The Athletics wasted no time picking right up where they left off from Tuesday's night's late-inning, come-from-behind victory. Adam Kennedy lofted Brad Penny's first pitch of the game into the front row of the Monster Seats for his eighth homer of the season. Four pitches into the game the A's already had a run and three hits as Orlando Cabrera and Kurt Suzuki followed Kennedy's homer with singles. Penny, noted for his outstanding control, then walked Jack Cust on five pitches to load the bases, still with nobody out.
Ryan Sweeney grounded into a force as Cabrera scored, and then Penny walked Tommy Everidge after being ahead of him in the count 1-and-2, reloading the bases. After Mark Ellis fouled out for the second out, Rajai Davis slammed a 3-and-2 pitch high off The Wall in left center to clear the bases and put the Athletics up 5-0 as boos cascaded from the Fenway stands.
Penny finally caught Eric Patterson, the ninth batter of the inning, looking at a 3-and-2 pitch for strike three to end the inning.
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