BOSTON – Kendrys Morales led off Los Angeles’ two-run 10th inning with a solo homer Thursday night, and the Angels completed a three-game sweep of Boston by outlasting the Red Sox, 14-13.

The Red Sox wasted a 6-0 lead, then rallied from deficits of 8-7 in the sixth and 12-11 in the ninth. But closer Alfredo Aceves struggled after Boston was one out away from victory in the ninth. Aceves (2-8) gave up five runs and six hits while getting just three outs, and the Red Sox lost for the 11th time in 15 games.

Ernesto Frieri (2-0) got the win despite giving up a tying solo homer in the ninth to Cody Ross, his 19th of the season, and an RBI single in the 10th to Dustin Pedroia, who drove in five runs.

Frieri was charged with a blown save, but secured the win when he struck out Adrian Gonzalez to end the 4-hour, 34-minute game.

With the score 12-12, Morales jumped on an 0-1 pitch from Aceves for his 16th homer — just over the low right-field fence. Erick Aybar followed with a single, knocking out Aceves.

Vernon Wells hit an RBI double off Craig Breslow for the final run.

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The Angels, who were swept in four games by Tampa Bay before coming to Boston, remained five games behind the Rays and closed within 3½ of Baltimore in the race for the AL’s two wild-card spots.

The Red Sox took an 11-9 lead in the eighth inning on RBI singles by Jacoby Ellsbury and Pedroia, but the Angels rallied in the ninth and regained the lead with Wells’ eighth homer and two-out, run-scoring singles by Torii Hunter and Mark Trumbo.

Angels starter C.J. Wilson, 0-5 in his last 11 starts, struggled again.

The Red Sox took a 1-0 lead in the first on a double by Pedroia and an RBI single by Gonzalez. They made it 6-0 in the second on run-scoring singles by Scott Podsednik and Ellsbury and Pedroia’s 11th homer, a three-run shot.

But Franklin Morales couldn’t hold the lead, giving up six of the Angels’ eight third-inning runs. Los Angeles had six hits, three walks and an error in the inning.

Chris Iannetta and Hunter had two hits each, and every member of the Angels’ lineup except Trumbo got on base in the inning.

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Two runs scored on bases-loaded walks to Kendrys Morales and Wells.

Seven consecutive batters reached base after two were out.

Wilson then settled down and retired eight straight batters before Pedroia reached on an error by third baseman Alberto Callaspo in the fifth and scored on a single by Ross.

Boston went ahead 9-8 with two runs in the sixth on Mike Aviles’ 12th homer, and consecutive doubles by Pedro Ciriaco and Ellsbury.

But Los Angeles tied the game in the seventh on Trout’s RBI single.

NOTES: The last Angels pitcher to go 11 starts without a win was Jim Abbott, whose streak reached 13 games from May 7 to Aug, 10, 1996. … Angels first baseman Albert Pujols missed the game with tightness in his right calf. … Jon Lester (7-10) pitches for the Red Sox on Friday against Bruce Chen (9-10) in the opener of a four-game series with the Kansas City Royals. … The Angels will return home for a three-game series against the Detroit Tigers, with Zack Greinke (1-2) going for Los Angeles against Rick Porcello (9-8) of the Tigers.

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RED SOX left fielder Carl Crawford had season-ending surgery on his left elbow.

The procedure to replace the torn ulnar collateral ligament in Crawford’s throwing arm was performed by Dr. James Andrews in Pensacola, Fla. The Red Sox said they expect Crawford to make a full recovery, estimated to take six to nine months.

Crawford, who could be ready by spring training, is in the second season of a seven-year, $142 million contract with Boston. He hit .282 with three homers and 19 RBI, after batting .255 with 11 homers and 56 RBI last year.

He missed the first 89 games this season while recovering from left wrist surgery, then hurt his elbow in April while rehabbing. He came off the disabled list July 16.

 


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