ANAHEIM, Calif. — Red Sox manager Terry Francona was suffering from food poisoning prior to the start of Game 1 of the Division Series on Thursday, and so was unable to be on the field during team introductions and the national anthem. He felt little better during the game while watching his team endure a 5-0 defeat to the Angels in the opener of a best-of-five series. Here were his postgame thoughts:

Q. First of all, how do feel?

Not very well, thank you. I appreciate you asking. It’s been a tough day.

Q. Was it food poisoning? Something you ate last night, do you know?

Probably Del Taco. I know there’s a big sign they don’t support MLB, do they? They just support the Angels? Yeah, it was Del Taco (laughing).

Q. How would you assess your team’s play tonight?

Well, we gave them some extra opportunities. Lester had four walks. Three of them were to Abreu, so that line’s a little skewed. Bobby’s at bat was huge. We were actually playing back in one inning, sacrifice a run, try to stay out of a big inning. Bobby won’t give in.

So it’s first and third. Hunter’s at bat before that was so good that it makes him more dangerous, and he gets a fastball. Wanders back over and catches enough of the middle and he crushes it.

So that was huge because of the way Lackey was pitching. Three runs looked like a lot.

Q. Speaking of Lackey, was he as good as you have seen him or faced him at least?

Yeah, good. Lot of life on his fastball. Looked like he was moving both ways. Threw enough breaking balls we had to respect that, and he was able to locate his fastball again with two different directions. He was good. He was real good.

Q. When you came out to talk to [First-base umpire] CB Buckner, what was your kind of main complaint or beef there?

Don’t bring up the word beef, please. I didn’t think he got the call right.

Q. 7th inning, your reliever, Ramon, looked a little rattled. Were you a little disappointed in how he reacted to this situation?

I thought he looked a little amped up. Yeah, I agree. He walked Bobby, which can happen. Gets Torii. And then we get the groundball. We’ve got a chance at worst one, maybe two. He looked a little overexcited. Hopefully, next time out he’ll be a little better.