Red Sox 3, Athletics 2: Continuing to find ways to win

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images It sounds cliche, and it’s been said about this specific Red Sox team about a million times already, but it’s true: They just keep finding ways to win. Friday night in Oakland was another example. The offense had a bunch of chances in the first half of the game to break the score open, but time and time again they came up short. Eduardo Rodriguez did give them a great performance, but then the bullpen gave up a pair of solo home runs, and that was enough to send it to extras. But again, this team just knows how to win. They got one run in the top of the 10th and kept things scoreless in the bottom half thanks to a huge play from Kiké Hernández, making it eight wins in a row.

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