Game 87: Red Sox at Angels lineups and preview
Sonny Gray hasn’t lost since April 14, and he’ll look to keep his hot streak going as the Red Sox face the Angels in the second game of this three-game series.
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Boston won Friday’s opener, 5-2, as Aroldis Chapman broke set the all-time reliever strikeout record with the 1,364th K of his career.
Now it’s Gray’s turn to star. He is 7-0 with a 2.08 ERA in his last 10 starts
He comes in off a 5-4 victory over the Yankees last weekend in which he threw 7⅓ no-hit innings before yielding a sinking line drive single to Amed Rosario.
It was the deepest no-hit bid of Gray’s career, and the longest by a Red Sox pitcher since Garrett Crochet also tossed 7⅓ hitless innings against the Chicago White Sox on April 13, 2025.
“God, it was really good,” Boston interim manager Chad Tracy said. “It really was. I legitimately thought he was gonna do it.”
Gray also struck out nine to hit the 2,000 mark for his career.
Gray (9-1, 2.69 ERA) is tied for the American League lead in wins with nine, and is 6-5 with a 3.92 ERA in 18 career appearances (17 starts) against the Angels.
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The Angels will counter with lefthander Sam Aldegheri.
Here’s your preview.
Lineups
RED SOX (38-48): TBA
Pitching: RHP Sonny Gray (9-1, 2.69 ERA)
ANGELS (36-53): TBA
Pitching: LHP Sam Aldegheri (3-3, 4.85 ERA)
Time: 9:38 p.m.
TV, radio: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7
Red Sox vs. Aldegheri: Jarren Duran 0-1, Romy González 1-1, Carlos Narváez 0-0, Ceddanne Rafaela 0-1
Angels vs. Gray: Jo Adell 1-7, Tyler Heineman 2-2, Josh Lowe 2-7, Logan O’Hoppe 2-5, Oswald Peraza 0-1, Nolan Schanuel 3-9, Jose Siri 2-5, Jorge Soler 2-15, Donovan Walton 0-1
Stat of the day: Chapman’s record-setting strikeout moved him past Hall of Fame knuckleballer Hoyt Wilhelm. Chapman accomplished the feat in 890 games while Wilhelm set the mark in 1,018 relief appearances. Wilhelm played 21 season from 1952 to 1972.
Notes: Aldegheri (3-3, 4.85) will make his 11th career start for Los Angeles. He allowed one run on five hits and struck out four over five innings in picking up the win in a 4-1 victory over the Athletics on Sunday. … Aldegheri will be making his second career appearance against the Red Sox. He was charged with a blown save when he allowed two unearned runs in 2⅓ innings in a 11-9 loss on June 4 last season at Boston. … The Angels could be without starting catcher Logan O’Hoppe for the contest. O’Hoppe, who has battled concussion issues in the past, left Friday’s game dazed in the third inning after taking a foul tip off his mask. He still was being evaluated after the game. “I think this may have been the third one in three or four days,” Los Angeles manager Kurt Suzuki, a longtime big league catcher, said of the foul ball off the mask. “Definitely not ideal. We don’t really know yet. We’ve got to kind of see what the tests show with the doctor. After the doctor looks at him, we’ve got to see where we’re at.”
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