Boston Red Sox at Oakland Athletics

BOS 5 — 4 OAK

Final — 2026-07-30

MVP: Willson Contreras 2-3, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB

Boston Red Sox defeated Oakland Athletics 5-4. Willson Contreras led the way with 2-3, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB. Sonny Gray earned the win and Luis Medina took the loss. Aroldis Chapman recorded the save.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	5	8	2
OAK	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	4	9	1

WP Sonny Gray (13-2)

LP Luis Medina (2-3, B, 4)

SV Aroldis Chapman (26)

Scoring Plays

Bot 3: Wilson singled to center, Cortes scored, Kurtz to second. (0-1)

Bot 4: Butler doubled to right, Heim scored. (0-2)

Bot 4: Walton singled to right, Butler scored on error, McNeil to second, McNeil safe at third on fielding error by right fielder Abreu. (0-3)

Top 5: Monasterio singled to center, Durbin scored. (1-3)

Top 5: Rafaela doubled to left, Seigler scored on error and Monasterio scored, Rafaela safe at third on throwing error by shortstop Walton. (3-3)

Bot 6: Cortes hit sacrifice fly to left, Butler scored. (3-4)

Top 8: Abreu homered to center (422 feet). (4-4)

Top 8: Contreras homered to center (414 feet). (5-4)

BOS — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Seigler	2B	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.325	.418	.743
Rafaela	CF	4	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	1	.282	.322	.446	.768
Abreu	RF	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	.248	.319	.435	.754
Contreras	1B	3	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	.289	.396	.549	.945
Yoshida	DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.260	.339	.377	.716
Durbin	3B	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.309	.395	.704
Duran	LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.195	.252	.337	.589
Monasterio	SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	.259	.319	.455	.774
Wong	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	.261	.352	.370	.722

OAK — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Kurtz	1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.257	.397	.486	.883
Wilson	DH	4	0	2	1	1	0	1	.275	.306	.400	.706
Soderstrom	LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.243	.338	.463	.801
Heim	C	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	.234	.285	.445	.730
White	3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.320	.333	.653
Butler	CF	4	2	2	2	1	0	1	.209	.309	.330	.639
McNeil	2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.248	.308	.332	.640
Cortes	RF	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	.265	.340	.420	.760
Walton	SS	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	.295	.373	.473	.846
Bolte	PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.326	.322	.648
Serven	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.714	1.000
Williams	PH	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.264	.288	.415	.703
Thomas	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.202	.235	.333	.568

BOS — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Gray	7.0	7	4	4	2	5	97-63	2.93	1.17	W, 13-2
Weissert	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	10-6	3.95	1.19
Chapman	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	11-8	1.72	1.19	S, 26

OAK — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Barnett	5.0	4	3	3	1	6	0	73-45	4.85	1.30
Blewett	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	22-17	0.00	1.69
Medina	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	2	18-11	3.99	1.52	L, 2-3, B, 4
Alvarado	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	11-7	4.91	1.22

Venue: Sutter Health Park, Sacramento, California (10,246)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Nate Tomlinson, First Base Umpire: Carlos Torres, Second Base Umpire: Mark Wegner, Third Base Umpire: Bruce Dreckman

Broadcast: NESN | NSCA

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