Red Sox 9, Angels 0: Happy Verdugo Day!

Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports The Red Sox and Angels met up for the second game of their three game set, with Martin Pérez opposing Dylan Bundy for their respective teams.

Pérez didn’t have his best stuff early, and it showed. Were it not for a confusing Shohei Ohtani/Taylor Ward baserunning blunder, the Angels might have scored serious damage in the first inning. Pérez started the game by walking Taylor Ward, and then giving up a sharp single to Ohtani. Franchy Cordero barreled into the wall in foul ground in order to cut the ball off, and keep Ward from rounding second base. Ohtani never stopped running and realized too late that he had no base to run to. Maybe Ward should have tried to…