Boston Red Sox Reliever Nick Pivetta Makes Team - and Baseball - History on Monday Night

The Boston Red Sox shut out the Oakland Athletics on Monday night, 7-0, as they continue to make noise in the American League playoff race.

After the win, Boston is now 51-44. They have won eight of their last 10 games, are out of last place in the American League East, and only trail in the wild card race by 1.5 games.

The story of the game for the Red Sox was two-fold: Connor Wong on offense, and Nick Pivetta on the mound.

Wong went 3-for-4 on the day with three RBI to raise his batting average to .242 and Pivetta threw six dominant innings in relief, allowing no hits and striking out 13.

His performance was historic on both the team and general sport levels.

Per ESPN Stats & Info:

- Nick Pivetta has 13 strikeouts, the most by a Red Sox reliever in franchise history.

- Pivetta's 13 strikeouts without allowing a hit are the most by a reliever since the mound was set at its current distance in 1893. h/t @EliasSports