Red Sox Wrap: Boston Survives Extra-Innings Battle Vs. Athletics

The Boston Red Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics, 5-4, in 11 innings on Tuesday night at Oakland Coliseum.

With a third straight victory, the Red Sox improved to 4-2 while the Athletics dropped to 1-5.

Check out the full box score here.

ONE BIG TAKEAWAY
Fresh off a night when Boston scored nine runs, capitalized on five Oakland errors and received nine shutout innings split between Tanner Houck and Chase Anderson, not much fell in favor of the Red Sox.

Brayan Bello took the mound but wasn’t as effective as he was to open the season in Seattle. Bello pitched five innings, allowed four earned runs off two homers and left it up to the offense to claw back.

Boston mustered a much-needed, late-game bid in the seventh inning to uplift the pitching staff. Jarren Duran accompanied an inning-opening single with his sixth stolen base of the season and eventually advanced to third base with two outs. Trevor Story came through with an RBI single to end the team’s three-inning scoreless drought and energized a stagnant overall night at the dish.

That gave the Red Sox new life, which the offense countered to avoid a 1-1 split after the first two in Oakland. In the top of the 11th, Tyler O’Neill drove in the go-ahead run to secure Boston’s lead for good. Josh Winckowski shut the door on the Athletics over two innings.

Boston improved to 1-1 in extra-inning contests and manager Alex Cora’s late-game decisions to play everyone on the bench paid off.

STARS OF THE GAME
— O’Neill played late-game hero, grounding out to third with runners on the corners to plate the winning run for Boston.

— Story went 3-for-5 at the plate with two doubles and two RBIs and was responsible for providing the Red Sox with two of the lineup’s three extra-base hits.

— Oakland’s JJ Bleday blasted one of the team’s two two-run home runs, going 1-for-3 at the plate for the Athletics.

WAGER WATCH
FanDuel Sportsbook set the odds of Story hitting a double at +310, which the 31-year-old did to plate Boston’s first run of the night in the first inning. A $100 wager placed on Story would’ve netted a $410 total payout.

ON DECK AT NESN
The Red Sox will seek a series sweep in Wednesday afternoon’s finale with the Athletics. First pitch from the Oakland Coliseum is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. ET, and you can catch the game, plus a full hour of pregame coverage, live on NESN.