On a rain-soaked day at Fenway Park, the Red Sox manage to complete a doubleheader sweep of the A’s, 9 – 3 and 4 – 0, in spite of a series of rain delays totalling over three hours. The Sox jump on Guillermo Moscosofor 8 runs in 4 innings in the opener, including a two-run homer by Jason Varitek as Jon Lester is the winner. David Ortiz, who is 5 for 8 on the day, smacks a 2nd-inning homer off Graham Godfrey in the nitecap that sends the Sox on the way to victory. Erik Bedard pitches four scoreless innings but remains winless for the Sox, having to give way to Alfredo Aceves (9-1) after yet another lengthy delay. The teams were anxious to get the two games in, with Hurricane Irene about to hit Boston; the storm is responsible for cancelling five other games today, and is expected to wipe out the entire schedule in the Northeast tomorrow.

On August 27, 2011 — On a rain-soaked day at Fenway Park, the Red Sox manage to complete a doubleheader sweep of the A’s, 9 – 3 and 4 – 0, in spite of a series of rain delays totalling over three hours. The Sox jump on Guillermo Moscosofor 8 runs in 4 innings in the opener, including a two-run homer by Jason Varitek as Jon Lester is the winner. David Ortiz, who is 5 for 8 on the day, smacks a 2nd-inning homer off Graham Godfrey in the nitecap that sends the Sox on the way to victory. Erik Bedard pitches four scoreless innings but remains winless for the Sox, having to give way to Alfredo Aceves (9-1) after yet another lengthy delay. The teams were anxious to get the two games in, with Hurricane Irene about to hit Boston; the storm is responsible for cancelling five other games today, and is expected to wipe out the entire schedule in the Northeast tomorrow.

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