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Boston Red Sox @ Oakland Athletics

2026-07-30 · Night game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 10246 · 90°F, Clear · Wind 10 mph, Out To LF · 2:24

Boston Red Sox defeated Athletics 5–4. Athletics opened the scoring in the 3rd — Jacob Wilson singles on a ground ball to center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela. Carlos Cortes scores. Nick Kurtz to 2nd. Boston Red Sox took the lead in the 8th — Willson Contreras homers (23) on a fly ball to center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 8th: Wilyer Abreu homers (16) on a fly ball to center field — worth 24% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Anthony Seigler 2B	5	1	1	0	0	0
Ceddanne Rafaela CF	4	0	2	2	0	1
Wilyer Abreu RF	4	1	1	1	0	2
Willson Contreras 1B	3	1	2	1	1	0
Masataka Yoshida DH	4	0	1	0	0	1
Caleb Durbin 3B	2	1	0	0	0	0
Jarren Duran LF	4	0	0	0	0	1
Andruw Monasterio SS	4	1	1	1	0	2
Connor Wong C	3	0	0	0	1	2

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Nick Kurtz 1B	4	0	0	0	1	2
Jacob Wilson DH	4	0	2	1	0	1
Tyler Soderstrom LF	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jonah Heim C	4	1	2	0	0	0
Brian Serven C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Henry Bolte PR	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy White 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0
Lawrence Butler CF	4	2	2	1	0	1
Jeff McNeil 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0
Carlos Cortes RF	1	1	0	1	1	1
Alika Williams PH	1	0	1	0	0	0
Donovan Walton SS	3	0	1	1	0	1
Colby Thomas PH	1	0	0	0	0	1