Sean O'Sullivan provided a workman-like outing, but it was the Red Sox lineup that stole the show again, pushing 13 runs across in another blowout win.
Another night, another ridiculous run total for the Red Sox, who pushed across 13 to take the series win from Oakland.
This game has something of a deceptive box score. The score, for instance, is actually deceptively close. Yes, the Athletics managed to close the gap to single digits, but at no point after the third inning was this one ever in doubt. Mookie Betts and Hanley Ramirez homered in the first to put the Red Sox up 3-0, with Hanley's the sort of gargantuan blast that should signal to all his power drought is over.