TNK - RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #34 of the Season
Boston Red Sox (22-11) @ Oakland A's (18-17)
Pitching Matchup - Wade MIley vs Sonny Gray
GAME NOTES:
The Red Sox and A's were trading shots in this game as 3 of the 4 A's hits through 5 innings were homer runs and Boston got two run bombs in the first two innings from Ramirez and Bogaerts as the Red Sox had a 5-4 lead after 5 innings of play. Wade Miley came out to begin the bottom of the 7th with a 5-4 lead and served up his 4th HR of the game as Marcus Semien hammered a ball deep down the LF line for a solo shot to tie the game at 5-5 and knock Miley out of the game. Matt Barnes got the first two outs in the bottom of the 8th and should've been out of the inning when Brett Lawrie grounded to Holt at second base but he air mailed the throw on a routine play over the head of Nava at first base keeping the inning alive. The error by Holt proved costly as Mark Canha lined a ball in the gap for a big RBI double to give the A's a 6-5 lead. Oakland closer Tyler Clippard issued a lead off walk to Bogaerts to begin the 9th and Jackie Bradley followed with a single to give Boston runners on first & second base with nobody out. Shane Victorino pinch hit for Sandy Leon and laid down a sac bunt attempt that wound up being a perfect bunt and he beat the throw for a single to load the bases with nobody out for Mookie Betts. Clippard got a huge strikeout of Betts for the first out and Brock Holt would come up next with the bases loaded and one out. Holt would hit a chopper to the right of the mound and was thrown out at first base but the run would score from third to tie the game at 6-6. David Ortiz flew out to end the frame as the Sox only get one run and we would go to the bottom of the 9th tied 6-6 and the A's with a chance to walk off. Tommy Layne retired the side in order in the bottom of the 9th and the game would head to extra innings tied at 6-6. Hanley Ramirez singled to begin the top of the 10th and Pablo Sandoval just missed a HR as he doubled off the wall in RF to give the Sox runners at 2nd & 3rd with nobody out. Daniel Nava grounded out with the infield in and the runners had to hold and then Bogaerts struck out for the 2nd out as Scribner was almost out of the jam. Jackie Bradley was up next and he came through with a grounder up the middle to score two runs and give the Red Sox a 8-6 lead. Koji Uehara closed it out in the bottom of the 10th for the save as the Red Sox win a crazy one by a score 8-6 in 10 innings.
* The Red Sox win a wild ball game in 10 innings by a score of 8-6 and complete the 3 game sweep of the AL West leading A's. The Red Sox improve to 4-2 on this 10 game road trip with the victory
* Oakland ace Sonny Gray did not have his best night on the mound as the Red Sox knocked him around for 5 runs in 5 innings of work on 4 hits (2 HR) to go along with 3 Ks and 2 walks.
* Red Sox starter Wade Miley also had problems with the home run ball as he allowed 5 runs in 6+ innings of work. Miley allowed 4 home runs on 6 hits by the A's to along with 4 Ks and a walk.
* Xander Bogaerts continues to swing a hot bat and had a big day as he went 2 for 4 with a double, HR & 3 RBI. In the last 6 games Bogaerts has gone 10 for 23 with 4 doubles, 1 HR & 6 RBI to bring his average up to .266 on the season
* Billy Butler was 3 for 5 with a double, HR and 2 RBI for Oakland. The A's also got home runs from Phegley, Lawrie, and Semien in the game.
* The Red Sox will travel north to Seattle for the final series of this 10 game road trip as they will open up a 4 game series against the Mariners. Boston will have Joe Kelly on the mound in the opener against Roenis Elias for the Mariners.
