Devers homers again, Sox win

BOSTON — Rafael Devers homered in his fourth straight game and Alex Verdugo hit his first home run in almost two months, helping rookie Josh Winckowski earn his first major league career win as the Boston Red Sox beat the Oakland Athletics 10-1 Wednesday night.

Boston has won 11 of its last 13 games, outscoring opponents 65-27 in that span. The A’s have lost 13 of their last 14 and are in a 6-23 rut.

Winckowski (1-1) was called up from the minors to make his second major league start and pitched five scoreless innings. The 23-year-old righty allowed

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four hits, struck out three and walked one.

Devers hit a two-run homer, his 16th, in the second inning.

Verdugo connected for the first time since April 16, a two-run drive in the sixth. He finished with a season-high four RBIs.

James Kaprielian (0-4) gave up six runs on seven hits and six walks in 32⁄3 innings.

Verdugo had an RBI grounder in the first and singled home another run in the third for a 4-0 lead.

The Red Sox tacked on two more runs in the fourth after Jarren Duran and Devers led off with back-toback walks. Xander Bogaerts had a sacrifice fly and a single by Verdugo set a single by Trevor Story that Kaprielian threw away.

Back-to-back one-out doubles by J.D. Martinez and Bogaerts and a two-out single by Story added two runs in the eighth.

Pinch-hitter Matt Davidson homered in the sixth off Boston reliever Jake Diekman.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Red Sox: INF/OF Christian Arroyo tested positive and was placed on the COVID-19-related injured list. Duran was called up from the minors to take his place on the roster. … LHP Chris Sale, out all season with a right rib fracture, is expected to throw about 15-20 pitches in a live BP session on Thursday.

UP NEXT

The Athletics and Red Sox wrap up their season series with an afternoon game. LHP Rich Hill (2-3, 4.38 ERA) is scheduled to start for Boston against RHP (5-2, 2.31).