The Sox began their awful offensive day when Mr. Mookie Betts flied out to center to begin. Andrew Benintendi and Rafael Devers both whiffed to end the inning. Price initially pitched well in the bottom of the first by striking out Marcus Semien to begin. Matt Chapman looked at strike three before Stephen Piscotty flied out to center to end the inning.
The Sox blew a chance to take the lead in the top of the second inning as JD Martinez lined out to center to start. Xander Bogaerts doubled and ran for home on a Mitch Moreland single. Bogaerts was thrown out by a mile to kill the rally. Eduardo Nunez grounded into a force to end the inning.
Price's nemesis Khris Davis tagged him with a solo home run to open the bottom of the second. Price recovered to strike out the side. Mark Canha, Chad Pinder and Jurickson Profar all whiffed in short order but the A's led 1-0.
The one run lead may as well been a hundred as Jackie Bradley Jr started the top of the third with a line out to center. Christian Vazquez flied out to right and Mr. Mookie whiffed to end the inning. The A's iced the game in the bottom of the third when Ramon Laureano homered to put the A's up for good. Nick Hundley grounded out to short before Semien doubled to left. Chapman flied out to left and Piscotty grounded out to first to end the inning but it was 2-0 A's.
Nothing happened in the top of the fourth as Benintendi lined out to left to begin. Devers looked at strike three and Martinez grounded out to short to end the inning. Price stayed tough as he whiffed Davis to start the bottom of the fourth. Canha walked but was erased on the Pinder force. Profar singled but Laureano whiffed to end the inning.
More ineptitude in the top of the fifth as Bogaerts whiffed to start. Moreland walked but Nunez banged into a double play to end the inning. Price whiffed Hundley to begin the bottom of the fifth before Semien grounded out to first. Chapman flied out to center to end the inning.
JBJ flied out to left to open the top of the sixth before Vazquez whiffed. Mr. Mookie grounded out to short to end the inning. The A's finished off Price in the bottom of the sixth although Piscotty whiffed to begin. Davis grounded out to second but Canha drew a full count walk. Pinder made Price pay with a 2 run homer to erase all doubt who was going to win. Profar lined out to left to end the inning but it was 4-0 A's. Price had gone 6 innings and struck out 9 but surrendered 3 home runs and 4 earned runs. Ironically it was the best start of the season so far.
Ryan Butcher took over for the top of the seventh inning and Benintendi grounded out to first to start. Devers looked at strike three and Liam Hendriks came in to pitch. Martinez and Bogaerts stroked back to back singles but Moreland popped up to second to end the inning. Tyler Thornburg ran as fast as he could to the mound from the bullpen to start the bottom of the seventh. Laureano whiffed before Hundley popped up to first. Semien flied out to left to end the inning.
Old farmhand JB Wendelken came in to pitch the top of the eighth and Nunez grounded out to short to start, JBJ and Vazquez whiffed to end the inning. Heath Hembree came in to pour gas on the fire in the bottom of the eighth inning. Chapman greeted him with the A's fourth homer of the night to start. Piscotty singled and Davis hit a routine grounder to Devers. Rafael picked the ball up and spiked it like a football before doing the funky chicken for an error. Kendrys Morales pinch hit for Canha and singled home Piscotty. Pinder singled home Davis to wrap up the scoring. Profar popped up to short and Laureano whiffed to end the inning but it was a disaster, 7-0.
Fernando Rodney had mop up duty in the top of the ninth and Mr. Mookie whiffed to start. Benintendi flied out to left but Devers walked. Martinez whiffed to end the game. The A's had humiliated the Sox 7-0.
Jackass of the Night is David Price. It wasn't like the Sox were going to score any runs anyway but allowing 4 runs including 3 long balls in just 6 innings was not a recipe for success.
The Good:
Xander Bogaerts was 2 for 3.
Mitch Moreland was 1 for 2 with a walk.
Tyler Thornburg pitched a scoreless 7th inning.
The Bad:
Mookie Betts was 0 for 4 with 2 strikeouts.
Andrew Benintendi was 0 for 4 with a strikeout.
Eduardo Nunez was 0 for 3
Jackie Bradley Jr was 0 for 3 with a strikeout.
Christian Vazquez was 0 for 3 with 2 strikeouts.
Heath Hembree allowed 3 runs in just an inning of work.
The Ugly:
Rafael Devers was 0 for 3 with an error and a hat trick of 3 strikeouts but walked.
JD Martinez was 1 for 4.
Final Thoughts:
That's 5 games in a row the Sox didn't just lose but looked completely lost in. At least against Seattle they swung the bats well, this time they didn't and still gave up 7 runs. For those scoring at home the Sox have allowed 41 runs through the first 5 games of the season. If the pitching ever comes around then they'll be fine but gadzooks! They suck right now for sure. The only silver lining is this is the only west coast trip to Seattle and Oakland so better to get that out of the way now than in September. The Sox look to break their skid when Chris Sale (0-1, 21.00 ERA) looks to right himself against Mike Fiers at the ridiculous 10:00 PM Eastern time start at Oakland Coliseum.
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