Franchy Cordero’s homer leads Red Sox to sweep of A’s

Franchy Cordero hit a three-run homer and Wealthy Hill allowed only a run on three hits over six innings because the Boston Pink Sox capped a three-game sweep of the host Oakland Athletics with a 5-2 victory Sunday.

Hill (2-3), who had 5 strikeouts and no walks, was dominant in main Boston to its fourth straight win, which pushed the Pink Sox to .500 (27-27) for the primary time since they had been 7-7 after defeating Tampa Bay on April 22.

Cordero’s homer got here within the sixth inning and gave the Pink Sox a 4-1 lead.

After Rafael Devers’ run-scoring single scored Jarren Duran for a 1-0 lead in Boston’s first at-bat, the A’s tied the sport within the backside of the inning when Ramon Laureano’s double scored Chad Pinder.

However then Hill and Oakland’s Frankie Montas took over. Hill retired 16 straight A’s after Laureano’s double earlier than he was relieved by John Schreiber to open the seventh inning. Montas allowed only one hit — a double by Bobby Dalbec within the second — earlier than working into bother within the sixth.

After Devers walked and superior to second when Xander Bogaerts reached on third baseman Kevin Smith’s throwing error, Montas retired Alex Verdugo and Trevor Story. However Cordero blasted his subsequent pitch 406 toes over the left-center-field fence for the 4-1 lead.

Montas (2-6), who allowed 4 runs (one earned) on six hits with seven strikeouts and a stroll, was relieved by Zach Jackson to start out the seventh.

The A’s loaded the bases in seventh with two outs, however Schreiber struck out Smith to finish the menace.

Devers, who completed 2-for-3 with two runs, two RBIs and a stroll, hit a solo homer within the eighth to push Boston’s result in 5-1.

Oakland, which pulled to 5-2 on Tony Kemp’s run-scoring single within the ninth, has misplaced six straight video games and 9 of its previous 10.

–Discipline Stage Media