Silent Bats, Shoddy Defense Combine to Do in A’s Against Red Sox

Oakland center fielder JJ Bleday misplays a fly ball, one of five A's errors, against the Boston Red Sox in Oakland, Calif., on April 1, 2024. Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP Photo

OAKLAND, Calif.—Tanner Houck struck out 10 batters in six scoreless innings and the Boston Red Sox capitalized on five early errors by Oakland to beat the Athletics 9–0 on Monday night in front of an announced crowd of 6,618 fans.

“He was excellent,” Red Sox Manager Alex Cora said. “Mixed up his pitches. Repeated his delivery. He was the aggressor the whole night. He was ahead in the count and induced weak contact and got swings and misses.”