Los Angeles Angels vs Boston Red Sox live streaming mlb baseball regular season online radio station video feed espn 360 gamecast 5/2. Among those wishing for Jered Weaver to get well soon during his recent illness, no one may have been more sincere than the Boston Red Sox.
But instead of missing Weaver for a second consecutive four-game set, the Red Sox now expect to face the red-hot Los Angeles Angels ace Monday night in the series opener at Fenway Park.
7:10 PM ET, May 2, 2011
Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Weaver's bid to win seven consecutive starts to begin a season for a second time was pushed back one day due to a stomach virus, which kept him from his scheduled start Sunday at Tampa Bay and caused him to lose about nine pounds in the last few days.
"If this was the seventh game of the World Series, I think you'd see him out there trying to pitch," manager Mike Scioscia said before the Angels rallied from a five-run deficit for a 6-5 win. "He had some IVs put in, and I think more one day of getting fluids in him and he should be good to go."
Starting Pitchers
Los Angeles: Weaver (6-0, 0.99 ERA)
Boston: Buchholz (1-3, 5.33 ERA)
Weaver (6-0, 0.99 ERA) flew somewhat under the radar despite leading the majors in strikeouts last season, but he's gained plenty of attention during his brilliant beginning to 2011.
A win Monday would make him the first pitcher in at least 93 years to win his first seven starts in a season twice in a career -- a feat he first accomplished as a rookie in 2006.
The right-hander has been especially sharp in his last two outings, throwing back-to-back complete games -- including a seven-hitter with 10 strikeouts in a 5-0 win over Oakland last Monday.
"We got our hits, but when he needed to make a pitch, he made a pitch," Athletics catcher Kurt Suzuki said. "And he mixes it up. When you're sitting on an off-speed pitch, he throws a fastball. He throws everything, and he throws it for strikes."
Weaver didn't have a chance to prevent Boston's four-game road sweep of the Angels (16-12) from April 21-24, but he lost to the Red Sox (12-15) in both meetings last year.
His ERA is 7.76 in five starts at Fenway, including one of his worst outings of 2010 on Aug. 17, when he allowed six runs in five innings of a 6-0 defeat.
Clay Buchholz (1-3, 5.33) pitched brilliantly in that game, and he'll oppose Weaver again -- also because of an illness that forced his Sunday start to be pushed back.
The right-hander has struggled to replicate his 2010 success, and he allowed a career-high 12 hits and four runs in 6 2/3 innings of Tuesday's 4-1 loss at Baltimore.
"I thought I threw the ball better (Tuesday) than I did in the earlier game (against Oakland) when I got a win out of it," Buchholz said. "I felt like I was throwing all my pitches for strikes."
Tim Wakefield pitched well in place of Buchholz and the Red Sox avoided being swept by Seattle with a 3-2 win Sunday.
The victory was especially uplifting because Carl Crawford ended it with an RBI single in the ninth inning. The beleaguered Crawford, signed to a seven-year, $142 million contract in the offseason, went 2 for 4 to raise his average to .168.
"As a team, we just wanted to put the month of April behind us," Crawford said. "We wanted to start fresh and act like the month of April never happened."
Even in April, Boston didn't have a problem with the Angels. Since getting swept in the 2009 AL division series, the Red Sox are 13-1 against Los Angeles.
But instead of missing Weaver for a second consecutive four-game set, the Red Sox now expect to face the red-hot Los Angeles Angels ace Monday night in the series opener at Fenway Park.
7:10 PM ET, May 2, 2011
Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Weaver's bid to win seven consecutive starts to begin a season for a second time was pushed back one day due to a stomach virus, which kept him from his scheduled start Sunday at Tampa Bay and caused him to lose about nine pounds in the last few days.
"If this was the seventh game of the World Series, I think you'd see him out there trying to pitch," manager Mike Scioscia said before the Angels rallied from a five-run deficit for a 6-5 win. "He had some IVs put in, and I think more one day of getting fluids in him and he should be good to go."
Starting Pitchers
Los Angeles: Weaver (6-0, 0.99 ERA)
Boston: Buchholz (1-3, 5.33 ERA)
A win Monday would make him the first pitcher in at least 93 years to win his first seven starts in a season twice in a career -- a feat he first accomplished as a rookie in 2006.
The right-hander has been especially sharp in his last two outings, throwing back-to-back complete games -- including a seven-hitter with 10 strikeouts in a 5-0 win over Oakland last Monday.
"We got our hits, but when he needed to make a pitch, he made a pitch," Athletics catcher Kurt Suzuki said. "And he mixes it up. When you're sitting on an off-speed pitch, he throws a fastball. He throws everything, and he throws it for strikes."
Weaver didn't have a chance to prevent Boston's four-game road sweep of the Angels (16-12) from April 21-24, but he lost to the Red Sox (12-15) in both meetings last year.
His ERA is 7.76 in five starts at Fenway, including one of his worst outings of 2010 on Aug. 17, when he allowed six runs in five innings of a 6-0 defeat.
Clay Buchholz (1-3, 5.33) pitched brilliantly in that game, and he'll oppose Weaver again -- also because of an illness that forced his Sunday start to be pushed back.
The right-hander has struggled to replicate his 2010 success, and he allowed a career-high 12 hits and four runs in 6 2/3 innings of Tuesday's 4-1 loss at Baltimore.
"I thought I threw the ball better (Tuesday) than I did in the earlier game (against Oakland) when I got a win out of it," Buchholz said. "I felt like I was throwing all my pitches for strikes."
Tim Wakefield pitched well in place of Buchholz and the Red Sox avoided being swept by Seattle with a 3-2 win Sunday.
The victory was especially uplifting because Carl Crawford ended it with an RBI single in the ninth inning. The beleaguered Crawford, signed to a seven-year, $142 million contract in the offseason, went 2 for 4 to raise his average to .168.
"As a team, we just wanted to put the month of April behind us," Crawford said. "We wanted to start fresh and act like the month of April never happened."
Even in April, Boston didn't have a problem with the Angels. Since getting swept in the 2009 AL division series, the Red Sox are 13-1 against Los Angeles.
