Fresh off taking two of three from the Atlanta Braves — an East division team off to a bad start trying to get things together — the Red Sox return home to welcome the Los Angeles Angels.

Los Angeles has had a few rough years with without Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout playing in tandem and 2025 looked to be more of the same. A 9-16 April seemed right in line with the low expectations. But then the team came back with a 14-14 May. A loss on June 1 left them at 26-32, fourth place in the AL West. Boston is at 29-32, fourth place in the AL East.

The difficult part for the Angels, like the Braves with Ronald Acuña Jr., was righting the ship without their superstar. Not that Mike Trout was himself really before hitting the IL. On the season Trout has hit .207.282/.474 with 9 home runs. Tha

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