ANAHEIM, Calif. — Instant reaction from the Red Sox’ 7-5 victory over the Los Angeles Angels Sunday night at Angel Stadium:

1) For the second weekend in a row, the Red Sox wrapped up a series sweep on a Sunday night. Last week, it was the New York Yankees; this time, it was the far less imposing Los Angeles Angels. The Red Sox used home runs from Jarren Duran and Willson Contreras to account for five of their runs. But the Sox also saw starter Ranger Suarez walk off the mound in the third inning with a strained left adductor, detracting from the win.

2) Even before the end of the game, the Red Sox suffered a loss when Ranger Suarez was forced from the game with a strained left adductor. Suarez leaped to try to snare a ball chopped past the mound and seemed to land awkwardly. After one warmup pitch, he left the mound and was replaced. It’s obviously too soon to know how severe the injury is, but when a player leaves the game in the middle of an inning, it’s never a good sign. The Sox earlier in the week lost Connelly Early (elbow) to the IL, and this move severely tests their starting pitching depth.

3) Willson Contreras is officially on a heater. With the Red Sox trailing by a run in the top of the third, Contreras connected on a pitch and clubbed a three-run homer, his 20th of the season. It was his second three-run homer in as many games and third homer in the last six games. It also gave him his 18th multi-RBI game, the most of any player in the American League. The homer moves Contreras to within four of his career high of 24, with almost half the season still to be played. The blast also served as a reminder of how much the Sox will miss him in the lineup when he begins serving a suspension, reduced or not through appeal.

4) The Red Sox got solid relief from their bullpen after Suarez was removed from the game. Greg Weissert got them four outs before handing the ball over to Tyron Guerrero, who tossed a scoreless fifth before returning for a 1-2-3 sixth. Garrett Whitlock handled the seventh. When a starter leaves in the third inning, he leaves behind a lot of outs to record and the Sox did nicely to find a way to stitch the rest together.

5) However much Jarren Duran has struggled at the plate this year — he remains under .200 when it comes to batting average — he keeps supplying the power. He drilled a hard-hit two-run shot to right in the top of the second to get the Red Sox on the board, tying the game at 2-2 at the time and giving him his 13th homer of the year. A year ago, he hit 16; two years ago, he set a career high with 21, a number that he could possibly topple this year. The Red Sox would like Duran to get on base more and be a more dynamic top-of-the-order threat. But now that he’s been dropped into the middle of the lineup, they’ll take the slug, too. His 13 homers place him second on the team in that category.

6) Give some credit to Masataka Yoshida. With the Red Sox facing a string of lefties of late, he hasn’t played much. Over the previous seven games, he had been in the starting lineup just twice. But called upon with the Angels starting righthander Ryan Johnson, Yoshida returned to the lineup with a flourish. He singled in each of his first two trips to the plate, flied out in the fifth, and facing righthanded reliever Chase Silseth, dropped a soft liner into left field, scoring Anthony Seigler with Boston’s sixth run of the night. A three-hit game is a nice performance for someone who had spent the previous week or so mostly riding the bench. It was his first three-hit game since April 5 on the team’s first homestand of the season.

7) It was not the best of nights for Ceddanne Rafaela. At the plate, he had an infield single, but otherwise was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts. In the field, meanwhile, he got sloppy, fielding then juggling a ball in center, and also threw to the cut-off man rather than second base, allowing Zach Neto to claim a double.

8) The Red Sox are off Monday, then continue their road trip Tuesday in Chicago to face the White Sox at 7:40 p.m. It will be Payton Tolle (4-6, 3.39 ERA) vs. LHP Noah Schultz (2-5, 5.86 ERA).

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