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 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Joe Kennedy shut down Boston for seven innings, Bobby Crosby drove in two runs and the Oakland Athletics handed the Red Sox their season-high fourth straight loss, 3-2 on Wednesday night.
The A's have ridden their strong starting staff to win the first three games of this four-game series, extending their home winning streak over Boston to seven. The games this week have all been close, an extra-inning win Monday, a 2-0 decision Tuesday, followed by the one-run game Wednesday.
Kennedy (2-4) followed up the performances by Dan Haren and Lenny DiNardo, holding Boston scoreless until the seventh inning to win for just the second time in 11 starts this season. He has allowed more than three runs only once all season but has rarely gotten the support he needed to win.
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