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Ellsbury, Red Sox eyeing seventh straight win

Apr 23, 2008 - 12:55 PM LA Angels (12-9) at Boston (15-7) 7:05 pm EDT

BOSTON (Ticker) - Jacoby Ellsbury will look to build off his first career multi-homer game Wednesday when the Boston Red Sox go for their seventh consecutive victory in the middle contest of their three-game series with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

Ellsbury, looking to solidify himself as the everyday center fielder, homered twice and scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning to lead the Red Sox past the Angels, 7-6, on Tuesday.

The 24-year-old speedster opened the scoring with a solo home run in the first and added another in the sixth and Dustin Pedroia finished with four hits and drove in the winning run for the Red Sox.

Ellsbury and Pedroia combined to go 7-for-10 at the top of the order for Boston, which overcame a four-run deficit.

Daisuke Matsuzaka (4-0, 3.14 ERA) will get the start for Boston in this one, looking for his fifth win in a row.

Matsuzaka was not at his best Friday in his last start, allowing three runs over 5 1/3 innings, but it was good enough to lead the Red Sox to an 11-3 victory over the Texas Rangers.

The Angels will counter with Jon Garland (2-2, 4.81), who gave up two runs and seven hits over 6 1/3 frames in Thursday's 5-3 triumph over the Kansas City Royals.