The trade buzz about the Red Sox's potential to trade for a shortstop has grown after Andruw Monasterio's latest error.

Andruw Monasterio unloads for a go-ahead two-run home run to left field in the top of the 10th inning to give the Red Sox a 4-2 lead against the Athletics

Andruw Monasterio doubled and walked twice, with the second scoring a run in the ninth, as the Red Sox came back to beat the Mets 3-2 in 10 innings on Sunday.

WEST SACRAMENTO — Shortstop Andruw Monasterio crushed a go-ahead two-run home run in the 10th inning to lead the Red Sox to a 4-2 victory over the Athletics on Wednesday. But after the win, the extra-inning hero was in the clubhouse profusely apologizing to relief pitcher Justin Slaten.

After all the madness of a wild, 4-2, 10-inning win by the Red Sox over the Athletics on Wednesday night, all Andruw Monasterio wanted to say (yet again) was that he was sorry. What was the home run hero sorry for?

The hottest team in baseball is poised to take on the team with the best record as the Red Sox road trip continues Friday with the first of three against the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers.