By HOWARD ULMAN

The Oakland Athletics are hitting the way the once-powerful Boston Red Sox used to.

For the second straight night, the Athletics outslugged the Boston Red Sox, winning 8-6 on Wednesday a night after they pounded out 21 hits for a 9-8 win in 11 innings.

“It looked like they didn’t finish hitting since (Tuesday) night,” said Mike Lowell, who had five RBIs for Boston. “I guess we ran into them at the wrong time.”

July has been the right time for the Athletics. They’re batting .297 this month but still last in the AL West. The Red Sox are hitting .242 in July and fell 3 1/2 games behind the first-place New York Yankees in the East.

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