The Oakland A’s continued their post-All-Star winless streak as they got shut out 7-0 by the Boston Red Sox pitching staff.
Speaking of All-Stars, the A’s 2022 representative Paul Blackburn started the series opener hoping to break the team’s seven-game losing streak. It feels like the tenth time I’ve written that sentence this season but honestly, if the team actually had a double-digit number of losing streaks this season, I wouldn’t be surprised.
It was realized early that Blackburn didn’t have his best stuff today. In back-to-back innings to start the game, the righty allowed a leadoff double that eventually crossed home plate.