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Dan Haren saw his Angels debut cut short in the fifth inning after taking a line drive off the right forearm, and the Red Sox went on to beat the Angels 6-3, behind two home runs by David Ortiz.
Haren was removed with two outs in the fifth inning after being hit by a ball off the bat of Kevin Youkilis. The injury to Haren was diagnosed as a right forearm contusion, and no x-rays were taken tonight. He will be reevaluated by team physician Dr. Lewis Yocum on Tuesday.
Haren allowed two runs on seven hits in his 4 2/3 innings, and took the loss. Haren did have eight strikeouts and no walks, the most strikeouts without a walk ever by an Angels pitcher in their debut with the team.
Clay Buchholz allowed just one run in seven innings for the Red Sox to pick up the victory, his 11th of the season, tying Jon Lester for the club lead. He leads Boston pitchers this year with a 2.71 ERA.
Ortiz hit a solo home run down the right field line off Haren in the third inning to break a 1-1 tie, and added a two-run shot to right center field in the eighth to widen the Red Sox lead to 4-1.
A two-run home run just over the wall by Hideki Matsui off Scott Atchison brought the Angels to within one run in the bottom of the eighth. It appeared a fan may have interfered with Matsui’s fly ball, so the play was reviewed by umpires, who upheld the home run call after replays showed the ball was over the wall by the time the fan touched the ball.
Jonathan Papelbon entered the game after the Matsui home run, and recorded the final four outs for his 23rd save of the season.
Another rough Angels debut was made tonight, by 24-year old Michael Kohn. The 13th round pick of the 2008 draft entered the game, his major league debut, in the top of the ninth inning. He walked his first major league batter, Mike Cameron, and proceeded to retire just one of the four batters he faced, a popped up bunt by Eric Patterson. Kohn was pulled from the game after allowing a two-run double by J.D. Drew off the top of the wall in right field.
Jered Weaver faces ex-Halo John Lackey tomorrow night in the second game of the three-game series.
There is something about Angel debuts and current or former Red Sox first basemen. Tonight, Dan Haren was hit by a line drive off the bat of Kevin Youkilis with two outs in the fifth inning, and had to be removed from the game. Youkilis also touched Haren for a single in the first inning for Haren’s first hit allowed as an Angel.
Mark Saxon of ESPN Los Angeles brings the news:
Angels calling Haren injury a forearm contusion. He’ll be seen by Dr. Lewis Yocum Tuesday.
The injury to Haren immediately brought to mind Mo Vaughn, the former Red Sox first baseman who signed a massive six-year, $80 million contract with Anaheim prior to the 1999 season. Then, in his very first game as an Angel, Vaughn fell into the first base dugout while attempting to catch a foul ball, and had to be removed from the game in the sixth inning. He was placed on the disabled list and missed 15 days, and ended up only playing two seasons for the Angels.
Haren allowed two runs on seven hits in his 4 2/3 innings in his Angels debut, striking out eight batters while walking none. Haren allowed his 24th home run of the season, a solo shot to David Ortiz in the third inning.
Before tonight’s game, the Angels made a roster move, per Dan Woike of the Orange County Register:
Angels call up Michael Kohn and send down Trevor Bell.
Bell started last night’s game in Texas, so Kohn gives the Halos another relief pitcher. Kohn, who was drafted in the 13th round of the 2008 draft, has a 1.95 ERA in the Pacific Coast League in 26 games. In 46 combined innings this season between Double A and Triple A, the 24-year old Kohn has a 2.15 ERA, 25 walks, and 57 strikeouts.
Kohn is the first 2008 draftee of the Angels to make the major leagues.
Here are tonight’s lineups:
Red Sox
Scutaro SS
Drew RF
Youkilis 1B
Ortiz DH
Beltre 3B
Martinez C
Lowrie 2B
Cameron CF
Hermida LF
Buchholz P
Victor Martinez was activated from the disabled list before tonight’s game, writes Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe, and catcher Dusty Brown was optioned to Triple A Pawtucket.
