Masataka Yoshida, center, is greeted by Dominic Smith after hitting a two-run homer in the sixth inning Thursday against the Oakland Athletics. Steven Senne/Associated Press

BOSTON — All-Star pitcher Tanner Houck limited Oakland to two hits in six innings, and Connor Wong, Wilyer Abreu and Masataka Yoshida homered to help the Boston Red Sox beat the Athletics 7-0 on Thursday night.

The Red Sox have won eight of their last 10 to improve to 51-41. They have won five of six against Oakland this season.

Houck (8-6) took a no-hitter into the fifth and struck out six in his first victory since June 13. He threw 64 of 103 pitches for strikes and lowered his ERA from 2.68 to 2.54.

Yoshida went 3 for 4 and drove in four runs. Abreu also was 3 for 4, and Wong and David Hamilton each had two hits.

With two on and two down in the sixth, Boston Manager Alex Cora visited the mound. He had Brennan Bernardino warming up in the bullpen, but Cora elected to stay with Houck after he threw a wild pitch to put the runners on second and third. Houck got Lawrence Butler on a grounder to shortstop Ceddanne Rafaela for the final out.

With two down in the first, Yoshida doubled home two runs and Abreu followed with a run-scoring double to make it 3-0. Wong cleared the Green Monster for a solo homer in the fourth, and Abreu went to straightaway center to make it 5-0 in the fourth. Yoshida capped the scoring with a two-run home run in the sixth.

Chase Anderson followed Houck with three innings of one-hit ball, striking out four en route to his third save.

Oakland starter Luis Medina (2-4) rebounded from a shaky first inning to go five innings. The right-hander struck out seven and allowed two of Boston’s three home runs.

The A’s are 13-35 on the road.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Athletics: First baseman Tyler Soderstrom was placed on the 10-day injured list because of a bone bruise in his left wrist. The move is retroactive to Wednesday. Outfielder/first baseman Seth Brown was promoted from Triple-A Las Vegas to take the roster spot.