Angels’ franchise-record losing streak extends to 14 with loss to Red Sox
LA TimesAngels second baseman Jack Mayfield gets the force out on Boston Red Sox baserunner Christian Vasquez but fails to turn a double play in the seventh inning on Wednesday at Angel Stadium. There was no live chicken to sacrifice, and a bonfire of bats didn’t make sense, so in an effort to snap their two-week skid, the Angels all used the same band for their walk-up music — Nickelback — throughout Wednesday night’s game against the Boston Red Sox. “I don’t know whose idea it was, but I like it, I like Nickelback,” Phil Nevin said after his second game as interim manager in place of the fired Joe Maddon. Angels second baseman Jack Mayfield gets tied up with teammate Jo Adell after catching a fly ball in the seventh inning against the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday at Angel Stadium.