The Oakland Athletics and Boston Red Sox will take the field on Sunday at Fenway Park. First pitch is scheduled for 1:35 p.m. ET.
Oakland (25-65 SU and 42-48 RL) is starting left-hander JP Sears. The 27-year-old is 1-6 with a 4.09 ERA and a 1.05 WHIP in 17 starts this season.
Boston (46-43 SU and 47-42 RL) will likely opt for an opener and a bullpen day tomorrow.
Oakland is forty games under .500 and 27.5 games behind division leader Texas in the AL West standings. Is baseball officially dead in Oaktown?
The A's score 3.59 runs per game (30th) and hit .220 (30th) with a .649 OPS (30th). They've launched 82 home runs (24th) and stolen 89 bases (4th) in 2023. The Oakland pitching staff has posted a 6.02 ERA (30th) and a 1.56 WHIP (30th) with 17 quality starts.
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Sears will take the mound for the visitors on Sunday. He's coming off a great performance versus Detroit in his last start (zero runs and five hits in 7.2 innings). The second-year pro has held seven of his last nine opponents to two or fewer earned runs. Sears has an 89:20 K:BB ratio this season.