Red Sox Beat A’s 7-3 for the Sweep

The Boston Red Sox beat the Oakland A's on Wednesday afternoon, May 1st 7-3 to complete the 3 game sweep and improve their record to 14-17.

Marcus Walden threw 3 scoreless innings of relief to pick up the win. He is now the team leader with 4 wins. This season he has an ERA of 1.65. Brandon Workman has proven to be a stalwart out of the bullpen, pitching another inning. He has only allowed 2 hits facing 52 batters this season.

Mitch Moreland hit another homer, this time a solo shot in the bottom of the 4th. He now has a team leading 9 home runs and leads the team with 19 RBI's.

Tzu-Wei Lin starting at short, replacing Xander Bogaerts (scheduled day off) was 2-4 with a double and a run batted in.

Rafael Devers was 2-4 and now has a 7 game hitting streak.

The Boston Red Sox jet off to Chicago to play a 4 game series against the White Sox beginning Thursday, with the pregame starting at 7:10 and 1st pitch at 8:10 on AM 1370 WDEA. David Price is scheduled to start for Boston.