Boston led early and looked in control after two runs in the first inning. Then Oakland took over. The Athletics scored in five consecutive innings, turning a quiet deficit into a comfortable win, 7-3, at Fenway Park.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 |
| BOS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
Gage Jump was the difference. The Oakland right-hander struck out 11 over 6.0 innings, allowing 6 hits and 2 runs, both earned, while walking 2. He improved to 5-7 on the season with a 4.46 ERA. Hogan Harris closed it out with 1.1 innings, allowing 1 run on 3 hits, and picked up his 10th save of the year.
Boston struck first when Monasterio singled to right in the first inning, scoring both Jones and Durbin to make it 2-0. Oakland answered gradually. Serven's infield single in the fourth brought home Wilson to cut the deficit to one. Then in the fifth, Heim singled to left to score both Williams and Wilson, putting Oakland ahead 3-2 — the go-ahead play of the game. The Athletics kept building from there: Walton's ground-rule double in the sixth scored Butler and McNeil, and Soderstrom's 413-foot homer in the seventh added another run. Bolte capped the scoring with a 439-foot home run in the ninth, and Durbin's single later that inning brought Jones home for Boston's final run.
Jake Bennett took the loss for Boston, allowing 4 runs, all earned, over 5.1 innings with 5 strikeouts and 3 walks. He fell to 7-5 with a 3.17 ERA. The Boston bullpen covered 3.2 innings behind him but allowed 3 more runs. Nick Sogard went 3-for-4 with two doubles for Boston, and Jahmai Jones also collected three hits, but the offense couldn't sustain the early lead once Oakland's bats got going.
Oakland improved to 46-71, snapping out of its recent skid with the win, while Boston fell to 64-52. The Red Sox have now lost their last game, sitting third in their division after the defeat.