Matsui, Santana Lead Angels Past Red Sox, Finally
[photogallerylink id=39400 align=right]Hideki Matsui hit a three-run homer, then drove in another run with a bases-loaded walk, and Ervin Santana took a two-hitter into the eighth inning on Thursday night to help the Los Angeles Angels snap a nine-game losing streak against Boston and beat the Red Sox 7-2.
Santana (13-8) allowed two runs and four hits in seven-plus innings, walking four, hitting a batter and striking out three. Kevin Jepsen, who blew Wednesday night's game by giving up runs on a wild pitch and hit batsman, pitched out of Santana's bases-loaded, no-outs jam in the eighth.
The Angels, who had lost three straight to fall below .500, held a 20-minute players-only meeting before the game.
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