Boston Red Sox at Athletics

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Boston Red Sox

81-66, 37-38 Away

Final
4 - 5

Athletics

67-80, 30-42 Home

Kurtz, Butler power A's past Red Sox 5-4, end Chapman's hitless streak of 50 batters, 17 appearances

Lawrence Butler lifts A's with walk-off single

Kurtz led off the second inning with a 357-foot shot to left field off Payton Tolle to give the A's a 2-1 lead. He is the 32nd player to hit 30 homers as a rookie. Canseco hit 33 in 1986 and McGwire hit 49 the following season.

Shea Langeliers led off the ninth with a double off Chapman (4-3), who hadn't surrendered a hit since July 23, a span of 50 batters and a franchise-record 17 appearances, the third-longest streak in MLB history since 1901. Langeliers advanced on a flyout and scored on Butler's single to left.

A’s rookie Jacob Wilson went 1 for 4 and is hitting .319, just behind major league leader Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees, who started the night at .321.

Langeliers hit his career-high 30th homer, a solo shot in the first. That run snapped a 19-inning scoreless streak for the A's, who were blanked in the first two games of the series.

Rob Refsnyder's RBI double off Elvis Avarado tied it at 4 in the ninth. Hogan Harris (2-1) came on and struck out Jarren Duran before retiring Alex Bregman for the win.

Nate Eaton and Trevor Story had RBI doubles and Duran drove in a run, putting put Boston up 3-2 in the fourth.

Tyler Soderstrom's two-run double in the fifth gave the A's a 4-3 lead.

Tolle gave up two runs in two innings in his third career start. Kyle Harrison, part of the trade that sent Rafael Devers to the Giants, made his major league debut and allowed three hits in three scoreless innings.

Mason Barnett gave up three runs on seven hits in 3 2/3 innings in his third career start for the A's.

Key moment Butler's game winner came on a 100.2 mph fastball with a 1-2 count.

Key stat Boston is 16-5 in 21 games against the Athletics since 2022.

Up next Red Sox RHP Lucas Giolito (10-3, 3.38 ERA) starts Friday' against the visiting Yankees, who haven't named a starter.

The Athletics haven't name a starter for Friday's opener against the visiting Reds and RHP Brady Singer (13-9, 3.98).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Butler singled to left, Langeliers scored.
	9th Inning	Rooker lined out to right, Langeliers to third.
	9th Inning	Langeliers doubled to center.
	9th Inning	Chapman relieved Harrison
	9th Inning	Refsnyder in right field.
	9th Inning	Rafaela in center field.

Statistics

BOS		ATH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	2
0	Ground Balls	0
7	Strikeouts	9
4	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	12
1	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	36
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
20	Runners Left On Base	21
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	0
5	Doubles	4
0	Fly Balls	0
1	Caught Stealing	0
144	Pitches	144
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
14	Total Bases	22
39	Plate Appearances	40
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
5	Extra Base Hits	6
4.3	Runs Created	8.4
.250	Batting Average	.333
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.389	Slugging Percentage	.611
.222	Secondary Average	.333
.308	On Base Percentage	.400
.697	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.011
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
4.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	9.5
36.0	Batter Rating	46.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	18.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.69	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.60
.139	Isolated Power	.278
0.43	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.22
.077	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.050
-.028	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
8.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
82.3	MLB Rating	95.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0