Two outta three ain’t bad!
That’s what the Oakland A’s settled for in their road series win over the Boston Red Sox, after losing the finale Thursday by an 8-1 margin to miss the chance for a sweep at Fenway Park.
This game was over as quickly as it began. A’s starter Sean Manaea got blitzed from his very first batter, allowing a parade of hard contact that ended in a homer and a three-run 1st inning. It happened again in the 2nd, with another dinger and another three-spot. When Boston loaded the bases again in the 3rd with nobody out, the southpaw finally got the hook, followed by the decent fortune of only one of those runners later coming around to score.