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Four-panel full-color sports comic with cartoon ballplayers, not real likenesses. Panel 1: a bright orange foul pole ringing as a three-run homer caroms off it. Panel 2: a solo shot sparking a four-run second-inning celebration. Panel 3: a cartoon starter pumping fists after five scoreless with seven strikeouts. Panel 4: a Fenway scoreboard reading Red Sox 5, Angels 2, fifth straight win.
Four panels: Pesky Pole clang, a four-run second, Bello’s scoreless return, and a 5–2 Fenway final. Cartoon ballplayers only. · Comic: Topics / Drew’s Comic Newsroom. Source: AP.

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Rutschman’s Pesky Pole three-run shot lifts Red Sox past Angels, 5–2

What happened

On Monday, September 7, 2026, in Boston, Adley Rutschman hooked a three-run home run off the Pesky Pole in right field, and the Red Sox beat the Los Angeles Angels 5–2 for their fifth straight win. Jarren Duran had already lit the fuse: his 20th homer of the season, a solo shot to open the second, before Rutschman’s pole shot made it 4–0. Brayan Bello worked five scoreless innings with seven strikeouts in his first start since early June, after a June 4 outing in which he allowed eight runs and a subsequent stretch in Triple-A. Garrett Whitlock finished the ninth for his third save. Moisés Ballesteros answered with a solo homer for the Angels, who have lost 12 of their last 14.

The win pushed Boston to an MLB-best 34–17 since the All-Star break and left the club two games behind the Yankees for the American League’s top wild-card spot, with New York owning the season-series tiebreaker. Interim manager Chad Tracy had shuffled starters to get Bello back into the rotation after a solid bullpen stretch. Eli White added an RBI single in the third. Cartoon ballplayers only — no celebrity likenesses — keep the strip on the pole, the second-inning surge, the scoreless return, and the 5–2 board.

Why it matters

A five-game winning streak plus the league’s hottest post-break record turns every Fenway box score into standings math. Closing within two games of New York for the top wild card means Boston’s next series is positioning, not vibes. Bello’s scoreless five after the June demotion also matters beyond one night: a rotation piece who can eat innings without leaking runs is exactly what a wild-card chase asks for in September.

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Conclusion

Rutschman’s Pesky Pole three-run blast, Duran’s 20th, Bello’s five scoreless, and Whitlock’s third save added up to a 5–2 Red Sox win and a fifth straight, per AP. Source: https://apnews.com/article/angels-red-sox-score-166631af871cb38e808f3d939e00fb52

Source: AP