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THE BEST RED SOX TEAM EVAH! ...
Oakland knocks the Sox out of first place
May 14,
2018 ... Sean
Manaea stayed calm and beat the Red Sox as Khris
Davis hit one of three solo homers by the Oakland
Athletics in a 6-5 victory.
Matt Joyce and Matt
Olson also went deep for the A’s, who had
lost five of six to the Astros and Yankees. Davis connected for his
team-leading 12th home run as Oakland handed Rick
Porcello his first loss of the season.
Manaea (5-4) allowed four runs and eight hits in six-plus innings.
Blake Treinen got
three outs for his seventh save.
J.D. Martinez and Rafael
Devers each hit a solo shot for the Red Sox. Rick
Porcello (5-1) gave up five runs and nine hits over six innings, striking out
five without issuing a walk.
Trailing 2-1 in the fourth, the Athletics grabbed the lead with three
runs. Jonathan
Lucroy had a two-run double into the left-field corner
before Dustin
Fowler tripled off the Green Monster.
The Red Sox sliced it to 4-3 in the fifth on Hanley
Ramirez’s run-scoring grounder before Olson restored
the two-run lead with a homer over Boston’s bullpen in the sixth. Martinez led
off the eighth with a drive into Boston’s bullpen.
Joyce homered deep into the right-field seats before the Sox moved ahead on
consecutive RBI singles by Andrew
Benintendi and Ramirez.
Knuckleballer Steven
Wright completed his 15-game suspension for violating
Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy and was added to the roster. To
open a spot, RHP Hector
Velazquez was placed on the 10-day DL with a strained
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