Oakland Athletics (25-66, fifth in the AL West) vs. Boston Red Sox (47-43, fifth in the AL East)
Boston; Sunday, 1:35 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Athletics: JP Sears (1-6, 4.09 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 89 strikeouts); Red Sox: Tayler Scott (0-0, 7.71 ERA, 1.57 WHIP, eight strikeouts)
Jarren Duran and Alex Verdugo each had a two-run homer, and Masataka Yoshida had his sixth consecutive multi-hit game to lead the Boston Red Sox past the Oakland Athletics 10-3 on Saturday.
Yu Chang hit a bases-loaded single in a five-run second inning in his return from the injured list and the Boston Red Sox beat the Oakland Athletics 7-3.
Kiké Hernández blooped a bases loaded, broken-bat single in the seventh to give the Red Sox the lead as Boston scored six times in the inning to beat the Texas Rangers 10-6.
Brayan Bello took a shutout into the sixth inning, Justin Turner had two hits and a pair of RBIs and the Boston Red Sox beat the slumping Texas Rangers 4-2 on Wednesday night.
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Red Sox -169, Athletics +143; over/under is 9 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Oakland Athletics head into the matchup against the Boston Red Sox after losing three straight games.
Boston has gone 25-22 at home and 47-43 overall. Red Sox hitters have a collective .427 slugging percentage to rank seventh in MLB.
Oakland is 25-66 overall and 13-34 in road games. The Athletics are 13-23 in games when they record eight or more hits.
The teams meet Sunday for the third time this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Rafael Devers leads the Red Sox with 40 extra base hits (20 doubles and 20 home runs). Jarren Duran is 17-for-35 with six doubles, two triples, two home runs and seven RBI over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Red Sox: 7-3, .295 batting average, 3.50 ERA, outscored opponents by 14 runs
Athletics: 4-6, .225 batting average, 6.47 ERA, outscored by 24 runs
INJURIES: Red Sox: Kaleb Ort: 15-Day IL (elbow), Garrett Whitlock: 15-Day IL (elbow), Pablo Reyes: 10-Day IL (abdominal), John Schreiber: 60-Day IL (side), Reese McGuire: 10-Day IL (oblique), Corey Kluber: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Tanner Houck: 15-Day IL (face), Chris Sale: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Richard Bleier: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Zack Kelly: 60-Day IL (elbow), Wyatt Mills: 60-Day IL (elbow), Adalberto Mondesi: 60-Day IL (knee), Trevor Story: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Athletics: Yacksel Rios: 60-Day IL (raynaud’s syndrome), Paul Blackburn: day-to-day (illness), Esteury Ruiz: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Carlos Perez: 10-Day IL (thumb), James Kaprielian: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Mason Miller: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ramon Laureano: 10-Day IL (hand), Zach Jackson: 60-Day IL (elbow), Drew Rucinski: 60-Day IL (illness), Kevin Smith: 10-Day IL (back), Dany Jimenez: 60-Day IL (shoulder)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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