Boston Red Sox at Athletics

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Boston Red Sox

81-65, 37-37 Away

Final
6 - 0

Athletics

66-80, 29-42 Home

Early strikes out 11, tying Red Sox record for debut, as Boston tops A's 6-0 to close on Yankees

Boston Red Sox vs. Athletics: Game Highlights

Early (1-0) matched Don Aase's 11 strikeouts against Milwaukee on July 26, 1977. That was the career high for Aase, who pitched 447 more games — mostly in relief — during a 13-season career.

Boston (81-65) took a four-run lead before making an out, winning its third straight game and moving within one percentage point of the Yankees (80-64).

A 23-year-old left-hander selected in the fifth round of the 2023 amateur draft, Early (1-0) allowed five hits and walked one, throwing 61 of 90 pitches for strikes. He was the third Red Sox pitcher to debut in a start this season, after Hunter Dobbins and Payton Tolle.

Romy González extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a leadoff homer. Alex Bregman and Trevor Story each singled and Rob Refsnyder hit a 463-foot homer off Jeffrey Springs (10-11), the longest this season for the Red Sox.

González had an RBI double in the second, then left before the bottom half because of left knee soreness. Masataka Yoshida had an RBI groundout in the eighth.

After falling behind by five runs, Springs (10-11) retired 11 batters in a row. He allowed eight hits over five innings with six strikeouts.

Jacob Wilson had three hits and is batting .319, second in the major leagues to the .321 of the New York Yankees' Aaron Judge. The A's outhit Boston 10-9 but have been shut out for 15 straight innings.

Boston has won 10 of 13 road games and is 37-37 away from home this year.

Key moment Early struck out the side in order in the second inning and struck out three batters again in the fourth, leaving the bases loaded when he fanned Darell Hernaiz with a slider and Lawrence Butler on a sinker.

Key stat Refsnyder is hitting .302 with six homers and 22 RBI in 125 plate appearances against left-handers.

Up next Athletics RHP Mason Barnett (1-1, 9.00 ERA) faces Tolle (0-1, 7.56) in Wednesday's series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Rooker grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Langeliers singled to center, Butler to second.
	9th Inning	Gelof struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Butler grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Hernaiz out at second.
	9th Inning	Hernaiz walked.
	9th Inning	Murphy relieved Matz

Statistics

BOS		ATH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
10	Strikeouts	13
6	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	10
2	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	0
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	36
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	22
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	1
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
162	Pitches	149
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	1
19	Total Bases	11
40	Plate Appearances	38
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
6	Extra Base Hits	1
6.7	Runs Created	3.4
.250	Batting Average	.278
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.528	Slugging Percentage	.306
.417	Secondary Average	.111
.325	On Base Percentage	.316
.853	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.621
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
6.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.4
49.0	Batter Rating	13.0
18.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.05	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.92
.278	Isolated Power	.028
0.30	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.15
.075	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.053
.167	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.167
12.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
91.3	MLB Rating	71.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0