Boston Red Sox defeat Oakland Athletics, 13-5

Trot Nixon and Scott Hatteberg are good friends, but when Nixon saw the Oakland A's first baseman make two errors on one Bill Mueller bases-loaded ground ball in the fourth inning of last night's 13-5 Red Sox win, he knew the Red Sox needed to go for the jugular.

"We've all been there," said Nixon, whose team scored nine unearned runs. "You try to go to the plate before you have the ball and you don't come up with the ball and then you throw it away. Everyone's done it....