Oakland Outplays Boston

BOSTON: 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 6 0

OAKLAND: 0 5 0 0 1 0 1 1 x - 8 12 0

Northern California is not starting out to be an improvement from Southern California for the Boston Red Sox. They played the first game of a three-game series against the Oakland Athletics tonight. And the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum was not welcoming to the Red Sox. Boston is having its worst start in over a decade. Both pitching and hitting have to come together on the same track for the Red Sox. When that happens, Boston will truly be contending for the postseason (or winning some games in a row, at least).

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BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Jon Lester, Losing Pitcher: Jon Lester (2)
OAKLAND: Starting Pitcher: Dallas Braden, Winning Pitcher: Dallas Braden

BOSTON: Homerun: Kevin Youkilis (2)

OAKLAND: Homeruns: Jack Cust, Normar Garciaparra

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RED SOX: Wins: 2, Losses: 5 AL East Standings: Toronto, Baltimore, Tampa Bay, New York, Boston

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Next game: Tuesday 14 April 2009, 7:05 p.m. PT, Oakland Athletics, Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Daisuke Matsuzaka