CHICAGO -- Minnesota Twins right-hander Phil Hughes will undergo season-ending shoulder surgery.General manager Terry Ryan said before Tuesdays game against the White Sox that he expects the 30-year-old Hughes to be ready for the start of spring training.Hughes suffered a fracture of the femur above his knee when he was hit by a line drive by Miamis J.T. Realmuto on June 9 and was expected to miss at least two months with that injury.But Ryan said Hughes was also experiencing right shoulder pain. He was diagnosed with thoracic outlet syndrome. Surgery on July 6 will require removing a rib.Hughes had struggled and lost velocity amid pain and fatigue in his shoulder and was demoted to the bullpen before he was hurt. He was 1-7 with a 5.95 ERA this season.Hughes has three years and $39.6 million left on his contract after this season.Custom Athletics Jerseys . PAUL, Minn. Authentic Custom Athletics Jersey . 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Theyre a perfect 5-0 and have outscored the As 67-19.The Red Sox will go for the season series sweep on Sunday afternoon at Oakland Coliseum, but right-hander Kendall Graveman, the As best pitcher this year, will make his 27th start and try to salvage one win for Oakland in the series.Graveman (10-9) is 9-3 with a 3.36 ERA in his past 17 starts after beginning the season 1-6 with a 5.36 ERA.Weve played a lot of playoff contention teams in this little stretch Ive had, Graveman said. Pitched against Baltimore, pitched against Cleveland twice. Its fun to go out and compete. Every lineups different, and they have a good one. You really have to study and pay attention to their hitters.Graveman is 0-0 with a 2.57 ERA in two career appearances against the Red Sox, including one start, but he hasnt face them this year.You cant make mistakes to these guys, and its one after the other, As manager Bob Melvin said. Theres just no pause for even a breath against this lineup. Theyre just relentless, and I think weve seen them at their best, too.One night after pounding out 17 hits in a 16-2 victory in the series opener, the Red Sox had 17 more hits in an 11-2 victory on Saturday, scoring in double figures for the fifth straight time against Oakland this season.David Ortiz went 3-for-4 with two doubles and three RBI. Rookie third baseman Yoan Moncada made his first career major league start and had his first two big league hits and first RBI. Hanley Ramirez hit his 20th home run of the season, a solo shot in the third. Dustin Pedroia, Xander Bogaerts, Sandy Leon and Jackie Bradley Jr. each had two hits.Its been awesome, right-hander Rick Porcello said of the Red Sox offense after winning his major-leeague high 19th game on Saturday.dddddddddddd. From top to bottom, theres no weakness. Everyones been swinging the bat well. We got to continue it on both sides, pitching and offense and defense. This is a big road trip for us and obviously this entire month is huge. Hopefully, were peaking at the right time.The Red Sox (76-59) moved into a tie for first place in the American League East with Toronto, which lost 7-5 to Tampa Bay.Red Sox left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez (2-6) will make his 15th start in what has been an up-and-down, injury-plagued season. He missed the first 51 games of the season with a knee injury. Then two starts ago on Aug. 16 he had a no-hitter through four innings with seven strikeouts against Baltimore but left the game with a tight hamstring. He didnt start again until Aug. 28 and gave up five runs in 5 1/3 innings in a loss to Kansas City.Rodiquez was optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket on June 28 but recalled July 15. In his first seven starts after being recalled, he went 1-2 with a 2.52 ERA.Theres no physical restrictions here, Red Sox manager John Farrell said. Hes had a couple of start-and-stops this year and its limited how long of a run he could get on. The most recent time that he came back to us, he strung together probably six or seven very good starts for us, and then the hamstring, unfortunately, caused us to push the pause button a little bit.Whats transpired with Eddie is that the second half of the season hes come up with a more defined slider as a primary out pitch for him. But this is a guy thats blessed with very good stuff and three distinct pitches.Last season, Rodriguez went 10-6 with a 3.85 ERA as a rookie. ' ' '