Game #20: A’s Fall to Red Sox 7-3

Tonight’s subtitle is brought to you by Dallas Braden, who had quite a few funny one-liners tonight, including the Jed line after Jed’s first hit tonight (spoiler alert: He’d have many more hits, and he’d quite literally be the only shining moment in another dark Friday night.)

Indulge me.

Let’s open baseballgirl’s email from 2:25PM and 2:26PM today, shall we? Nico, who was on the exchange, can offer veracity:

baseballgirl: How will the A’s crush their 4-game win streak for me tonight? An early blow-out? A late bullpen meltdown? A heartbreaking extra-innings loss? A blown 6-run lead? STAY TUNED TO FIND OUT!

OaktownPower: I will say a nice mellow 7-3 loss.

I guess mellow is a stretch; there was…