The game was decided before Oakland had a chance to settle in. Boston scored five runs in the second inning and four more in the fourth, turning a night at Fenway Park into a rout that finished 13-1.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| BOS | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | X | 13 | 15 | 0 |
Payton Tolle was the story on the mound. The right-hander worked six innings, allowing just 2 hits and 1 run while striking out 14. He walked none. It was more than enough support for an offense that piled up 15 hits, and it improved him to 7-6 with a 3.20 ERA. The bullpen backed him up by covering the final three innings without allowing a run.
Boston's decisive burst came in the second. Jarren Duran homered to left center, scoring Monasterio, to put the Red Sox ahead 2-0 and give them a lead they would not relinquish. Jake Rogers doubled in Seigler to make it 3-0, and Wilyer Abreu followed with a double that brought home both Rogers and Sogard for a 5-0 lead. The fourth inning was more of the same: Rogers scored on a pickoff error by pitcher Juenger, Abreu singled in Sogard, Masataka Yoshida doubled in Abreu, and Andruw Monasterio's single brought home Yoshida to push the score to 9-0. Boston tacked on more in the sixth and seventh, with sacrifice flies from Durbin and Yoshida and RBI hits from Rafaela and Durbin extending the margin to 13-1.
Oakland starter Jack Perkins lasted just 3 innings, allowing 5 runs on 5 hits with 3 walks, and took the loss to fall to 2-8 with a 7.04 ERA. The Athletics' only run came in the fifth when Tyler Soderstrom homered to right center. Oakland's bullpen was stretched thin the rest of the way, allowing 8 runs over 5 innings as the deficit grew beyond reach.
The win extended Boston's winning streak to nine games, improving the Red Sox to 64-51. Oakland's skid reached nine straight losses, dropping the Athletics to 45-71.