Overview
- The Red Sox enter Tuesday’s game 40-40 overall and trailing the season series 3-1 following Monday’s 9-5 loss in Anaheim.
- Boston leads Major League Baseball with 69 errors in 80 games and yielded a go-ahead run in the eighth inning after a misplayed ball on Monday.
- Left-hander Garrett Crochet (7–4, 2.20 ERA) will start for Boston against the Angels’ Tyler Anderson (2–5, 4.56 ERA).
- Angels closer Kenley Jansen left Monday’s game with shoulder cramping but is expected to be available for Tuesday’s finale.
- Manager Alex Cora was ejected by umpire Alan Porter on Monday after disputing a rundown play at second base.