The Athletics beat the Red Sox 4-2 behind the solid pitching of Brandon McCarthy and the Red Sox going 0 for 13 with runners in scoring position after hitting five doubles in the game.

Boston seems to be an all or nothing team this season. With 24 games in the books, Boston scored three runs or less in 12 of them, four to seven runs four times, and eight or more runs eight times. They are averaging 5.5 runs per game, but scoring very few around the mean.