The Red Sox (83-70) never led at any point on Thursday afternoon and dropped a 5-3 decision to the Athletics in the series finale at Fenway Park.  With the loss in the series finale, the Red Sox went 2-4 on their homestand against the Yankees and Athletics.  

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Bello on the Bump: Brayan Bello made the start in the series finale Thursday afternoon. Bello and the Sox were down 3-0 4 Hitters (16 Pitches) in with Brett Rooker hitting a 2-run Home Run & Tyler Soderstrom adding an RBI Single. Bello threw 27 pitches in the 3rd and gave up an unearned run after issuing back-to-back 2-out walks. Bello lasted 4 Innings and allowed 3 runs (2 earned runs) on 5 Hits. He walked 2 and struck out 3. The Sox are now 15-12 in Bello's 27 starts and have lost his last 2 outings.

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Sox at the Dish: The Sox got on the board in the Bottom of the 1st Inning with Trevor Story scoring on a sacrifice fly from Masa Yoshida to short right-field.

David Hamilton brought the Red Sox to within a run with a Home Run to lead off the 2nd Inning, hits 5th of the season. Athletics starter J.T. Ginn finished up by

retiring the 12 in a row and 15 of the final 16 hitters he faced. Trevor Story hit a solo Home Run in the 8th to get the Sox to within 2 runs. It's his 25th of the season

(22-2).  The Red Sox managed 2 hits and 1 walk from the 2nd-Inning on against A's pitching.  

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#'s of the Night:    

--The Sox have lost 4 of their last 5 Series at Fenway.  

--The Sox have had 41 of Last 59 Games Decided by 3 Runs or Less, including 19 1-Run Games. 

--The Sox are now 27-22 in series finales.

--The Red Sox have at least 1 extra-base hit in 34 straight games and 69 of their last 70.

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What's On Tap?: The Sox take to the road for their final road trip of the Regular Season starting Friday night with the 1st of 3 against the Rays in Tampa, FL. The Sox have Monday off and open a 3-game set in Toronto vs. the Blue Jays next Tuesday. Boston has 9 games remaining over the final 10 days of the regular season schedule with 3 at home (vs. Tigers) and 6 on the road.             

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