BOSTON -- For April showdowns, it doesn't get any better or more compelling than the Red Sox-Angels matchup that opens on Tuesday night in Anaheim.
Take the two hottest teams in American League and mix in the most intriguing early-season storyline in many years (two-way sensation Shohei Ohtani), and you should have riveting drama from the very first pitch of this three-game series.
That first pitch, by the way, will be thrown by Ohtani due to some intervening from Mother Nature. The Japanese star was supposed to start for the Angels on Sunday in Kansas City, but that game was rained out.