Boston Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet throws to an Athletics batter during the first inning of a baseball game Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
Boston Red Sox’s Trevor Story jogs around the bases after hitting a solo home during the first inning of a baseball game against the Athletics, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
Boston Red Sox’s Jarren Duran slides into third base for a steal during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Athletics, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
Athletics pitcher Luis Morales throws to an Boston Red Sox batter during the first inning of a baseball game Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
Boston Red Sox’s Carlos Narváez, right, jogs around the bases after hitting a solo home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Athletics, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
Crochet, Story, Narváez power Red Sox to a 7-0 win over the Athletics
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Garrett Crochet struck out 10 in seven innings, Trevor Story and Carlos Narváez homered and the Boston Red Sox defeated the Athletics 7-0 on Monday night.
Boston Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet throws to an Athletics batter during the first inning of a baseball game Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Garrett Crochet struck out 10 in seven innings, Trevor Story and Carlos Narváez homered and the Boston Red Sox defeated the Athletics 7-0 on Monday night.
The Red Sox moved to three games behind idle É«É«À² for the AL East lead, and one game back of the idle New York Yankees in the race for the first AL wild-card spot.
The A’s have lost seven of their last 10 games.
Crochet (15-5), coming off a on Sept. 2, allowed less than four hits for the first time since Aug. 17. He did not walk a batter for the third straight game.
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Story’s 24th homer of the season, , gave the Red Sox an early lead. Boston improved to 54-20 when scoring first this season.
Jarren Duran had two hits, including an RBI single for the . Alex Bregman, Narváez, Story, and Masataka Yoshida also had two-hit games.
Narváez hit a in the fifth to extend Boston’s lead, and Bregman added an RBI single two batters later.
For the A’s, Luis Morales (3-1) allowed seven hits and five earned runs, striking out two and walking one in his sixth career start. It was the first time in his MLB career that he gave up more than two runs.
Key moment
Boston pulled ahead of the Athletics early, with Story’s first-inning homer and RBI singles from Duran and Nick Sogard to make it 3-0 after two innings.
Key stat
Since the start of the 2022 season, the Red Sox are 15-4 against the Athletics and have outscored the A’s 319-187 in that span.
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Up next
Boston RHP Dustin May (7-11, 4.96) faces Athletics LHP Jeffrey Springs (10-10, 4.13) Tuesday night in the second game of the three-game series.
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