The Red Sox (13-2) face down the almost equally hot Angels (13-3) and two-way phenom Shohei Ohtani (2-0, 2.08 ERA), making his third pitching start of the year, in Anaheim tonight (10:05 p.m., NESN, MLBN out-of-market) behind David Price (1-1, 2.40 ERA). Read the series preview here.
About tonight’s game: Price returns after his 4 earned run, injury-shortened start against the Yankees last Wednesday, ostensibly at full health. He’ll need everything in his arsenal to face down the Halos, who won’t have the heavy-hitting Ohtani in their lineup; this leaves them only with the hands-down best player in baseball in Mike “The same age as Bobby Poyner” Trout.