Adam Kennedy started the Athletics off the same way he decided their previous game: with a big hit.

Kennedy homered on the first pitch of Oakland’s 8-6 win over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night. Less than 24 hours earlier, he capped a career-best five-hit game with an RBI single in the 11th that produced the go-ahead run in a 9-8 win.

“It looked like they didn’t finish hitting since last night,” said Mike Lowell, whose five RBIs were a rare bright spot in Boston’s slumping lineup. “The first four pitches they had three hits. It was ridiculous. I guess we ran into them at the wrong time.”

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