Parrish Ends 0-for-21 Drought With Game-Winning HR in 11th

Lance Parrish dreaded facing Red Sox reliever Dennis Lamp in the 11th inning late Wednesday night.

“If there’s anybody in the game who’s got my number, it’s him,” Parrish said. But other pitchers could have made the same claim, Parrish having gone hitless in 21 previous at-bats.

“It’s been pretty frustrating,” Parrish said. “It feels good to finally get a hit and make it count.”

Parrish ended his slump with a two-run home run into the left-field seats, giving the Angels an 8-6 victory in a game that took 4 hours 6 minutes. Parrish’s hit took the burden of guilt off Dave Winfield, whose misplay of Carlos Quintana’s seventh-inning fly ball led to a four-run rally that put the Red Sox ahead, 6-2.

“I’m glad we came back,” said Winfield, who began a three-run outburst in the eighth with a single to left and started the ninth with a walk. “I didn’t want that on my conscience. That really opened the floodgates.”

Once the Angels turned the tide, Boston’s bullpen couldn’t hold them back. Red Sox Manager Joe Morgan has begun to wonder whether his club can hold off its American League East rivals without stopper Jeff Reardon, who was lost to back surgery.

“It’s awful to let that club get that many runs against you late in the game,” Morgan said. “I will be (concerned) if things continue this way, believe me. If you don’t get quality relief pitching, it’s all over.”