,
when Fernando Rodney served up Ortiz's blast on a payoff pitch. Youkilis, who
finished 3-for-5 at the plate, singled ahead of the homer.
Scott Atchison took over for Buchholz in the eighth, and Maicer Izturis
greeted the reliever with a single before coming in on Matsui's two-out home
run, which was upheld upon review as a fan appeared to interfere with the ball
just as it cleared the wall in right.
The Sox answered in the ninth on J.D. Drew's two-run double off rookie Michael
Kohn, and Papelbon shook off a leadoff single in the ninth to seal the win.
Game Notes
It's the ninth straight year Ortiz has hit at least 20 home runs. He has three
multi-home run games this season and 37 for his career...Haren, winless since
June 12, went 7-8 with a 4.60 earned-run average in 21 starts with
Arizona...Buchholz came back from a left hamstring injury last week and was
touched for five runs on six hits and three walks over four innings versus
Oakland..Red Sox outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury, on the DL since May 28 with a rib
injury, started his rehab assignment in the Gulf Coast League on Monday...Kohn
had his contract selected from Triple-A Salt Lake, and the Angels also
optioned pitcher Trevor Bell to Salt Lake and recalled from rehab and optioned
pitcher Matt Palmer to Salt Lake...The Red Sox swept a four-game home set over
the Angels from May 3-6...In the second test of this three-game series on
Tuesday, John Lackey will square off against his former team opposite Angels
ace Jered Weaver.
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