18 Sep 2005

Oakland Athletics defeat Boston Red Sox, 12-3

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Signs of attrition, along with plenty of Matt Clement sliders and cutters, hung in the September air yesterday.

Edgar Renteria (he's hitting .169 this month) was nowhere to be seen, asked to sit and rest by his manager for the second time in five days. The offense, one that leads Major League Baseball in average, hits, walks, on-base percentage, and runs, managed only three runs, and 10 runs total in this four-game series split with Oakland. The Sox, in fact scored thre...

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