In today’s links Ken Griffey Jersey , everything is terrible except for the hitting of Xander Bogaerts."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Red Sox StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Red Sox NewsYahoo Red Sox Team PageYahoo Red Sox Report Red Sox PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub ed Sox Daily LinksDaily Red Sox Links: Xander Bogaerts, Ryan Brasier, Matt BarnesIn today’s links, everything is terrible except for the hitting of Xander Bogaerts. EDTShareTweetShareShareDaily Red Sox Links: Xander Bogaerts, Ryan Brasier, Matt BarnesBob DeChiara-USA TODAY SportsWe’ve had plenty of time to dwell on the bad, so let’s appreciate the success Xander Bogaerts has had. (Mike Cratty; WEEI)And after that brief break in the action Tony Perez Jersey , let’s get back to examining what’s going wrong. Most recently, it was the bullpen. (Jen McCaffrey; The Athletic) ($$)Ryan Brasier struggled most recently. (John Tomase; NBC Sports Boston)But Matt Barnes could turn the reliever regression around. (Juan Toribio; MLB.com)Something that might not be able to be fixed is Dustin Pedroia’s future in baseball. (John Tomase; NBC Sports Boston)Another harsh reality may be headed Boston’s way soon, according to David Price. (Alex Speier; Boston Globe)Unless they can find the right buttons to press. (Chad Jennings; The Athletic) ($$) The Oakland Athletics will travel to Seattle with a little extra luggage.Like several cases of champagne.The A’s were prevented from clinching an American League wild-card berth at home Sunday, suffering a 5-1 defeat to the Minnesota Twins.Article continues below ...“I think it was a little disappointing,” A’s manager Bob Melvin said. “A lot of times we put on our best shows late in games, unfortunately it didn’t happen (Sunday).”The A’s (94-62) lead Tampa Bay by 7 1/2 games with their magic number down to one, meaning one Oakland victory or one Rays loss and the race is over.The A’s trail the New York Yankees by 1 1/2 games for the top wild-card berth http://www.redsfanproshop.com/authentic-cliff-pennington-jersey , with the winner hosting the one-game playoff.“It would have been nice to clinch, but we weren’t changing anything up or anything like that,” Oakland first baseman Matt Olson said.The Twins’ Kyle Gibson stymied the A’s on Sunday by allowing just one run over 7 1/3 innings “For the last couple of years we’ve seen people celebrate when we’re in town,” Gibson said. “To be able to finish off the season and not have to watch anybody celebrate, kind of nice.”Right-hander Daniel Mengden (7-6, 4.00 ERA) is scheduled to make his first start since June 23 for Oakland and will face Mariners left-hander James Paxton (11-6, 3.83 ERA) David Ross Jersey , who has been sidelined by pneumonia since Sept. 7.Mengden is 0-2 with a 6.23 ERA in three career appearances against the Mariners. He worked two innings of relief in an 8-7 loss on Sept. 1 in Oakland, allowing four runs (three earned) on five hits with one walk and one strikeout.Paxton is 4-0 with a 3.70 ERA in nine career starts against Oakland. He has faced the A’s three times previously this season. He struck out a career-high 16 in seven innings but didn’t get a decision on May 2 in Seattle; left after one-third of an inning after being hit on his pitching arm by a Jed Lowrie line drive Aug. 14 in Oakland; and beat the A’s in that Sept. 1 game, allowing three runs on two hits in innings, with four walks and 10 strikeouts.The Mariners were eliminated from the wild-card chase Saturday, despite defeating the Texas Rangers 13-0. Later that evening, the A’s beat Minnesota 3-2 on a walk-off wild pitch.Manager Scott Servais said the Mariners (85-70) had already accepted their fate.“The finality of it set in before the actual mathematical elimination,” Servais said.Despite losing 6-1 Sunday in Texas http://www.chicagocubsteamshop.com/authentic-david-ross-jersey , the Mariners finished the road portion of their schedule with a 44-37 record, their second-most wins away from home since 2002.“I think we’ve swung the bat better on the road than we have at home,” Servais said. “I’ve often said you have to hit to on the road to win. Obviously, that’s what we didn’t do enough of (Sunday). But overall, we have had some good trips and some good series on the road, but it just hasn’t been enough.”
