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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Boston 9, LA Angels 5
When: 7:10 PM ET, Monday, May 2, 2011
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 58°
Umpires: Home - Scott Barry, 1B - John Hirschbeck, 2B - Wally Bell, 3B - Lazaro Diaz
Attendance: 37017

Dustin Pedroia’s two-out, two-run single in the fifth inning led the host Boston Red Sox to a 9-5 victory over Jered Weaver and the Los Angeles Angels on Monday.

Pedroia's hit up the middle on the 13th pitch of his at-bat gave Boston a 3-2 lead and handed Weaver (6-1) his first loss of the season.

Boston blew the game open with six runs in the seventh to make a winner out of Clay Buchholz (2-3), who allowed eight hits and two runs in 6 2/3 innings.

Adrian Gonzalez had a three-run double and David Ortiz blasted his third homer of the season in the seventh for Boston.

Vernon Wells homered and Bobby Abreu had two RBIs for the Angels. Weaver allowed three runs as his ERA rose to 1.39 from 0.99.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
LA Angels   Boston
Jered Weaver Player Clay Buchholz
Loss W/L Win
6.0 IP 6.2
6 Strikeouts 2
6 Hits 8
4.50 ERA 2.70
Hitting
LA Angels   Boston
Maicer Izturis Player David Ortiz
3 Hits 2
1 RBI 2
0 HR 1
5 TB 5
.750 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
LA Angels 13 1 19 .351 19 3 5 2 2 1
Boston 11 1 18 .306 10 7 9 2 2 0