Major League Baseball
Oakland Athletics
6
Boston Red Sox
9
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAK | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| BOS | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Mike Napoli hit a grand slam and drove in five runs, Will Middlebrooks busted out of a slump with a three-run homer and the Boston Red Sox rebounded from a doubleheader sweep by beating the Oakland Athletics 9-6 on Monday night.
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
J Reddick doubled to deep left, J Donaldson scored.
J Donaldson doubled to deep right center, B Moss and D Norris scored.
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
J Saltalamacchia doubled to deep center, W Middlebrooks scored.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
M Napoli homered to left center (397 feet), S Victorino, D Pedroia and D Ortiz scored.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
C Young hit sacrifice fly to center, N Freiman scored, A Parrino to third.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
W Middlebrooks homered to left (397 feet), M Napoli and D Nava scored.
Middle of the 9th
J Jaso grounded out to first.
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
C Young to second on fielder's indifference.
Pitch 3: ball 2
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
J Jaso batting
J Jaso hit for D Norris.
J Lowrie struck out swinging.
Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
J Lowrie batting
B Moss struck out swinging.
Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: ball 1
Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
B Moss batting
C Young walked.
Pitch 5: ball 4
Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 3: ball 3
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
C Young batting
A Bailey relieved J Tazawa.
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BOS wins series 2-1
Jacoby EllsburyCF22
Shane VictorinoRF8
Dustin Pedroia2B15
David OrtizDH34
Mike Anthony Napoli1B5
Daniel NavaLF25
Will Middlebrooks3B12
Jarrod SaltalamacchiaC12
Stephen DrewSS10
Coco CrispCF4
Chris YoungLF24
Brandon Moss1B37
Jed LowrieSS8
Derek NorrisC33
Josh Donaldson3B3
Josh ReddickRF22
Nate FreimanDH
Andy Parrino2B12
John JasoPH28
Seth SmithDH12
Eric Sogard2B4
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