Andujar got the ball in the top of the first inning and Marty Barrett led off with a grounder to first. Wade Boggs grounded back to the mound but Bill Buckner doubled to center. Don Baylor grounded out to short to end the inning. Seaver got blasted in the bottom of the first as Tony Phillips grounded out to second to start. Dwayne Murphy walked but Jose Canseco popped up to short. Bruce Bochte singled to left and both runners moved over on a wild pitch. Dave Kingman drilled a base hit to center to score both runners and took off for second. Sox catcher Rich Gedman threw to the wrong base and Kingman made it to third on the error. Carney Lansford doubled to left to score Kingman with another run but Mike Davis grounded out to second to end the inning with the A's up 3-0.
The Sox failed to respond in the top of the second as Dwight Evans grounded out to short to start. Rich Gedman lined out to center and Mike Stenhouse flied out to left to end the inning. Jerry Willard walked to start the bottom of the second before Alfredo Griffin dropped down a bunt to move Willard to second. Phillips lined out to a running Evans and Murphy flied out to right to end the inning.
Rey Quinones grounded out to second to start the top of the third before LaSchelle Tarver grounded out to first. Barrett dumped a base hit to left and Boggs grounded out to second to end the inning. Canseco's bunt attempt was snuffed out by Seaver to start the bottom of the third before Bochte grounded out to first. Kingman grounded out to third to end the inning.
The Sox struck back in the top of the fourth as Buckner flied out to center to start. Baylor cracked a single to right and moved to second when the Andujar pickoff throw went wide. Evans grounded out to short but Gedman crushed his 6th home run of the season to cut the lead. Stenhouse flied out to the right field wall to end the inning with the Sox down 3-2.
Seaver settled down in the bottom of the fourth as Lansford grounded out to third to start. Davis grounded out to first and Willard grounded out to second to end the inning.
Quinones led off the top of the fifth with a ground out to second before Tarver struck out swinging. Barrett flied out to right to end the inning. Griffin flied out to left to start the bottom of the fifth before Phillips grounded out to second. Murphy struck out swinging to end the inning.
Boggs grounded back to the mound to start the top of the sixth before Buckner flied out to left. Baylor popped up to short to end the inning. Canseco flied out to right to start the bottom of the sixth but Bochte doubled to right. Kingman and Lansford both grounded out to short to end the inning.
Evans got a base hit off the glove of Griffin to start the top of the seventh but Gedman grounded into a double play. Stenhouse walked but Quinones struck out swinging to end the inning. The ChiSox chased Seaver in the bottom of the seventh as Davis singled in the hole at short to start. Willard singled to center to move Davis to third and Mike scored on the Alfredo sac fly to left. Phillips took strike three but Murphy walked to chase Seaver. He didn't have his best stuff, allowing 4 runs in 6 2/3 innings off 6 hits and 3 walks. Bob Stanley punched out Canseco swinging with the A's leading 4-2.
The Sox blew a rally in the top of the eighth as Tarver got a base hit to center to begin. A wild pitch moved Tarver to second but Barrett flied out to center. Boggs walked to chase Andujar and Dave Von Ohlen came in to pitch to Buckner. Bill flied out to center and Steve Ontiveros came in to pitch to Baylor. Baylor struck out swinging to end the inning. Bochte popped up to second to start the bottom of the eighth before Kingman grounded out to third. Lansford flied out to right to end the inning.
Ontiveros returned to close out the top of the ninth and Evans flied out to right to start. Gedman grounded out to short and Stenhouse grounded out to third to end the game. The A's had won it 4-2.
Jackass of the Night is Tom Seaver. He put the Sox in a hole they couldn't climb out of, allowing 4 runs in 6 2/3 innings.
The Good:
LaSchelle Tarver was 1 for 3.
Bob Stanley tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings.
The Bad:
Rey Quinones was 0 for 3 with a strikeout.
The Ugly:
Marty Barrett was just 1 for 4.
Wade Boggs was 0 for 3 but walked.
Bill Buckner was just 1 for 4.
Don Baylor was just 1 for 4 with a strikeout but scored a run.
Dwight Evans was just 1 for 4.
Rich Gedman was just 1 for 4 but the one hit was a 2 run home run.
Mike Stenhouse was 0 for 3 but walked.
Final Thoughts:
Going back to just before the All-Star break the Sox have now lost 6 of their last 7, 7 out of 9 and 3 in a row. Losing 3 out of 4 to Seattle was embarrassing but now dropping the first two games in Oakland is inexcusable. To be fair, Jim Rice, Tony Armas and Ed Romero didn't play but still. Andujar isn't the same pitcher as he was the last few years in St. Louis and they still couldn't touch him. Seaver didn't really pitch that bad but without run support, he was doomed for a loss. The Sox clearly weren't ready to play coming out of the break but hopefully they snap their funk soon before their lead in the AL East is gone. The loss dropped the Sox to 57-36, 4 games in front of the New York Yankees for first place in the AL East. The Sox look to avoid a series sweep tomorrow afternoon against the A's when Al Nipper takes on Dave Stewart of Oakland. The game begins at 3:05 PM Eastern time at Oakland Coliseum.
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