5/2 MLB Oakland Athletics @ Boston Red Sox

[Longhorn85]

- The Oakland Athletics and the Boston Red Sox will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at Fenway Park.

The Athletics will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Chad Gaudin in this game. Gaudin has a 1-1 record and a 2.54 ERA this season.

The Red Sox will counter Gaudin with Josh Beckett. Righthander Beckett has a 2.48 ERA to go along with a 5-0 record this season.

Oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 210-moneyline favorites versus the Athletics, while the game's total is sitting at 8½.

Oakland rallied for a 5-4 win over Boston Tuesday night as +160 underdogs. The combined nine runs were a PUSH against the posted over/under (9).

Travis Buck cracked a two-run homer, and finished 3-for-5 at the plate for Oakland. Justin Duchscherer got the win in relief, and Huston Street picked up his seventh save.

Manny Ramirez led the Red Sox with two hits and one RBI. Brendan Donnelly surrendered the winning run to suffer the defeat.

 

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[Longhorn85]

Red Sox 6, Athletics 4

Chad Gaudin went five-plus innings, allowing five hits, and the defense made three errors, leading to a loss to Boston. Even worse, the A's lost the services of DH Mike Piazza, who injured his shoulder in a collision and will be out four to six weeks.