Bogaerts homers on milestone night as Red Sox beat A’s, 7-2

Xander Bogaerts becomes the team's career leader in games played at shortstop as Boston opens its 10-game road trip with a win in Oakland

Xander Bogaerts homered and drove in three runs to celebrate becoming the career leader in games played by a Red Sox shortstop, and Boston opened its 10-game road trip with a 7-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Friday night.

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The A’s fell to 7-21 at home — their worst start at the Coliseum since moving from Kansas City in 1968

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Bogaerts played in his 1,094th game at shortstop, surpassing the previous club mark held by Everett Scott. It was also Bogaerts’ 1,081st start at the position, tying Scott’s franchise record.

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The three-time All-Star crushed a 2-0 pitch from James Kaprielian to left-center in the fourth inning for his sixth home run of the season.

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After the A’s got within 4-2 on Jed Lowrie’s two-run double off Matt Strahm in the eighth, Bogaerts hit a bases-loaded double in the ninth.

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Nathan Eovaldi (3-2) had eight strikeouts and pitched four-hit ball over six scoreless innings to win his second straight for Boston.

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Trevor Story had a two-run double in the sixth one pitch after thinking he drew ball four, and Alex Verdugo singled and scored twice for the Red Sox.

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The A’s, playing in front of their largest crowd (17,852) of the season, fell to 1-7 on their 10-game homestand

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