After losing their first four games at Fenway Park to start the year, the Red Sox finally got off the ground on Saturday with a 7-2 win over the Angels.
Brayan Bello is on the hill Sunday with a chance to seal a series win for Boston. He has famously struggled in day games with a 6.22 career ERA in these matinees.
Lefthander Tyler Anderson has had an excellent start to the season, with back-to-back outings of shutout ball over seven innings each, and he’ll have the ball against Boston on Sunday.
Lineups
ANGELS (7-7): Rendon 3B, Rengifo 2B, Trout CF, Ward LF, Hicks DH, Drury 1B, O’Hoppe C, Adell RF, Neto SS
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Pitching: LHP Tyler Anderson (2-0, 0.00 ERA)
RED SOX (8-7): Duran LF, Reyes 2B, O’Neill RF, Casas 1B, Dalbec 3B, Yoshida DH, Wong C, Rafaela CF, Hamilton SS
Pitching: RHP Brayan Bello (1-1, 4.11 ERA)
Time: 1:35 p.m.
TV, radio: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7
Angels vs. Bello: Brandon Drury 1-4, Aaron Hicks 1-7, Mickey Moniak 1-3, Zach Neto 2-5, Logan O’Hoppe 1-2, Matt Thaiss 1-3, Mike Trout 0-3, Taylor Ward 0-1
Red Sox vs. Anderson: Triston Casas 0-2, Bobby Dalbec 0-2, Rafael Devers 3-7, Jarren Duran 0-2, Tyler O’Neill 1-3, Pablo Reyes 1-2, Connor Wong 2-4, Yoshida Masataka 1-3
Stat of the day: Masataka Yoshida has reached base safely in 14 of 15 games this season.
Notes: The Red Sox scored four runs in the first inning Saturday in their 7-2 win, which snapped their season-high four-game losing streak. Wilyer Abreu went 2 for 4 with an RBI and two runs scored to help lead the offense in place of Trevor Story, who is out for the season after shoulder surgery. ... Along with his struggles in day games, Bello is 0-2 with a 6.52 ERA in two career starts (9 ⅔ innings) in his career against the Angels. ... The Angels saw their five-game road win streak come to an end on Saturday, as Taylor Ward’s two-run home run in the third inning provided all the offense. Ward has homered in back-to-back games at Fenway Park and has 16 RBIs through his first 14 games this season. ... Anderson is 1-0 with a 5.02 ERA in three career starts against Boston.
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Amin Touri can be reached at amin.touri@globe.com.