Red Sox stun Angels with five-run ninth

ANAHEIM — Dustin Pedroia and Xander Bogaerts hit back-to-back homers to cap a five-run ninth inning as the Red Sox stormed back against Angels closer Huston Street for a 5-3 win in Sunday’s series finale at Angel Stadium.

Down 3-0 entering the ninth, the Red Sox scratched a run off Street on a walk and two singles before the power surge. With a pair of runners on and two outs, Pedroia drove a hanging slider a Statcast-projected 417 feet to straightaway center to give Boston a 4-3 lead. Three pitches later, Bogaerts deposited another slider a Statcast-projected 414 feet to left-center to put the exclamation point on the comeback and spoil the dominance of Angels starter Tyler Skaggs.

Skaggs, starting on the two-year anniversary of tearing the ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow, battled through a high pitch count to turn in 5 1/3 scoreless innings. He allowed five baserunners, none reaching past second base, and struck out eight in a season-high 97-pitch outing.

Red Sox knuckleballer Steven Wright braved a pair of early-inning rallies to keep the Angels scoreless until the fifth, when a Mike Trout line drive nicked off the top of shortstop Bogaerts’ glove to bring home Yunel Escobar with the game’s first run. The Angels scored twice more in the inning, knocking Wright out of the game.

It was the Red Sox’s third win in their last 10 games, salvaging a series split in the four-game set. The Angels’ two losses during the series were their only ones at home in 10 games since the All-Star break.

MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDWelcome back: Making his first start at Angel Stadium since July 2014 and his second overall since returning from Tommy John surgery, Skaggs was nearly unhittable, pairing a mid-90s fastball …

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