Red Sox, Angels head to Boston for Game 3

The second game of this series was not over in time for this edition.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Jason Bay hit a three-run homer in the first and the Boston Red Sox led the Los Angeles Angels 5-3 after six innings in Game 2 of their AL division series Friday night.

The defending World Series champion Red Sox, trying to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series back to Fenway Park, were ahead 4-0 after just 22 pitches by Ervin Santana — who had not faced them during the regular season.

David Ortiz singled with two out in the first to extend his division-series hitting streak to 13 games, Kevin Youkilis followed with a single and J.D. Drew hit an RBI double.

Bay, obtained from Pittsburgh in the three-team deal that sent Manny Ramirez from Boston to the Los Angeles Dodgers, then drove a 2-2 pitch to center field for his second homer of the series. He also hit a two-run shot off John Lackey in Boston’s 4-1 victory in the opener Wednesday night.

Boston’s Daisuke Matsuzaka threw 108 pitches in five innings, allowing three runs and eight hits.

On six occasions during the regular season, the right-hander finished with 100 or more pitches while working five innings or fewer. He was 4-0 with a 3.60 ERA in those games.

Matsuzaka reached the century mark in the fifth before recording an out. He walked Mark Teixeira and Vladimir Guerrero before giving up Torii Hunter’s second RBI single of the game, cutting Boston’s lead to 5-3. But Dice-K retired the next three batters, including pinch-hitter Kendry Morales on a popup for the third out.

Matsuzaka gave up three consecutive singles with two out in the first, including Hunter’s run-scoring hit up the middle. But shortstop Alex Cora — starting in place of rookie Jed Lowrie because manager Terry Francona preferred the matchup of Cora against Santana — made a nice play deep in the hole on a grounder by Juan Rivera and threw him out to end the inning.

Teixeira and Guerrero singled with two out in the third, but Matsuzaka escaped the jam with the help of a questionable call by first base umpire Kerwin Danley. Cora charged Hunter’s grounder and threw him out in a close play. Hunter, first base coach Alfredo Griffin and manager Mike Scioscia argued to no avail.

Boston added another run in the fourth on an RBI double by Jacoby Ellsbury, who was 3-for-5 with a run-scoring double and two stolen bases in Game 1. The Angels closed to 5-2 in the bottom half on an RBI single by Chone Figgins, but Dice-K minimized the damage by striking out Garret Anderson with runners at the corners.

Matsuzaka, pitching at Angel Stadium for the first time, was 9-0 with a 2.37 ERA in 13 road starts this season.