Boston Red Sox at Athletics

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Boston Red Sox

55-50, 30-21 Away

Final
4 - 2

Athletics

44-62, 20-31 Home

Ceddanne Rafaela's grand slam sends Red Sox past A's 4-2 for 18th victory in 20 games

Curtis Mead exits in his Red Sox debut after getting hit in the hand

Connor Wong doubled leading off the sixth for the first hit against Athletics rookie starter Jack Perkins (2-6), who was pulled after walking Willson Contreras with two outs. José Suarez walked Wilyer Abreu to load the bases, setting the stage for Rafaela's 11th homer and a 4-1 lead.

Curtis Mead struck out looking his first time up in his Boston debut and then left after he was hit on the wrist by a pitch his second time up. The Red Sox acquired Mead from the Wasington Nationals on Saturday night for rookie pitcher Connelly Early.

Tyler Soderstrom extended his hitting streak to 10 games when he launched his 17th homer to give the Athletics a 1-0 lead two batters into the bottom of the first against Payton Tolle. Jonah Heim homered for the 10th time to cut it to 4-2 in the sixth.

Tolle (6-6) allowed two runs and five hits in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out seven and walked one to help the surging Red Sox (55-50) win for the 18th time in 20 games.

The A's have lost three straight and 24 of 30.

Justin Slaten got the final two outs in the sixth for Boston, and Jovani Morán and Garrett Whitlock each pitched a perfect inning.

Aroldis Chapman gave up a leadoff single to Colby Thomas in the ninth, and pinch-hitter Nick Kurtz reached on a one-out fielding error at second by Anthony Seigler. Chapman struck out Henry Bolte and Alika Williams for his 25th save in 27 opportunities.

Perkins walked three and was charged with two runs on one hit in 5 2/3 innings.

Up next Red Sox LHP Jake Bennett (6-3, 2.58 ERA) starts Tuesday opposite Athletics LHP Gage Jump (3-6, 4.42).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Williams struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Bolte struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Walton ran for Kurtz
	9th Inning	Kurtz grounded into fielder's choice to second, Thomas safe at second on fielding error by second baseman Seigler.
	9th Inning	Kurtz hit for McNeil
	9th Inning	White struck out swinging.

Statistics

BOS		ATH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	0
6	Ground Balls	14
6	Strikeouts	13
4	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	6
0	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
30	At Bats	34
1	Home Runs	2
1	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	0
18	Fly Balls	7
1	Caught Stealing	1
132	Pitches	141
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
11	Total Bases	12
36	Plate Appearances	35
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
4	Extra Base Hits	2
3.0	Runs Created	1.9
.167	Batting Average	.176
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.367	Slugging Percentage	.353
.300	Secondary Average	.176
.306	On Base Percentage	.200
.672	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.553
0.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	2.0
3.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.8
30.0	Batter Rating	20.0
30.0	At Bats Per Home Run	17.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.67	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.03
.200	Isolated Power	.176
0.67	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.08
.111	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.029
.133	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
8.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
76.5	MLB Rating	70.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0