This one turned in the ninth. Boston led, then lost the lead, then lost the game, and the final blow came from a double off the bat of Max Muncy that Oakland's bullpen made stand up. The Athletics escaped Fenway Park with a 4-3 win.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| BOS | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
J. T. Ginn set the tone for Oakland, working 6.0 innings and allowing 3 runs, only 1 earned, on 5 hits with 2 strikeouts and 2 walks. He kept the Red Sox offense from ever pulling away, and the bullpen behind him finished the job. Elvis Alvarado picked up the win after a scoreless inning of relief, and Hogan Harris closed it out with a strikeout for his 11th save.
The game turned late. Jonah Heim's eighth-inning double brought home McNeil to tie it at 3-3, erasing Boston's lead. Then in the ninth, Muncy doubled to center and Walton scored, putting Oakland back on top 4-3 in what proved to be the decisive sequence of the night.
Boston had chances but couldn't hold what it built. The Red Sox scored in the second when Eli White singled home Contreras to tie it, then took the lead in the fifth on Nick Sogard's sacrifice bunt, which scored White after a throwing error by Ginn, followed immediately by Wilyer Abreu's sacrifice fly that brought in Jake Rogers for a 3-2 edge. Aroldis Chapman took the loss, allowing 1 run on 2 hits in his inning of work.
The result dropped Boston to 64-53, extending a losing skid to two games, while Oakland improved to 47-71 and has now won two straight.