Red Sox Rally Past Angels, Sweep Three-Game Series

ANAHEIM, Calif. (Interstat) — The Boston Red Sox completed a three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels with a 7-5 victory Sunday at Angel Stadium. Boston scored twice in the second inning on Jarren Duran’s two-run homer, his 13th, then seized the lead for good in the third when Willson Contreras belted a three-run blast, his 20th. The Red Sox added two more in the seventh on Wilyer Abreu’s sacrifice fly and Masataka Yoshida’s RBI single. The Angels struck first with two runs in the first, added one in the second on Zach Neto’s RBI double, then scored single runs in the eighth and ninth but fell short. Greg Weissert (1-2) earned the win with 1 1/3 hitless innings and two strikeouts. Ryan Johnson (1-4) took the loss, allowing six hits and two earned runs in four innings. Aroldis Chapman notched his 18th save despite surrendering a run in the ninth. Neto went 3 for 5 with a homer and two RBIs. Attendance was 35,992. Time of game was 2:57. Boston improved to 40-48; the Angels fell to 36-55.