The Red Sox can finish off the A’s this afternoon at Fenway Park (1:35 p.m., NESN) behind Rich Hill, a veteran of both teams, not to mention World War II.
Kidding! But Hill, in his third tour with the Sox, pitched for the A’s six years ago at the spritely age of 36. Today, at age 42, he looks to sweep his former team out of Boston as the Sox look for their fourth straight win.
Paul Blackburn starts for Oakland in the midst of a career year, buoyed by a scant 0.41 HR/9 and 2.