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eee OAKLAND, Calif. -- As best as he can, Bob Melvin keeps his mind from wandering to what the upstart Oakland Athletics might accomplish by seasons end if they keep going like this. Josh Reddick insists it goes for him, too. Thats OK, everybody else is doing plenty of scoreboard watching for the As as this overachieving club tries to get back to the post-season for the first time in six years. In one impressive 10-day stretch, Oakland (76-57) is suddenly in a tie with the New York Yankees for the second-best record in the American League behind the two-time reigning AL champion Texas Rangers (79-54). "Its crazy," pitcher Brett Anderson said. "Who would have predicted that Sept. (2) that wed be tied with the Yankees for the same record? Everythings working right now -- offence, defence, pitching. When thats happening, special things are going to happen." Seth Smith hit a two-run homer, Stephen Drew hit a solo shot for his first clout since joining Oakland and the As beat the Boston Red Sox 6-2 on Sunday for their season-best ninth straight win. Anderson (3-0) won his third straight start since returning from a 14-month absence to recover from Tommy John surgery. Having him back is a big boost for the AL wild-card leading As down the stretch after they lost Bartolo Colon to a 50-game suspension Aug. 22. Reddick added a sacrifice fly and Yoenis Cespedes drove in a run with a groundout for the As. They have the clubs longest winning run since 10 in a row from June 8-18, 2006, in the last year they reached the playoffs. Oakland has 29 games left, including seven against Texas and all but six contests with Seattle coming against opponents with winning records. "Were not looking too far ahead," Reddick said. "I dont think were going to worry about who were tied with right now. All that matters is when that last game of the year comes along, where were at at that point." The As won their eighth in a row against the Red Sox to match their longest winning streak in the rivalry since the Philadelphia As did so May 2-28, 1932. The 8-1 record against Boston also set an Oakland single-season mark, topping the previous 9-3 by the 1971 and 88 teams and an 18-3 mark by the 1928 squad. Daisuke Matsuzaka (1-4) had another rough day in the right-handers second straight short start at the Oakland Coliseum. On July 2, Dice-K allowed five runs in one-plus inning while dealing with a stiff neck. This time, he was tagged for a season-high six runs and seven hits in 3 2-3 innings. He struck out four and walked four in his second-shortest outing after that previous start here. "We dont have the firepower to keep climbing out of big holes early," Red Sox skipper Bobby Valentine said. "Its a tough way to make a living." Drew, acquired from the Arizona Diamondbacks on Aug. 20, also hit an RBI single in the third and an eighth-inning double for his first three-hit game for Oakland. Coco Crisp walked twice, scored two runs and stole his 31st base. The As outscored the Red Sox 33-5 in the series and hit nine home runs -- five of those in Friday nights 20-2 rout, two Saturday and two more Sunday. That after hitting four in the series finale at Cleveland on Thursday. Oakland has outscored opponents 72-22 during the winning streak. Anderson allowed one run on five hits in six innings, struck out four and walked one in another impressive day since returning from his injury -- even if he raised his ERA from 0.64 to 0.90. Anderson, who improved to 5-2 in eight career starts against the Red Sox, was given an extra day because the schedule worked out to do so and Melvin wants to be especially cautious with the left-hander after all the time he missed. He faced two over the minimum through five innings and was done after running into trouble in the sixth, when he got a big save from his defence. After Dustin Pedroia reached on an infield single in the sixth inning that was stopped from going for extra bases by diving third baseman Josh Donaldson, Cody Ross hit an RBI single. Scott Podsednik tried to score from second but left fielder Cespedes grabbed Ross one-hopper and fired home to catcher Derek Norris to save a second run. Mauro Gomez hit a sacrifice fly in the ninth for the Red Sox. Boston dropped its sixth straight and remained winless on this West Coast swing, which finishes with a three-game series at Seattle beginning Monday. "Its unacceptable," Ross said. Pedroia extended his hitting streak to 13 games with a first-inning single. "Were not playing good baseball by any means," Pedroia said. "Were really not doing anything well." NOTES: Oakland lost at Fenway Park on April 30, then won the next eight meetings with the Red Sox this year. ... Dice-K threw 97 pitches during his short outing. ... Red Sox CF Jacoby Ellsbury got a scheduled day off. ... Oakland RHP reliever Andrew Carignan, who had Tommy John elbow ligament replacement surgery June 19, said he will begin throwing with a sock Oct. 7 as part of his rehab, then likely a regular program in November. He plans to spend the off-season in Arizona instead of his home state of Connecticut. ... Boston recalled INF Ivan DeJesus Jr. -- another player from the Dodgers trade -- from Triple-A Pawtucket. ... The As raised $53,600 for breast cancer education and research through their annual breast cancer awareness day. ... Lefty Tommy Milone (11-9) pitches Monday for the As against Angels LHP C.J. Wilson (10-9). ... Drew had a three-hit game vs. Pittsburgh on Aug. 7 while with the D-backs. Cheap Beats By Dre . Voelker (24-8) has won his last three in Strikeforce. 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"It feels good to be back, but I wish we could have won the game tonight," said Weller. "I felt alright, but its a lot faster than the (ECHL) but a couple games, a little bit of adjustment, it felt pretty good." Springfield entered the game with a dominant 6-1-1 record on the road, which was a cause for concern for a St. Johns team that has split every home series this season, going 6-5-1. Weller says the chemistry with his teammates should come quickly. "I know a lot of the guys from last year," he said. "So Im just trying to do what I can: get pucks deep, get to the front of the net." Jonathan Audy-Marchessault had a goal and an assist while Ryan Craig and Nick Drazenovic scored for Springfield (13-4-4). Dalton Prout added two asssists.dddddddddddd The IceCaps (11-11-1) had goals from Mouillierat, Kevin Clark and Ray Sawada. St. Johns rallied back to tie the game at 3-3 in the third, but could not hold on to push the game to overtime. Sawada scored the tying-goal on a breakaway at 13:31. "It was a great pass by (Zach Redmond), and I was lucky enough that I could get some separation from the D. I celebrated pretty hard, I was pretty excited. It made it 3-3 and gave us a chance, but unfortunately some bounces didnt go our way and we had some let-downs in our own zone." The IceCaps went 0 for 6 on the power play, while Springfield was 1 for 4. St. Johns head coach Keith McCambridge liked what he saw on the power play, despite the lack of scoring. "That one unit has, the last couple games, generated a ton of scoring chances for us. Redmond hit a post in the second, we hit three posts in the third with that unit, theyre doing everything that were asking them to do on those units." McCambridge does not plan on making any line-up changes for tomorrows rematch with the Falcons. "Well go with the same line-up, I really liked our push-back in the third period." ' ' '