Athletics vs Red Sox

Fenway’s History Book Gets Slammed Shut by the A’s

• The Headline: Boston’s bid for historic streak-slaying comes to a screeching, bat-snapping halt as the Athletics pull off a 7-3 upset.

• The Recap:

  The Red Sox rolled into Saturday looking to make franchise history by locking down their second 10-plus game win streak of a single season for the first time ever. Instead, the Athletics politely declined to be footnotes in the Boston media guide.

  After getting thoroughly thrashed the night before, the A’s bounced back with a vengeance at Fenway, leaning on a balanced 8-hit attack to quietly silence the Green Monster faithful. Boston tried to engineer some late-inning ninth-game magic by loading the bases, but the rally died on a flyout, leaving Jarren Duran to famously take out his frustration on a helpless piece of lumber. Turns out, baseball is entirely too humbling to let anyone script history easily.