For the second week in a row, Connelly Early was making quick work of the A’s on the mound.
The 23-year-old Red Sox rookie was seemingly in complete command in his first start at Fenway Park on Tuesday, working into the sixth inning with under 80 pitches logged.
Boston had only pushed one run across the plate, but it looked like it was going to be enough for Early, who had limited the A’s to zero runs through the first five innings of work.
But after Early’s 80th pitch of the evening — a plummeting change-up out of the strike zone — was whiffed at by Nick Kurtz for a strikeout, Alex Cora made his way out of the dugout with one out in the sixth inning.