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Boston Red Sox\u2019s Jarren Duran, right, hits a two-run home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Sunday, July 5, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo\/William Liang)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

ANAHEIM, Calif. \u2014 Jarren Duran and Willson Contreras homered, and five Boston pitchers combined to give up two runs over 6 1\/3 innings in relief of injured starter Ranger Suarez to lead the Red Sox to a 7-5 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday night.<\/p>

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Boston\u2019s eighth victory in 10 games completed a three-game sweep of the Angels, who have lost six straight and 12 of 19 since June 14.<\/p>\n

Suarez, named to the American League All-Star team Saturday, exited with two outs in the third because of left adductor tightness, an injury he sustained when he jumped for Jo Adell\u2019s chopper over the mound.<\/p>\n

The left-hander was followed by Greg Weissert (1-2), Tyron Guerrero and Garrett Whitlock, who combined for 4 1\/3 hitless innings. Justin Slaten gave up a run in the eighth, and Aroldis Chapman allowed a solo homer to Zach Neto in the ninth before earning his 18th save.<\/p>\n

The Angels scored twice in the first on Jorge Soler\u2019s grounder and Adell\u2019s RBI single. Boston tied it 2-all in the second on Duran\u2019s 13th homer, a two-run shot to right-center off starter Ryan Johnson (1-4).<\/p>\n

Neto\u2019s RBI double gave the Angels a 3-2 lead in the bottom half, but the Red Sox took advantage of Neto\u2019s major league-leading 14th error to score three unearned runs in the third.<\/p>\n

Tsung-Che Cheng led off with a bunt single. Anthony Seigler and Ceddanne Rafaela flied out, and Wilyer Abreu hit a routine grounder to shortstop that should have ended the inning.<\/p>

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Neto bobbled the ball for an error, though, and Contreras crushed Johnson\u2019s next pitch for his 20th homer, a 446-foot shot to left-center that left his bat at 112 mph and gave Boston a 5-3 lead.<\/p>\n

The Red Sox tacked on two insurance runs in the seventh on Abreu\u2019s sacrifice fly and Masataka Yoshida\u2019s RBI single for a 7-3 advantage.<\/p>\n

The Angels scored in the eighth on Donovan Walton\u2019s double and Adell\u2019s RBI single.<\/p>\n

Red Sox: LHP Payton Tolle (4-6, 3.39 ERA) faces White Sox LHP Noah Schultz (2-5, 5.86) on Tuesday night in Chicago.<\/p>\n

Angels: RHP Jose Soriano opposes Rangers RHP Jacob deGrom (7-5, 3.48 ERA) on Tuesday night in Texas.<\/p>

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AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/MLB<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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