The Angels came in dead last in the American League at 54-90, having dropped 2 straight, while the Red Sox had won 5 in a row under interim manager Chad Tracy — a run that's put Boston firmly in the wild-card mix and made Tracy's own case for keeping the job that much stronger.
Tracy has been the story of Boston's second half since replacing Alex Cora in late April, and the numbers back it up — the Red Sox went 61-42 in his first stretch running the club, including a 38-13 run since late June that's as good as anything in the league. That's the version of the Red Sox the Angels were walking into, streak included.
None of it mattered against Detmers, who worked around soft Boston contact, struck out Trevor Story and didn't walk a batter across his outing. Vaughn Grissom and Jose Siri got the Angels on the board early with RBI singles in the 3rd, and Zach Neto put it out of reach with a 2-run homer, his 24th of the season, in the top of the 9th.
The busiest 5-minute stretch of the Polymarket chat came late in the game, lining up with Neto's go-ahead homer. One poster fired off 'LFG Boston' as the room tried to rally, while another poster needled back with 'Grow some nuts and bet on a real team like the angels.'