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td align="center" colspan="14">Red Sox at Athletics | </td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="37%">May 13, 2015</td><td align="right" width="4%">1</td><td align="right" width="4%">2</td><td align="right" width="4%">3</td><td align="right" width="4%">4</td><td align="right" width="4%">5</td><td align="right" width="4%">6</td><td align="right" width="4%">7</td><td align="right" width="4%">8</td><td align="right" width="4%">9</td><td align="center" width="15%">Extras</td><td align="right" width="4%">R</td><td align="right" width="4%">H</td><td align="right" width="4%">E</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Boston (23-11)</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="right" class="active">8</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Oakland (18-18)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="right" class="active">6</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="14"><b>W:</b> Tommy Layne (1-0) <b>L:</b> Evan Scribner (4-1) <b>S:</b> Koji Uehara (12)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="5">Scoring Summary</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="3" width="84%">SCORING DETAILS</td><td align="right" width="8%">BOS</td><td align="right" width="8%">OAK</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">1</td><td width="70%">Hanley Ramirez 2-run HR to LF (Betts scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">2</td><td width="70%">Xander Bogaerts 2-run HR to LF (Nava scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">OAK</td><td align="center" width="7%">2</td><td width="70%">Brett Lawrie solo HR to CF</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">OAK</td><td align="center" width="7%">3</td><td width="70%">Billy Butler 2-run HR to LF (Crisp scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">4</td><td width="70%">Xander Bogaerts doubled to LF (Nava scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">OAK</td><td align="center" width="7%">5</td><td width="70%">Josh Phegley solo HR to CF</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">OAK</td><td align="center" width="7%">7</td><td width="70%">Marcus Semien solo HR to LF</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">OAK</td><td align="center" width="7%">8</td><td width="70%">Mark Canha doubled to CF (Lawrie scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td><td align="right" width="8%">6</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">9</td><td width="70%">Brock Holt grounded out to P (Bogaerts scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">6</td><td align="right" width="8%">6</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">10</td><td width="70%">Jackie Bradley Jr singled to CF (Ramirez & Sandoval score)</td><td align="right" width="8%">8</td><td align="right" width="8%">6</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#ee1422" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Boston Red Sox</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Betts, CF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.258</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Holt, 2B</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.172</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Ortiz, DH</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.265</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Ramirez, LF</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.254</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Sandoval, 3B</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.303</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Nava, 1B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.295</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Bogaerts, SS</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.266</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Bradley Jr, RF</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.500</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Leon, C</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.250</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td style="text-indent:20px;">Victorino (PH)</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.205</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td style="text-indent:20px;">Swihart, C</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.207</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Sandoval (12), Nava (7), Bogaerts (7)<br /><b>HR:</b> Ramirez (6), Bogaerts (2)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Bogaerts 3 (11), Ramirez 2 (22), Bradley Jr 2 (2), Holt (5)<br /><b>HBP:</b> Nava</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>FIELDING:</u></b><br /><b>E:</b> Holt (1)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#00483A" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FDBA31">Oakland Athletics</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Crisp, LF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.260</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Fuld, CF</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.298</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Butler, DH</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.278</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Reddick, RF</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.278</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Lawrie, 3B</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.262</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Canha, 1B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.257</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Semien, SS</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.221</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Sogard, 2B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.321</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Phegley, C</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.217</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td style="text-indent:20px;">Muncy (PH)</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.000</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td style="text-indent:20px;">Vogt, C</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.223</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Canha (3), Butler (7)<br /><b>HR:</b> Lawrie (4), Butler (2), Semien (2), Phegley (1)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Butler 2 (20), Canha (4), Lawrie (22), Semien (11), Phegley (4)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#ee1422" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Boston Red Sox</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Wade Miley</td><td align="right">6.0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right" class="active">3.94</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Matt Barnes</td><td align="right">2.0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.70</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Tommy Layne (W, 1-0)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Koji Uehara (S, 12)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">1.26</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">10.0</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Miley - 83 Pitches (70% strikes)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#00483A" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FDBA31">Oakland Athletics</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Sonny Gray</td><td align="right">5.0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right" class="active">3.78</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Edward Mujica</td><td align="right">2.0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.77</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Fernando Abad</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">1.42</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Tyler Clippard (BS, 1)</td><td align="right">0.2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">1.50</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Evan Scribner (L, 4-1)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">3.31</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Dan Otero</td><td align="right">0.1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">1.45</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">10.0</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Gray - 84 Pitches (63% Strikes)</td></tr></table></body></html>
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