Aroldis Chapman sets relief Ks record, Red Sox rookie Jake Bennett stifles Angels in 5-2 win

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Aroldis Chapman set the major league record for relief strikeouts after rookie Jake Bennett yielded five hits while pitching into the eighth inning for the Boston Red Sox in a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.

>The 38-year-old Chapman broke Hoyt Wilhelm's record with his 1,364th career strikeout as a reliever when he fanned Denzer Guzman leading off the ninth. The knuckleballing Wilhelm last pitched in 1972.

>Chapman allowed back-to-back singles after his milestone strikeout, but got Jo Adell to ground into a double play to secure his 17th save.

>Caleb Durbin hit a solo homer in the opener of a nine-game trip for the Red Sox, who have won six of eight.

>In just his seventh career start, Bennett (3-3) struck out six with no walks while dominating the last-place Angels until the their two-run eighth.

>Six days after the Yankees' first 15 batters couldn't get a hit off Bennett, the lanky left-hander retired the Angels' first 13 batters before Vaughn Grissom's fifth-inning single.

>Bennett retired 22 of LA's first 24 batters before Jose Siri homered in the eighth for the Angels, who have lost four straight.

>Zach Neto added a two-out RBI single moments later to chase Bennett, but Garre.

>Reid Detmers (3-6) struggled through five innings while taking his first loss in eight starts since May 19 for Los Angeles, yielding five runs on seven hits and three walks.

>Romy Gonzalez had three hits and drove in two runs for Boston. Durbin added his eighth homer leading off the fifth.

>Angels catcher Logan O'Hoppe was removed from the game and evaluated after taking a foul ball off his mask in the third. O'Hoppe went on the concussion injured list last September after getting accidentally hit by a backswing, and he went through the concussion protocol again two months ago after a home plate collision with Texas' Josh Jung.

Up nextSam Aldegheri (3-3, 4.85 ERA) pitches for the Angels on Saturday, facing Boston's Sonny Gray (9-1, 2.69 ERA).

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