The Red Sox can move to a season-best two games over .500 over the free-falling Angels tonight behind Garrett Whitlock in Anaheim (9:38 p.m., NESN).
One night after Michael Wacha’s complete-game shutout, Whitlock can keep the Sox rolling as they storm back into the A.L. playoff race. Reid Detmers, who threw a no-hitter about two weeks ago, was supposed to for the Angels, but it will instead be José Suárez, as the Halos are as desperate for a win as teams get around these parts, and Joe Maddon was coming apart in the hours before he was fired this afternoon:
Here was an interesting exchange I had with Joe Maddon after the game today: pic.