Xander Bogaerts, Red Sox beat A's to begin road trip

Xander Bogaerts celebrated a historic night with a home run, a double and three RBIs, Nathan Eovaldi worked six shutout innings and the visiting Boston Red Sox opened a three-game series with a 7-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Friday night.

Bogaerts set a Red Sox franchise record simply by taking the field in the bottom of the first inning, then belted a pitch by James Kaprielian (0-3) for a solo home run in the