Red Sox-Angels (August 18, 2005)

A potential playoff series with the Angels opens tonight out in Los Angeles/Anaheim/Orange County at 10:05 p.m. on NESN and WEEI. Tim Wakefield (12-9, 4.07), who has won his last four starts for Boston, will face Bartolo Colon (15-6, 3.44) of the Angels. The Red Sox are coming off a disappointing series in Detroit where they lost 2-of-3 to the lowly Tigers. It was the worst showing since my brother Ben skipped an all-you-can-eat Chinese food buffet in Quincy a few weeks ago. This four game series against the Angels will be an important one for the Sox as the Yankees are still only 4.5-games behind in the A.L. East.