Jason Vargas scattered five hits and one run across eight innings of Sunday's 2-1, 10-inning loss to the Red Sox. He struck out six and walked two. Vargas was tossing a shutout until Dustin Pedroia took him deep for a one-out, solo home run in the eighth. The quality start was just Varagas' second in his past six outings. The owner of a 4.31 ERA, 1.17 WHIP and 80/31 K/BB ratio through 117 innings, Vargas will get the A's in Oakland on Saturday.