2 Months Ago, Administrator from SOX1FAN says (in ALDS, Game 2: Make It ELEVEN In A Row… JD Drew Powers Red Sox Over Halos, 7-5) J D Drew delivers the game-winning home run off Francisco Rodriguez in the ninth inning to power the Red Sox to a 7-5 win — and a two-game advantage in the ALDS… AP photo

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The Angels starter was born Johan Santana — just like the Mets ace — but changed his name to Ervin...

And Administrator from SOX1FAN says (in ALDS, Game 1: Lester, Bay, Ellsbury Lead Sox Over LAA, 4-1) The Angels won eight of nine regular season meetings against the Red Sox this season.

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With Beckett sidelined until Sunday, Daisuke Matsuzaka — who struggled a bit at Fenway Park this season (9-3, 3.34) — will get the start in Los Angeles instead.

3 Months Ago, Administrator from SOX1FAN says (in Sox Rout Rays — Again — Reduce AL East Lead To 1 1/2 Games) The LA Angels rallied form a 2-0 deficit to beat the Chicago White Sox, 3-2… the Angels therefore remain two games ahead of the Red Sox (1/2 game ahead of Tampa Bay) for best record in the AL. Frankie Rodriguez saved his 55th game — he’s now just two saves behind the major league record of fifty-...

4 Months Ago, Administrator from SOX1FAN says (in Beckett Battered, Sox Swept By Angels) Entering play this evening, LA outfielder Garret Anderson was a career .357 hitter (5-for-14) against Beckett… tonight he improved on those numbers by going 4-for-5, with a home run and four rbi. But Anderson wasn’t the only Angel to have some fun on offense tonight… Chone Figgins had thre...

And Administrator from SOX1FAN says (in Road Woes Continue As Bases-Loaded Triple Spells Disaster For Red Sox, 4-2) Red Sox starter Josh Beckett was working on a four-hit shutout entering the bottom of the seventh inning. Angels right fielder Vladimir Guerrero led off the frame with a home run to cut the deficit in half, but that was only the beginning of Beckett’s problems. Torii Hunter and Garrett Ander...

15 Months Ago, Administrator from SOX1FAN says (in ALDS Game 3: Schilling Heavenly Against Angels, Sox Heading To ALCS) The Red Sox have won NINE consecutive post-season games against the Angels franchise, dating back to the 1986 ALCS. The Sox came back from a 3-1 deficit in 1986 to advance to the World Series against the NY Mets… the Sox swept the 2004 ALDS en route to its World Series victory, and now have swep...

And Administrator from SOX1FAN says (in ALDS Game 1: Red Sox Jump Out To Series Lead Behind Brilliant Beckett, 4-0) Kevin Youkilis put the Red Sox up 1-0 with a l-o—n-g first inning home run off Angels starter John Lackey

The victory was Boston’s seventh straight in the postseason over the California / Anaheim / Los Angeles Angels—having come back from a 3-1 deficit to win in the 1986 ALCS and then sweepi...

16 Months Ago, Administrator from SOX1FAN says (in Game 124: Angels Win Pitcher's Duel… Sox Lead Reduced To Four Games In A L East) The Angels scored two runs in the first—and could have had more except for an outstanding defensive play by the newest member of the Red Sox. Chone Figgins led off the first with a single, took second on a walk to Orlando Cabrera and scored on Vladimir Guerrero’s single… three batters, two hi...

And Administrator from SOX1FAN says (in Game 122: Gagne Seizes Defeat From The Jaws Of Victory) The Angels added a couple of runs in the eighth inning against Manny Delcarmen. Guerrero tripled leading off the inning and scored on Anderson’s sac fly. Gary Matthews Jr then hit a solo home run to extend the lead to 4-1.

Fenway Park was a mad-house.