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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Rick Porcello knows just about everything is going right at the moment, and has been all season. His only plan is to keep it going as the Red Sox chase an AL East crown and, he hopes, play deep into the postseason.The Boston bats sure are doing their thing, too.Porcello didnt allow a baserunner until Jake Smolinskis one-out double in the sixth on the way to his majors-leading 19th victory, and the Boston Red Sox routed the Oakland Athletics yet again with an 11-2 victory Saturday night. The ace right-hander also became the first Red Sox pitcher with 19 wins in his first 22 decisions.Im definitely very happy in the position that I am in and that we are as a team, Porcello said. Weve still got some work to do, so want to continue that.David Ortiz hit a two-run double to highlight Bostons seven-run third to chants of Pa-pi! Pa-pi! for the retiring slugger in his last visit to Oakland.Yoan Moncada had a run-scoring double in the inning for his first career hit and RBI -- and got the ball as a souvenir. He earned his first start a day after the star Cuban prospect made his major league debut in a 16-2 win.Its a big step getting the first hit, Moncada said.Hanley Ramirez added a home run in the third, his fourth in seven games.Porcello (19-3) gave up four hits and two runs in seven innings, struck out two and didnt walk a batter. Boston improved to 21-7 in Porcellos starts and 13-2 in his last 15. The Red Sox scored 11 or more runs against the As in their fifth straight, a night after matching their season high with 16 runs.Mookie Betts hit a two-run double in the first following Ortizs first double that moved Dustin Pedroia to third. Betts joined Ted Williams as the only Red Sox with at least 30 home runs with 100 or more RBI in a season before turning 24.Ortiz had three more hits and is 5 for 6 with five RBI this series. He moved within one RBI of the AL lead behind Torontos Edwin Encarnacion (108). Ortiz also needs to drive in one more run to tie Dave Winfield for most RBI by a player 40 or older. A 12-time All-Star and Hall of Famer, Winfield drove in 108 runs for Toronto in 1992.Right-hander Daniel Mengden (1-6), called up from Triple-A Nashville, allowed seven runs and eight hits in just 2 2/3 innings.Teams that take a lot of pitches and make you throw a lot of pitches, its like a boxer, its just body blows and body blows and then they give you a good one, As manager Bob Melvin said. Thats what they do.CANSECO BOBBLEHEADHowd Jose Canseco like his bobblehead, handed out Saturday?Its pretty good, its pretty accurate. It looks like the pre-Steroid-era bobblehead, though, he said. Its got me kind of skinny. If it would have been the Steroid-era it would have me more beefed up. It looks more like the `86 bobblehead.Of his ceremonial first pitch, Canseco took to Twitter:Went with the knuckle .it danced, he wrote.TRAINERS ROOMRed Sox: RHP Koji Uehara, on the disabled list since July 20 with a right pectoral strain, threw 26 pitches and could be activated during the teams upcoming series in San Diego beginning Monday. The way hes advanced the last 10 days has been encouraging, manager John Farrell said. ... RHP Steven Wright will seek a second opinion on his injured throwing shoulder and wont start Tuesday. RHP Clay Buchholz will be called upon to pitch against the Padres in his place. ... OF Andrew Benintendi (left knee sprain) was running the bases again but not ready to take swings.Athletics: C Josh Phegley is being shut down for the season because of inflammation in his right knee that landed him in the hospital last weekend. He also dealt with strep throat and manager Bob Melvin said hes unsure whether that could have triggered further trouble with the knee. ... RHP Sonny Gray threw from 105 feet as he tries to work back from a strained right forearm before the end of the season. Until he throws off a mound, its unclear whether he will pitch again in 2016.UP NEXTRed Sox: LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (2-6, 5.35 ERA) has allowed three or fewer runs in seven of his eight outings since the All-Star break and has a 3.22 ERA with 40 strikeouts to 16 walks.Athletics: RHP Kendall Graveman (10-9, 3.96) seeks his first career decision against the Red Sox in his third appearance. After beginning 1-6 over his initial nine starts, Graveman is 9-3 with a 3.36 ERA in his last 17. Air Max 97 España Baratas . The Vikings announced Thursday that Priefer will be one of seven holdovers from the previous staff, along with offensive line coach Jeff Davidson, wide receivers coach George Stewart and others. 