The most perilous portion of the Red Sox schedule in any given season is always going to be the long west coast swing, and the 2022 version started on Friday. They have three in Oakland, four in Los Angeles to play the Angels, and then three against the Mariners in a key stretch. They largely turned things around in May, but stumbled to finish out the month against opponents they should have handled, and find themselves at a crossroads with a lot of questions to be answered over this road trip. They started off on a positive note behind a great start from Nathan Eovaldi and a homer from Xander Bogaerts to lead the way in a Friday night victory.
Red Sox 7, Athletics 2: Starting the west coast swing with a W
