ANAHEIM, Calif. The Los Angeles Angels didn't need a bench-clearing incident with their longtime playoff nemesis to unify the team not after what they endured during the season's first week.

Manager Mike Scioscia, hitting coach Mickey Hatcher, center fielder Torii Hunter and reliever Justin Speier all were ejected from Sunday's 5-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox, the finale of a tragic and somber homestand for the two-time defending AL West champions.

One of the seven scheduled games was postponed because of the death of rookie Nick Adenhart, who pitched six scoreless innings against Oakland on Wednesday night and died hours later from injuries sustained in a car crash caused by a suspected drunken driver running a red light.

"I don't know if it's going to be any better," catcher Mike Napoli said before the Angels embarked on a six-game road trip through Seattle and Minnesota. "Nick's still not going to be there, and we're going to be reminded of it all the time. Maybe to just get away from our home field, be on the road and see different things might help, but I don't know.

"We're going to take his jersey on the road and keep him with us," Napoli added. "It doesn't seem real to me. It's hard to take it all in. It's been pretty rough on me. It's tough times right now, but we're all being strong around here and just trying to get through it."

The Angels' emotionally charged week reached the breaking point in the first inning Sunday after a pitch by Boston ace Josh Beckett sailed over Bobby Abreu's head just as plate umpire Paul Schreiber jumped out of his crouch to call time.

"I've never hit anybody in the head, and it's not really on my list of stuff to accomplish. But people can think what they want to think," Beckett said.

"I know Bobby Abreu. He knows I'm not trying to hit him in the head. Obviously, there's been a lot of emotion in this series with them not only facing us, but obviously the tragedy that all of them went through."