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07/03 23:22 CDT Aroldis Chapman sets relief Ks record, Red Sox rookie Jake
Bennett stifles Angels in 5-2 win
Aroldis Chapman sets relief Ks record, Red Sox rookie Jake Bennett stifles
Angels in 5-2 win
By GREG BEACHAM
AP Sports Writer
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) --- Aroldis Chapman set the major league record for relief
strikeouts after rookie Jake Bennett yielded five hits while pitching into the
eighth inning for the Boston Red Sox in a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles
Angels on Friday night.
The 38-year-old Chapman broke Hoyt Wilhelm's record with his 1,364th career
strikeout as a reliever when he fanned Denzer Guzman leading off the ninth. The
knuckleballing Wilhelm last pitched in 1972.
Chapman allowed back-to-back singles after his milestone strikeout, but got Jo
Adell to ground into a double play to secure his 17th save.
Caleb Durbin hit a solo homer in the opener of a nine-game trip for the Red
Sox, who have won six of eight.
In just his seventh career start, Bennett (3-3) struck out six with no walks
while dominating the last-place Angels until the their two-run eighth.
Six days after the Yankees' first 15 batters couldn't get a hit off Bennett,
the lanky left-hander retired the Angels' first 13 batters before Vaughn
Grissom's fifth-inning single.
Bennett retired 22 of LA's first 24 batters before Jose Siri homered in the
eighth for the Angels, who have lost four straight.
Zach Neto added a two-out RBI single moments later to chase Bennett, but Garre.
Reid Detmers (3-6) struggled through five innings while taking his first loss
in eight starts since May 19 for Los Angeles, yielding five runs on seven hits
and three walks.
Romy Gonzalez had three hits and drove in two runs for Boston. Durbin added his
eighth homer leading off the fifth.
Angels catcher Logan O'Hoppe was removed from the game and evaluated after
taking a foul ball off his mask in the third. O'Hoppe went on the concussion
injured list last September after getting accidentally hit by a backswing, and
he went through the concussion protocol again two months ago after a home plate
collision with Texas' Josh Jung.
Up next Sam Aldegheri (3-3, 4.85 ERA) pitches for the Angels on Saturday, facing Boston's Sonny Gray (9-1, 2.69 ERA). ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB |
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