Athletics at Boston Red Sox

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Sunday's finale belongs to J.T. Ginn (8-6, 3.51 ERA) for the Athletics against Erik Miller (2-0, 2.57 ERA) for Boston, and Miller's the more interesting story here — he's a fresh trade-deadline pickup from San Francisco who's built his numbers out of the bullpen, now getting a look in a starter's role. Ginn's been the rare stable presence in a lost A's season; Miller's basically running an experiment in real time.

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Athletics(46-71)

WLLLL

4

+1.5+104+203o9.5+115

Red Sox(64-52)

LWWWW

3

-1.5-106-208u9.5-115

Best BetRed Sox -243

Pregame

Boston's priced as a heavy favorite here, and the gap between a 64-52 club and a 46-71 club justifies most of it even with the Red Sox missing key bats. Oakland just took a game off Boston, so this isn't a total mismatch on the field, but the number still reflects the right team.

Boston's not walking into this one whole, either. Adley Rutschman is still working his way back from a wrist injury, Triston Casas just had wrist surgery and is done for the year, Roman Anthony remains shut down, and Garrett Crochet is out too — that's a chunk of a lineup and rotation missing from a team that just torched the White Sox. Oakland's banged up in its own right with Nick Kurtz, Zack Gelof and Brent Rooker all sidelined, but Boston's still a heavy favorite here, which tells you how far apart these two rosters have drifted.

J.T. Ginn

(8-8)·3.60 ERA

Aug 4 @ Reds

ND

6.0IP

3ER

5K

2BB

91P

08/09 Lineup

Erik Miller

(2-0)·2.20 ERA

08/09 Lineup

That price gap is really just a referendum on the standings: Boston's chasing October at 64-52, Oakland's playing out the string at 46-71. Sunday's less about the odds and more about whether the Red Sox can shake off Saturday's mess before hitting the road.

Athletics

(46-71)

Aug 8W@ Red Sox7-3

Aug 7L@ Red Sox1-13

Aug 6L@ Reds5-6

Aug 5L@ Reds2-3

Aug 4L@ Reds4-5

Boston Red Sox

(64-52)

Aug 8Lvs Athletics3-7

Aug 7Wvs Athletics13-1

Aug 6Wvs White Sox12-11

Aug 5Wvs White Sox4-0

Aug 4Wvs White Sox14-2

Boston's last five reads 4-1 and includes a clean sweep of the White Sox, but the one loss in that stretch was the one that stings — a 3-7 defeat to an Athletics team that had lost four straight before that. Oakland, for its part, is 1-4 in its last five and still found a way to hang seven on Boston and take the second game of this set, so there's at least a little life left in a team that's been buried for months.

Athletics

(12)

• 10-Day-ILZack Gelof (3B) — Gelof (knee) started at second base and went 1-for-3 with a three-run home run with Triple-A Las Vegas on Tuesday.08/05
• 10-Day-ILNick Kurtz (1B) — The Athletics placed Kurtz on the 10-day injured list Tuesday, retroactive to Aug. 1, due to a strained right thumb.08/04
• 10-Day-ILShea Langeliers (C) — The Athletics announced that Langeliers underwent a successful medial meniscectomy Tuesday in Los Angeles and also received a platelet-rich plasma injection for his right knee, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports.07/28
• 10-Day-ILJoshua Kuroda-Grauer (3B) — Kuroda-Grauer was diagnosed with a testicular contusion after exiting Monday's 5-2 win over the Diamondbacks, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports.07/21
• 15-Day-ILJeffrey Springs (SP) — Springs (hip) was able to restart a throwing program Wednesday after landing on the 15-day injured list Tuesday, MLB.com reports.08/06
• 15-Day-ILJustin Sterner (RP) — Sterner earned his first save of the season in Wednesday's extra-inning win over the Cubs. He tossed a perfect inning while striking out one.07/18
• 60-Day-ILMark Leiter Jr. (RP) — Leiter will undergo surgery Tuesday to address a right hip impingement and is expected to miss the remainder of the season, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports.07/30
• 60-Day-ILLuis Severino (SP) — Severino (shoulder) began a throwing progression Saturday, per MLB.com.07/28
• 60-Day-ILDenzel Clarke (CF) — Manager Mark Kotsay said Saturday that Clarke (hamstring) is nearing a rehab assignment, Jason Burke of Roundtable.io reports.07/19
• 60-Day-ILBrent Rooker (DH) — Rooker will undergo season-ending surgery to repair a cartilage tear in his left knee, Jason Burke of Roundtable.io reports.07/17
• 60-Day-ILBrooks Kriske (RP) — Kriske (shoulder) began a throwing progression Thursday, MLB.com reports.06/16
• 60-Day-ILGunnar Hoglund (SP) — Hoglund (knee/back) will be sidelined for the rest of the 2026 season after undergoing surgery on his left hip Monday.05/20

Boston Red Sox

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• 10-Day-ILAdley Rutschman (C) — Rutschman (wrist) went 1-for-2 with two walks, two RBI and two runs scored for Triple-A Worcester on Saturday.08/09
• 10-Day-ILCurtis Mead (3B) — Mead has a nondisplaced left wrist fracture and will be reimaged in four weeks, Ian Browne of MLB.com reports.07/31
• 10-Day-ILIsiah Kiner-Falefa (2B) — Kiner-Falefa (forearm) has been cleared to start his hitting progression with dry swings, Tim Healey of The Boston Globe reports.07/20
• 60-Day-ILTriston Casas (1B) — Casas (abdomen/knee) underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left wrist Thursday.08/06
• 60-Day-ILTrevor Story (SS) — Story (sports hernia) will be re-evaluated at the end of the team's current homestand to determine when he can begin a rehab assignment, MLB.com reports.08/06
• 60-Day-ILRoman Anthony (LF) — Anthony (wrist) took overhand pitching in the batting cage Tuesday, Ian Browne of MLB.com reports.08/05
• 60-Day-ILGarrett Crochet (SP) — Interim Red Sox manager Chad Tracy said Tuesday that Crochet (lat/shoulder) has resumed throwing from 50-to-60 feet on flat ground, Mac Cerullo of the Boston Herald reports.08/04
• 60-Day-ILZack Kelly (RP) — The Red Sox recalled Kelly (elbow) from Triple-A Worcester and placed him on the 60-day injured list Tuesday, Tim Healey of The Boston Globe reports.07/21
• 60-Day-ILTanner Houck (SP) — Houck (elbow) has started throwing two bullpen sessions per week, MLB.com reports.07/17
• 60-Day-ILJohan Oviedo (SP) — Oviedo (elbow) will throw a bullpen session next week, Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com reports.07/17
• 60-Day-ILKutter Crawford (SP) — The Red Sox announced June 29 that Crawford (forearm) has been throwing plyometric balls during workouts at the team's spring training facility in Florida, MLB.com reports.07/06

None of Boston's absences are the kind that show up and disappear in a day — Rutschman's easing back in, Casas is gone for the season, and Crochet and Anthony are both indefinite. Oakland's not walking in clean either. Whichever lineup finds a couple extra runs against an unfamiliar starter probably decides this one.