Red Sox 5, A’s 2: Back at .500 for the first time in a hot second

This part was nice.The Red Sox came into Sunday’s game one game below .500 and playing their third straight last place team in a row. Finally—FINALLY!—they managed to finish the sweep, get back to .500, and make everyone happy heading into tonight’s Celtics game. Franchy Cordero is the main man to thank, but Rich Hill isn’t far behind. For the full recap, see below.

Red Sox legend Frankie Montas started on the mound and gave up a single in the shift-influenced shortstop hole to Jarren Duran on the first pitch. Then Enrique Hernández hit a single, and the Sox were in business. Then Rafael Devers took it the other way for another single (on a crazy moving pitch) and Duran scored to make it…