ANAHEIM, Calif. ― The Red Sox’ longest road trip of the season, which began last week with a stunning pre-flight trade, ended Wednesday amid a spiral. On the three-city, nine-game, 10-day West Coast odyssey, the Sox finished 3-6. They averaged 3.1 runs per game and batted .188.

Yusei Kikuchi struck out a season-high 12 in seven innings, Jo Adell and Travis d’Arnaud hit solo homers and RBI singles, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Boston Red Sox 5-2 to complete a three-gam

Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora recently announced that it doesn't look like Alex Bregman will be back on the field until after the All-Star break.

Alex Cora is 0-for-2 in arguing obstruction calls with umpire Alan Porter after the Red Sox manager was ejected Monday night in the fifth inning of a 9-5 loss to the Angels, the second straight game in which Cora was tossed.

The Boston Red Sox are not playing great and are in danger of falling out of contention by the July 31 trade deadline. They could then trade a star player.