MLB: Tolle blows away the Athletics with 14 strikeouts

Fourteen strikeouts

Payton Tolle put on a clinic on the mound. The Boston left-hander punched out 14 Athletics hitters in just six innings. The only blemish was a solo home run he allowed to Tyler Soderstrom.

The Red Sox were in control throughout. The win never really looked in danger, carried by the sheer force of their pitcher. Oakland had no answer for that kind of strikeout stuff.

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A young arm on the rise

Fanning 14 batters in six innings is some going. Tolle attacked the zone all night. He kept hitters on the back foot, one after another, with rare poise for a pitcher his age.

Boston may have found a real reason for optimism in its rotation. In a long, punishing season, a start like that can lift a clubhouse.

Boston keeps rolling

The performance came at the right time. The Red Sox stay in the mix and are leaning on a young core that is doing the business.

Still, one start does not make a season. But it does make people notice.

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