And, finally, a turning point.
Bobby Abreu hit a single two-run, two-out of pain first, Daisuke Matsuzaka in the 13th and the Los Angeles Angels closed on a 5-3 on the Boston Red Sox win at 2: 45 p.m., on the East coast on Thursday.
"It was a game where he could have been a disappointment," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said, but the guys hanging there and came out in the end. "."
Boston, hitless for 6 early innings of 1-3, tied the score with two runs in the ninth round and almost won in the 12th against Trevor Bell (1-0), but de Marco Scutaro was thrown at the plate trying to score the first double top of Kevin Youkilis sensible left.
"I thought that it was the ball game," said Bell. "I started to walk off the field."
Daniel Bard, which the 11 and 12 for Boston, was ready to jump on it.
"When I saw the ball by Youkilis of the wall, I was on the top step ready to celebrate," he said. "It took a relay perfect for him." ... They are aggressive errors. I would prefer that that that the reverse. ?
Advanced Darnell McDonald infield single, but Jed Lowrie Youkilis grounded on.
Manager Terry Francona Boston run out of pitchers, turned to Matsuzaka (2-3) as its seventh analgesic of the night - and in the morning. Matsuzaka, which began in 103 games in five seasons with the Red Sox, made a single Howie Kendrick. Vernon Wells leaking and Jeff Mathis arose, but Peter Bourjos designated and Erick Aybar walked to load the bases.
"It took a lot of courage on his part," Bard said of Matsuzaka. "It takes for the team."
Abreu, who had been 0 for 6 with two streaked and lined his single to right-center field.
"Bobby really hit the ball pretty well," said Scioscia. "He did not many results".
Its success, however, gave the angels their first victory over the Red Sox in seven games this season and kept them tie in the West of AL with the Texas Rangers. The Red Sox missed a chance to reach. 500 for the first time this year as their series of victories ended at three games.
The game was interrupted by a continuous rain after Josh Beckett struck out Kendrick leading off the coast of the fifth and Beckett did not return after the delay.
Los Angeles starter Ervin Santana was dominant for four rounds, striking seven and issuing a walk.
"I was really in command of the whole of my land", he said. "Any time it is, we live together." In the end, we have. ?
Rich Thompson replaced when the game resumed and launched sleeves 1 2-3 hitless before Scott Downs withdrew the paste last in the sixth. Downs also out first in the seventh before Lowrie received the first success of Boston on a single own right.
The difficulty in rescheduling of the game - the last episode of the series is Thursday afternoon and the teams had no common day - resulted in exceptionally long rain delay.
"Sitting around the worst in everyone", said Jason Varitek, who took all the 13 sleeves for Boston. "It is late." The two teams flakes much tonight. ?
At the bottom of the seventh, a cleaning crew was the work in the mostly empty stands. And in the end, remained a few thousand spectators.
Adrian Gonzalez hit an RBI single in the eighth, Boston added two others in the ninth equal to 3.
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