 The Red Sox victorious again. They beat the Oakland A's by a score of 12-9 as the Red Sox end up putting up eight runs in the second inning, and that proves to be the difference in this game. The pitching, as evidenced by giving up nine runs, not great tonight for the Red Sox, but the offense, that eight-run second, which is the most runs that the Red Sox have scored in an inning this year, that proves to be the difference. And this team, this Red Sox team,