Pedroia's 2-Out HR In Ninth Rallies Red Sox Past Angels, 5-3

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dustin Pedroia hit a go-ahead, three-run homer off Huston Street with two outs in the ninth inning and Xander Bogaerts followed with another home run to lead the Boston Red Sox over the Los Angeles Angels 5-3 Sunday.

Street (3-2) entered with a 3-0 lead, walked Jackie Bradley Jr. and allowed Aaron Hill's single. After a pair of strikeouts, Mookie Betts singled in a run and Pedroia homered to center on a 1-0 slider as Mike Trout climbed the center-field fence in vain.

Bogaerts fell behind 0-2 in the count, then homered on another slider from Street, who blew a save for the third time in 12 chances.

Pedroia hit his second go-ahead homer run in the ninth inning or later. The other was a tiebreaking, two-run drive off Street in the 10th inning of a 13-11 win at Colorado on June 24, 2010.

Clay Buchholz (4-9) pitched three scoreless innings, and Brad Ziegler got three outs for his 20th save in 23 opportunities.

Knuckleballer Steven Wright allowed his first four batters to reach but didn't allow a run thanks to two alert plays he made.

Yunel Escobar tried to score from second on Trout's single but stumbled past the plate as left fielder Bryce Brentz's throw got away from catcher Ryan Hanigan. Wright picked up the ball and tagged Escobar for the inning's first out.

After Albert Pujols' single put runners at the corners, Aldrelton Simmons struck out out as the ball bounced off Hanigan's glove and went to the backstop. The catcher then threw to the plate, where Wright tagged out Kole Calhoun.

Wright took a ground ball from Trout off of his left forearm in the third but remained in the game. The Angels went ahead in the fifth on Trout's RBI single, Pujols' run-scoring grounder and Jefry Marte's run-scoring single.

Red Sox manager John Farrell was ejected in the fourth. Pedroia took a called third strike on the outside corner, and Farrell came out to argue with plate umpire Gabe Morales. Farrell was ejected a few minutes later.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Angels: INF Cliff Pennington will be activated in time for Tuesday's series opener against the Oakland Athletics. Pennington was placed on the 15-day disabled list on June 1, with a right hamstring strain. ... RHP Nick Tropeano will get another evaluation on his torn ulnar collateral ligament at home in New York. The West Islip native is still weighing conservative options before deciding whether or to have Tommy John surgery.

UP NEXT

Red Sox: LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (2-4) is to make his first career appearance against Seattle on Monday. In three starts since his July 16 recall, Rodriguez is 1-1 with a 3.06 ERA.

Angels: RHP Matt Shoemaker (5-11) starts Tuesday against Oakland. He is 1-0 with a 0.75 ERA in three starts against the Athletics this season.