Angels
Aybar SS
Izturis 2B
Abreu RF
Hunter CF
Matsui DH
Callaspo 3B
Napoli 1B
Rivera LF
Mathis C
Haren P
(Sports Network) - In danger of falling out of the race for the American League West crown, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim made a big and bold move in acquiring ace pitcher Dan Haren on Sunday.
Shortly before Sunday's finale of a four-game finale with division-rival Texas, Los Angeles acquired Haren from Arizona for pitcher Joe Saunders and three prospects, one to be named later. Haren gives the Angels a solid 1-2 punch in the rotation along with Jered Weaver, and the move can be viewed as Los Angeles' counter of the Rangers getting former Cy Young Award winner Cliff Lee.
The Angels, though, dropped a 6-4 decision on the field and lost three of four to the first-place Rangers to fall seven games back of first place. Los Angeles has also lost five of its last seven overall.
"They did what they had to do," Angels outfielder Torii Hunter said of Texas. "We came to their house and they held it down."
Hunter and Hideki Matsui each homered in the loss, while Trevor Bell gave up four runs over just 3 1/3 innings in his first start of the season.
Haren, who grew up in California, was scheduled to start on Tuesday for Arizona, but will start tonight instead in Anaheim. Per the LAAngelsInsider.com:
Dan Haren will start tonight vs. Clay Buccholz. Joel Pineiro pushed back to Wednesday afternoon
Boston will send out a 10-game winner of its own in Clay Buchholz, who makes his second start since returning from a strained left hamstring suffered on June 26.
The right-hander won seven of eight starts before his injury, but was dealt a loss in his return on Wednesday after getting hammered for five runs on six hits and three walks over just four innings of work versus Oakland. Buchholz fell to 10-5 with a 2.81 ERA on the season.
Buchholz, who is 5-2 with a 2.53 ERA in eight road starts this year, recorded a win over the Angels on May 3 despite yielding four runs and eight hits over 5 2/3 innings. He got plenty of support in a 17-8 win and is 2-2 with a 6.35 ERA in his career versus Los Angeles.
While the Angels were able to acquire Haren prior to this Saturday's non- waiver trade deadline, the Red Sox are set to get back their prize pickup before last year's deadline, catcher Victor Martinez.
Martinez has been out since suffering a fractured left thumb on June 27 and is hitting .289 with nine homers and 38 RBI in 66 games.
"I actually think he's probably going to be ready," Red Sox manager Terry Francona told his team's website before Sunday's game versus Seattle. "It seems kind of silly to make the decision [Sunday]. He's going to catch some more guys and if he comes in and says, 'Hey, I'm hurting,' we're not going to do it. I think all things point to him being ready to go."
The Red Sox could use Martinez, given that they have scored just five runs in their last three games. They dropped a 4-2 decision to Seattle on Sunday, their fourth loss in six games.
Kevin Youkilis and Adrian Beltre each knocked in a run for the Red Sox, who won the first two tests of the four-game set before dropping the last two. Boston is now 3-4 on a 10-game road trip and eight games back of first-place New York in the AL East. It also trails Tampa Bay by five games for the Wild Card spot.
The Red Sox swept a four-game home set over the Angels from May 3-6, but have lost seven of their last nine at Anaheim.
Dan Haren 'On Track' To Make Next Scheduled Start After X-Rays
Newly acquired Los Angeles Angels pitcher Dan Haren, who was acquired from the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday, left his Monday night debut after being hit by a Kevin Youkilis line drive.
Haren underwent X-rays Tuesday, though, and it seems he’ll be able to make his next start.
“The X-rays didn’t show anything. They looked pretty clear so it’s just a matter of getting the soreness and swelling out of there,” Haren said Tuesday before the Angels’ game against the Red Sox. “I got out there and threw from about 150-200 feet today and felt pretty good … so as of now I’d like to think I’ll be good to go on Saturday.”
Haren was told that he narrowly avoided a much serious injury.
If all goes as planned, the Angels will be taking on the Texas Rangers in Haren’s scheduled start Saturday.
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