Boston Red Sox at Los Angeles Angels

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Sonny Gray takes the mound for Boston looking every bit like the ace this rebuilding roster needed, while Sam Aldegheri gets the ball for an Angels team desperate for literally anything to go right. It's a mismatch on paper between a guy having a career year and a young lefty still figuring out the league, but Los Angeles has been better at home than the record suggests.

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Red Sox(38-48)

WLLWW

8

-1.5-100-167o8.5+104

Angels(36-53)

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1

+1.5-100+163u8.5-108

Best BetRed Sox -167

Pregame

Sonny Gray's the best pitcher on either roster right now, and that's the whole case for Boston here. The Angels are stumbling into this one on a 4-game skid with their best player still on the shelf, which makes backing the Red Sox to win outright the play even on the road.

The bigger story in Anaheim is who's not pitching or hitting. Mike Trout has been out since mid-June with a hamstring strain, though he's reportedly closing in on a return with an eye on getting back before the All-Star break. Logan O'Hoppe is day-to-day behind the plate too, which thins out an already shorthanded lineup. Boston's own injury report reads like a hospital chart, but Gray's price on the mound still makes Boston the shorter side here.

Sonny Gray

(11-1)·2.54 ERA

Jun 28 vs Yankees

ND

7.1IP

0ER

9K

1BB

97P

07/04 Lineup

Sam Aldegheri

(3-4)·5.08 ERA

Jun 28 vs Athletics

W

5.0IP

1ER

4K

1BB

81P

07/04 Lineup

Both rosters are dealing with turnover well beyond the injury list. Boston fired manager Alex Cora in April and handed the reins to interim skipper Chad Tracy, who's leaning on a wave of call-ups just to field a lineup. The Angels, meanwhile, are staring at a possible sell-off after moving on from GM Perry Minasian, with names like Reid Detmers and Jo Adell already floated as trade chips before the deadline.

Boston Red Sox

(38-48)

Jul 4W@ Angels5-2

Jul 1Lvs Nationals2-10

Jun 30Lvs Nationals1-8

Jun 29Wvs Nationals6-3

Jun 28Wvs Yankees5-4

Los Angeles Angels

(36-53)

Jul 4Lvs Red Sox2-5

Jul 3L@ Mariners0-1

Jul 1L@ Mariners3-8

Jun 30L@ Mariners2-6

Jun 28Wvs Athletics4-1

Momentum is not on the Angels' side walking into this one. They've dropped 4 straight, including a stretch where Seattle outscored them by a combined margin that included a 1-0 shutout loss. Boston's been up and down too, but at least the Red Sox rotation has quietly been one of the better units in baseball over the last month, with Gray leading the charge.

Boston Red Sox

(12)

• 10-Day-ILNick Sogard (3B) — Sogard (oblique) will begin a rehab assignment Thursday, Gabrielle Starr of the Boston Herald reports.06/30
• 10-Day-ILIsiah Kiner-Falefa (2B) — Kiner-Falefa underwent a CT scan on his left forearm Thursday which revealed a stress reaction, MLB.com reports.06/27
• 10-Day-ILMarcelo Mayer (2B) — The Red Sox placed Mayer on the 10-day injured list Friday with a stress reaction in his left forearm, Mac Cerullo of the Boston Herald reports.06/26
• 15-Day-ILConnelly Early (SP) — Early has been diagnosed with left posterior elbow inflammation following an MRI, Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic reports.07/02
• 60-Day-ILPatrick Sandoval (SP) — Sandoval (biceps) is an option to replace Connelly Early (elbow) in Boston's rotation, Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic reports.07/03
• 60-Day-ILRoman Anthony (LF) — The Red Sox transferred Anthony (finger/wrist) from the 10-day injured list to the 60-day IL on Sunday.06/28
• 60-Day-ILGarrett Crochet (SP) — Crochet (shoulder/lat) has not yet been cleared to resume a throwing program following a scheduled re-evaluation Monday, Tim Healey of The Boston Globe reports.06/22
• 60-Day-ILTrevor Story (SS) — Story (abdomen) has begun jogging and swinging off a tee, MLB.com reports.06/20
• 60-Day-ILKutter Crawford (SP) — Interim manager Chad Tracy said Tuesday that Crawford (elbow) is dealing with moderate tightness in his right forearm, Christopher Smith of MassLive.com reports.06/02
• 60-Day-ILTriston Casas (1B) — Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy told reporters Wednesday that Casas (abdomen/knee) is close to being cleared to swing a bat, Christopher Smith of MassLive.com reports.05/27
• 60-Day-ILTanner Houck (SP) — Houck (elbow) has been making throws out to 105 feet three days per week, MLB.com reports.05/15
• 60-Day-ILJohan Oviedo (SP) — Oviedo (elbow) will be reevaluated by Dr. Keith Meister in two weeks to determine his progress, Marcos Grunfeld of ElEmergente.com reports.05/08

Los Angeles Angels

(13)

• Day-To-DayLogan O'Hoppe (C) — O'Hoppe is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Athletics.07/04
• 10-Day-ILMike Trout (CF) — Angels manager Kurt Suzuki said Friday that Trout (hamstring) is improving in his recovery and is "really close" to returning from the 10-day injured list, Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com reports.07/03
• 10-Day-ILAdam Frazier (2B) — Frazier (elbow) resumed throwing Wednesday, per MLB.com.06/27
• 10-Day-ILSebastian Rivero (C) — Rivero was removed from Tuesday's game against the Astros with an apparent left hand injury, Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com reports.06/10
• 10-Day-ILGustavo Campero (C) — The Angels selected Campero's contract from Double-A Rocket City and placed him on the 10-day injured list Saturday due to a fractured hand.06/06
• 15-Day-ILGrayson Rodriguez (SP) — Rodriguez (back) struck out four and allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk across four innings Sunday in his rehab start for Single-A Rancho Cucamonga.06/29
• 60-Day-ILBen Joyce (RP) — Joyce (shoulder) faced hitters in a live bullpen session Friday, Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com reports.07/03
• 60-Day-ILTravis d'Arnaud (C) — D'Arnaud (foot) was able to catch from a pitching machine Sunday and has continued to do swinging and throwing in his workouts, Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com reports.06/29
• 60-Day-ILJack Kochanowicz (SP) — Kochanowicz's Tommy John surgery on his right elbow was deemed "successful," per MLB.com.06/27
• 60-Day-ILYusei Kikuchi (SP) — Kikuchi (shoulder) has begun a throwing program, per MLB.com.06/27
• 60-Day-ILYoan Moncada (3B) — Moncada will require surgery on his right knee, Francys Romero of BeisbolFR.com reports.06/09
• 60-Day-ILRobert Stephenson (RP) — The Angels announced that Stephenson underwent ligament and flexor repair surgery on his right elbow Wednesday and is likely to miss the remainder of the season, Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com reports.05/08
• 60-Day-ILAnthony Rendon (3B) — The Angels placed Rendon (hip) on the 60-day injured list Tuesday.05/08

Aldegheri, for what it's worth, isn't just a name-filler on the mound. He's the first pitcher born and raised in Italy to reach the majors, and he picked up a win in his last outing by working around traffic over 5 innings. He'll need a similar outing here just to keep this one competitive against a Boston lineup that, even shorthanded, has enough thump to make Angel Stadium loud for the wrong team on a holiday night.