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Oakland Athletics @ Boston Red Sox

2015-06-05 · Night game · Fenway Park · Att: 34910 · 56°F · Wind 10 mph from RF · 2:31

Boston Red Sox defeated Oakland Athletics 4–2. Boston Red Sox opened the scoring in the 1st — Brock Holt doubles (9) on a line drive to left fielder Ben Zobrist. Dustin Pedroia scores. Fielding error by left fielder Ben Zobrist. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Mark Canha flies out to left fielder Alejandro De Aza — worth 12% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	8
BOS	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0		4	11

W: Wade Miley L: Scott Kazmir SV: Koji Uehara

Umpires — HP: Clint Fagan · 1B: Hunter Wendelstedt · 2B: Bob Davidson · 3B: David Rackley · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Burns	4	0	1	0	0	1
Marcus Semien	3	0	1	0	0	1
Ben Zobrist	3	0	0	0	1	0
Billy Butler	4	0	0	0	0	1
Brett Lawrie	4	2	3	1	0	0
Josh Reddick	4	0	0	0	0	1
Josh Phegley	4	0	2	0	0	2
Mark Canha	4	0	1	1	0	0
Eric Sogard	2	0	0	0	0	1
Stephen Vogt	1	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dustin Pedroia	4	2	3	0	0	0
Brock Holt	4	0	2	1	0	0
Hanley Ramirez	3	0	1	1	0	2
Mike Napoli	4	0	0	0	0	1
Xander Bogaerts	3	1	1	0	1	0
Mookie Betts	4	0	1	0	0	1
Blake Swihart	4	0	0	0	0	1
Alejandro De Aza	3	0	1	0	0	1
Rusney Castillo	3	1	2	0	0	1

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Scott Kazmir	4.2	9	1	4
Fernando Rodriguez	0.1	0	0	1
Eric O'Flaherty	1.0	1	0	1
Pat Venditte	2.0	1	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wade Miley	7.1	6	1	6
Junichi Tazawa	0.2	0	0	1
Koji Uehara	1.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Billy Burns: 3/G34S-
Marcus Semien: K
Ben Zobrist: 53/G56

Bot 1

Dustin Pedroia: S8/L6MD
Brock Holt: D7/L7LS.1-H(E7)(UR)(NR)
Hanley Ramirez: K
Mike Napoli: K
Xander Bogaerts: 9/F9LM

Top 2

Billy Butler: 63/L6
Brett Lawrie: 43/G4-
Josh Reddick: 43/G34

Bot 2

Mookie Betts: 8/F8RD
Blake Swihart: 6/L6+
Alejandro De Aza: 43/G34

Top 3

Josh Phegley: K
Mark Canha: 43/G4+
Eric Sogard: 43/G4

Bot 3

Rusney Castillo: S7/F7D
Dustin Pedroia: S7/L56+.1-2
Brock Holt: 64(1)/FO/G6.2-3
Hanley Ramirez: 9/SF/F9LM.3-H;1-2(E9)
Mike Napoli: 9/F9S

Top 4

Billy Burns: S8/L8RS
Marcus Semien: 46(1)3/GDP/G4M
Ben Zobrist: 53/G56

Bot 4

Xander Bogaerts: D7/F78D+
Mookie Betts: S5/BG25.2-H(E5)(NR)
Blake Swihart: 54(1)3/GDP/G56
Alejandro De Aza: S8/L8RS
Rusney Castillo: K

Top 5

Billy Butler: 53/G5
Brett Lawrie: S7/G6+
Josh Reddick: K
Josh Phegley: S9/L34D.1-3
Mark Canha: S9/L9S.3-H;1-2
Eric Sogard: K

Bot 5

Dustin Pedroia: D8/F89D+
Brock Holt: S49/G34.2-H
Hanley Ramirez: K
Mike Napoli: SB2
Mike Napoli: 13/G56S-.2-3
Xander Bogaerts: W
Mookie Betts: K

Top 6

Billy Burns: K
Marcus Semien: S9/F9S
Ben Zobrist: W.1-2
Billy Butler: 46(1)3/GDP/G4M

Bot 6

Blake Swihart: 53/G
Alejandro De Aza: K
Rusney Castillo: S3/G34S
Dustin Pedroia: 4(1)/FO/G4M

Top 7

Brett Lawrie: HR/F78XD+
Josh Reddick: 8/F8RM
Josh Phegley: K
Mark Canha: 63/G6

Bot 7

Brock Holt: 3/G3
Hanley Ramirez: S7/G56
Mike Napoli: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Top 8

Eric Sogard: HP/MREV
Billy Burns: 5/F5F-
Stephen Vogt: K
Ben Zobrist: 53/G6

Bot 8

Xander Bogaerts: 63/G6+
Mookie Betts: 9/F9D
Blake Swihart: K

Top 9

Billy Butler: K
Brett Lawrie: S5/G5-
Josh Reddick: 5/F5F-
Josh Phegley: D7/F7D.1-3
Mark Canha: 7/L78S

Notes & reviews

replay,8,sogae001,OAK,wendh902,BOS07,,N,M,BOS,I $when Eric Sogard was ruled to have been hit by a pitch, Red Sox manager John Farrell challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay

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