Red Sox manager Farrell ejected after animated argument

Mookie Betts started things off strong, beginning the game with a walk.

Pujols then dumped a single into short right field to load the bases. “That’s the thing I pretty much feel the worst about”.

Mike Trout followed that up with a single.

Trout drove in Escobar by lining a single off the glove of a leaping Bogaerts.

Farrell immediately ran on to the field to argue that the curveball was off the plate and engaged in a lively discussion with umpire Gabe Morales.

Knuckleballer Steven Wright allowed his first four batters to reach but didn’t allow a run thanks to two alert plays he made. Los Angeles DH Albert Pujols needs two extra-base hits to tie Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. and Rafael Palmeiro for seventh place all-time with 1,192….

In another unorthodox play, Wright was able to strikeout Andrelton Simmons, but the ball ended up getting passed Hanigan. “You can’t keep asking the offense to score eight, nine runs every night”.

Pedroia struck out for the third time today in the fifth inning.

And in 2016, little goes right for the Angels. But shortly after stepping in between his second baseman and Morales, Farrell found himself ejected by the umpire.

The Angels backed up the erratic performance by Santiago with four scoreless innings of relief by four different relievers. Pujols grounded out as Calhoun crossed the plate to push the lead to two runs.

Los Angeles brought the potential tying run to the plate in the bottom of the ninth when Yunel Escobar singled for this third hit.

Lincecum’s final line was four runs on five hits in five innings with six walks, three strikeouts, and one home run. Before that game, Wright won his previous four starts. Early speculation was that it could have been do to perspiration. Buchholz only struck out one, but allowed no hits.

The score remained 3-0 heading into the top of the ninth, as the Angels closer, Huston Street, took the mound.

“The Pedroia pitch, it just wasn’t very sharp, it just kind of rolled in there”, Street said.

On the second pitch of the at-bat, Pedroia blasted it over Trout and the centerfield fence, propelling the Sox to take a 4-3 lead. Shellshocked from just blowing the save, Street gave up another home run to Bogaerts to give the Red Sox a 5-3 lead.

In a market that remains light on high-quality starters, the Sox have been unwilling to pay the exorbitant price in prospects and major-league talent to acquire Chicago White Sox ace Chris Sale or talented lefty Jose Quintana. The right-hander, an American League All-Star for the first time, already has career bests in victories (12), complete games (3), starts (20), strikeouts (109) and innings (132 2/3).

Dustin Pedroia started the argument, but John Farrell finished it. And because of disagreement, the Red Sox manager was forced to watch the second half of his team’s game against the Angels in the visitors clubhouse. The Baltimore Orioles, wild-card front-runners with a 1 1/2-game edge over the Red Sox, are 22-39, which means that – for all of their pitching issues – they have at least demonstrated an ability to win low-scoring games. And judging by Hazen’s reaction, it gave the Red Sox such a boost that they nearly didn’t need a plane to fly to Seattle after the game.