Boston Red Sox (51-44, fourth in the AL East) vs. Oakland Athletics (25-71, fifth in the AL West)
Oakland, California; Tuesday, 9:40 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: TBD; Athletics: Luis Medina (2-7, 6.34 ERA, 1.61 WHIP, 58 strikeouts)
Connor Wong hit a two-run double and singled in a run for a career-high three RBIs, leading the Boston Red Sox past the Oakland Athletics 7-0 for their eighth win in nine games.Nick Pivetta (6-5) matched his career high with 13 strikeouts over six innings in relief of lefty opener Brennan Bernardino
Masataka Yoshida hit a grand slam and a two-run triple, powering Kutter Crawford and the Boston Red Sox to an 11-5 blowout over the Chicago Cubs.
The Boston Red Sox selected the contract of right-hander Jake Faria from Triple-A Worcester on and designated right-hander Tayler Scott for assignment.
Cody Bellinger hit a grand slam to back a solid effort by pitcher Marcus Stroman and the Cubs topped the Boston Red Sox 10-4 on Saturday.
BOTTOM LINE: The Oakland Athletics look to end their five-game home slide with a win over the Boston Red Sox.
Oakland is 12-36 in home games and 25-71 overall. The Athletics are 18-58 in games when they have given up a home run.
Boston has a 51-44 record overall and a 25-22 record in road games. Red Sox hitters have a collective .435 slugging percentage to rank fourth in the AL.
The teams meet Tuesday for the fifth time this season. The Red Sox lead the season series 4-0.
TOP PERFORMERS: Tony Kemp has seven doubles, two triples, three home runs and 19 RBI for the Athletics. Brent Rooker is 8-for-33 with three home runs over the last 10 games.
Rafael Devers has 22 doubles and 23 home runs while hitting .259 for the Red Sox. Triston Casas is 9-for-31 with three doubles and three home runs over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Athletics: 2-8, .220 batting average, 6.10 ERA, outscored by 23 runs
Red Sox: 8-2, .307 batting average, 3.84 ERA, outscored opponents by 26 runs
INJURIES: Athletics: Yacksel Rios: 60-Day IL (finger), Manny Pina: 10-Day IL (wrist), Richard Lovelady: 15-Day IL (undisclosed), 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)
Red Sox: Rafael Devers: day-to-day (calf), 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), Zack Kelly: 60-Day IL (elbow), Wyatt Mills: 60-Day IL (elbow), Adalberto Mondesi: 60-Day IL (knee), Trevor Story: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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