{"id":214702,"date":"2025-09-10T05:22:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T05:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/214702\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T05:22:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T05:22:14","slug":"early-strikes-out-11-tying-red-sox-record-for-debut-boston-tops-as-6-0-to-close-on-yankees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/214702\/","title":{"rendered":"Early strikes out 11, tying Red Sox record for debut, Boston tops A&#8217;s 6-0 to close on Yankees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Connelly Early struck out 11 to tie the Red Sox record for a major league debut, and Boston beat the Athletics 6-0 Tuesday night to close on the New York Yankees for the top AL wild card.<\/p>\n<p>Early (1-0) matched Don Aase&#8217;s 11 strikeouts against Milwaukee on July 26, 1977. That was the career high for Aase, who pitched 447 more games in a 13-season career.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Boston (81-65) took a four-run lead before making an out, winning its third straight and moving within one percentage point of the Yankees (80-64).<\/p>\n<p>A 23-year-old left-hander selected in the fifth round of the 2023 amateur draft, Early (1-0) allowed five hits and walked one, throwing 61 of 90 pitches for strikes. He was the third Red Sox pitcher to debut in a start this season after Hunter Dobbins and Payton Tolle.<\/p>\n<p>Romy Gonz\u00e1lez extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a leadoff homer. Alex Bregman and Trevor Story each singled and Rob Refsnyder hit a 463-foot homer off Jeffrey Springs (10-11), the longest this season for the Red Sox.<\/p>\n<p>Gonz\u00e1lez had an RBI double in the second, then left before the bottom half because of <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/romy-gonzalez-red-sox-knee-6e8225087bc3a647e78216e8665b6de8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:left before the bottom half because of left knee soreness.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">left before the bottom half because of left knee soreness.<\/a> Masataka Yoshida had an RBI groundout in the eighth.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>After falling behind by five runs, Springs (10-11) retired 11 batters in a row. He allowed eight hits over five innings with six strikeouts.<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Wilson had three hits and is batting .319, second in the major leagues to the .321 of the New York Yankees&#8217; Aaron Judge. The A&#8217;s outhit Boston 10-9 but have been shut out for 15 straight innings.<\/p>\n<p>Boston has won 10 of 13 road games and is 37-37 away from home this year.<\/p>\n<p>Key moment<\/p>\n<p>Early struck out the side in order in the second inning and struck out three in the fourth, stranding the bases loaded when he fanned Darell Hernaiz with a slider and Lawrence Butler on a sinker.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Key stat<\/p>\n<p>Refsnyder is hitting .302 with six homers and 22 RBIs in 125 plate appearances against left-handers.<\/p>\n<p>Up next<\/p>\n<p>Athletics RHP Mason Barnett (1-1, 9.00) faces Red Sox LHP Payton Tolle (0-1, 7.56) in Wednesday&#8217;s series finale.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP MLB: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. 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