Boston Red Sox at Athletics

· Major League Baseball

Boston Red Sox

80-65, 36-37 Away

Final
7 - 0

Athletics

66-79, 29-41 Home

Crochet, Story, Narváez power Red Sox to a 7-0 win over the Athletics

Boston Red Sox vs. Athletics: Game Highlights

The Red Sox moved to three games behind idle Toronto for the AL East lead, and one game back of the idle New York Yankees in the race for the first AL wild-card spot.

The A's have lost seven of their last 10 games.

Crochet (15-5), coming off a shaky start against Cleveland on Sept. 2, allowed less than four hits for the first time since Aug. 17. He did not walk a batter for the third straight game.

Story's 24th homer of the season, a no-doubter to left-center, gave the Red Sox an early lead. Boston improved to 54-20 when scoring first this season.

Jarren Duran had two hits, including an RBI single for the 500th hit of his career. Alex Bregman, Narváez, Story, and Masataka Yoshida also had two-hit games.

Narváez hit a 422-foot solo homer in the fifth to extend Boston's lead, and Bregman added an RBI single two batters later.

For the A's, Luis Morales (3-1) allowed seven hits and five earned runs, striking out two and walking one in his sixth career start. It was the first time in his MLB career that he gave up more than two runs.

Key moment Boston pulled ahead of the Athletics early, with Story's first-inning homer and RBI singles from Duran and Nick Sogard to make it 3-0 after two innings.

Key stat Since the start of the 2022 season, the Red Sox are 15-4 against the Athletics and have outscored the A's 319-187 in that span.

Up next Boston RHP Dustin May (7-11, 4.96) faces Athletics LHP Jeffrey Springs (10-10, 4.13) Tuesday night in the second game of the three-game series.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Kurtz grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Rooker lined out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Langeliers flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Murphy relieved Kelly
	9th Inning	Bregman grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Duran struck out swinging.

Statistics

BOS		ATH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	9
8	Strikeouts	10
7	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	3
1	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	0
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	30
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	6
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
17	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	0
153	Pitches	118
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
20	Total Bases	4
38	Plate Appearances	30
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
4	Extra Base Hits	1
6.4	Runs Created	-1.0
.324	Batting Average	.100
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.541	Slugging Percentage	.133
.270	Secondary Average	.033
.342	On Base Percentage	.100
.883	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.233
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
6.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	-1.0
51.0	Batter Rating	5.0
18.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.03	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.93
.216	Isolated Power	.033
0.13	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.026	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
-.054	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.067
14.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.1
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
97.3	MLB Rating	56.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0