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The Chicago Cubs think their time is now.Welcome to one intriguing NL Division Series.Fresh off a dramatic wild-card victory in New York, the Giants were brimming with confidence when they arrived in Chicago on Thursday, albeit a bit late due to travel problems. Madison Bumgarners four-hitter in Wednesday nights 3-0 victory against the Mets means he likely is pushed back until at least Game 3, but the Giants have 18-game winner Johnny Cueto ready to go for Friday nights series opener at Wrigley Field.San Francisco stumbled in the second half of the season, then closed with five wins in six games to hold onto the second NL wild card. The Giants won the World Series in 2010, 2012 and 2014, and manager Bruce Bochy and company feel this is their part of the calendar- again.The moment wont bother these guys, Bochy said.The Giants sustained success is exactly what the Cubs are hoping to string together. It has been 108 years since the North Siders last won the World Series in 1908 -- a number that will chase them around for as long as they stick around in this years playoffs -- but the Cubs made it to the NL Championship Series in 2015 and led the majors with 103 wins this season.With a deep rotation and young sluggers in Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo, the Cubs are positioned to challenge for titles for years to come. They want to start right now, and the Giants are standing in their way.Every year theyre in it. Every year theyre contending. Every year they have a chance to win the World Series, said left-hander Jon Lester, who will start Game 1 for the Cubs. So I think thats what every team wants, not just us. I think theyre an organization that a lot of teams look after to figure out how, why, how to get to that point.Its a model of consistency. Its impressive to see what they do.The Cubs clinched the NL Central title way back on Sept. 15, giving them a couple weeks to rest a few bumps and bruises and get their pitching staff ready for the playoffs. Even manager Joe Maddon is interested to see how they respond after four days off.Yeah, were going to find out, Maddon said. I thought we handled the last couple days well.One of the key moments in Chicagos run to a wild caard last season was a four-game sweep of San Francisco in August.dddddddddddd If this years seven-game season series is any indication of what the playoffs will look like, get ready for a string of tight, low-scoring matchups.The final five games were decided by one run, including Chicago taking three of four at home last month. The Cubs won four times and outscored the Giants 23-17 this year, but one of their wins was an 8-1 victory.Weve got our work cut out for us, said Jake Arrieta, who likely will match up with Bumgarner in Game 3. Weve had a nice amount of time off. Now its going to be nice to get back on the field and playing some meaningful games.Cueto made one start against Chicago this year, pitching seven solid innings in a no-decision on Sept. 4. The right-hander, who helped Kansas City win the World Series last season, is very familiar with the Cubs and Wrigley Field after spending the first 7 1/2 years of his major league career with Cincinnati.I like to pitch when its a sold-out crowd with everybody cheering for me or against me, and that kind of motivates me, Cueto said through a translator.Lester had one of his worst starts of the year at San Francisco on May 21, lasting just 2 2/3 innings in a 5-3 loss. He responded with five consecutive wins and went 15-2 with a 2.38 ERA in his final 23 starts.After Lester makes his 17th career postseason appearance, major league ERA leader Kyle Hendricks gets the ball in Game 2, followed by Arrieta and John Lackey. The Giants had not set their series rotation, but Jeff Samardzija could pitch on Saturday night against the team that gave him his start in the majors.The status of All-Star Eduardo Nunez also was unclear. Nunez missed the wild-card win with a strained right hamstring, and Conor Gillaspie delivered in his absence with a three-run homer in the ninth -- just another example of San Franciscos even-year magic.Can he start tomorrow? No, Bochy said while providing an update on Nunezs status. But its a five-game series, if we think he can help coming off the bench, maybe start the back end of this series then we probably would activate him.---Jay Cohen can be reached at http://www.twitter.com/jcohenap ' ' '