Angels vs Red Sox (8/6-8/8)

Game 1: Curt Schilling made his return from the DL on Monday night but was unable to lead the Red Sox to victory. Schilling went 6 innings, allowing 4 hits and 9 runs while striking out 5 and walking none. Schilling had been cruising through the first three innings until he tried to barehand a comebacker that ricocheted off of a finger on his throwing hand.

The Red Sox took a 2-0 lead on a 2-run homer by Kevin Youkilis but the lead was soon surrendered by Curt Schilling on a 2-RBI single by Casey Kotchman. Maicer Izturis broke the tie in the 7th inning with a solo shot and Chone Figgins added to it with a sacrifice fly.

The Red Sox had some chances against Jered Weaver and against Scot Shields but were unable to capitalize on the opportunities as they took the loss. The loss cuts the Red Sox lead on the AL East to 6 games with a little less than 2 months remaining in the season.

Game 2: Tim Wakefield was touched up pretty good by the Angels on Tuesday night as he allowed 6 ER over 4 innings. Kyle Snyder and Julian Tavarez would give up more runs in relief.

While the Angels did alot of scoring, the Red Sox did not have much of an answer. Doug Mirabelli hit a 2-run homer to temporarily give Boston the lead in the top of the 4th inning, but it was relinquished in the bottom half.

Boston ended up losing the game by the score of 10-4 as Joe Saunders took the win for the Angels.

Game 3: The Red Sox fell behind early on Wednesday night but showed some resilience in their comeback effort against the Angels.

The Angels got out to an early 3-0 lead but Boston battled back with 4 runs in the 4th inning. Jon Lester gave up the lead in the bottom of the 4th but the Red Sox took it back in the top of the 5th. The Angels tied it at 6 in the bottom half of that inning and the game stayed tied until the 7th inning when Dustin Pedroia hit a solo homerun off of the glove of Garrett Anderson.

Hideki Okajima took the win for the Red Sox.