The Red Sox were swept by the Angels in a four-game wraparound series. All momentum of winning four of five series before the break is gone. They are now nine games out of first place. The Sox fell victim to another big inning, this time it was 4 runs in the second inning off of Boston starter Steven Wright.

Pujols and Trout are chasing each other for the league lead in long balls (not that kind). Pujols went deep twice while Trout only homered once (what a chump) and now leads 29-28.

Sox highlights:

Papi homered and looked downright pissed off about it:

Mookie made this catch:

Xander is still raking.

Notes:

–Brian Johnson will make his much-anticipated debut tonight in Houston, and Righty will be there to cover it all for you. Sad that it went from the possibility of strengthening the rotation from within for a playoff run to a potential “bright spot” before he threw his first pitch, but oh well.