WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Interstat) — Gage Jump pitched six strong innings and Brian Serven hit a two-run homer as the Athletics defeated the Boston Red Sox 4-3 on Tuesday, July 28, at Sutter Health Park.

Jump worked six innings, allowing three hits and no earned runs while striking out seven. He lowered his record to 4-6. Hogan Harris earned his ninth save despite giving up two runs in the ninth inning.

The Athletics took a 1-0 lead in the second on Henry Bolte’s RBI single. Serven’s homer in the seventh extended the lead to 3-0. Boston broke through in the eighth on Wilyer Abreu’s run-scoring single, but Lawrence Butler answered with an RBI double in the bottom half.

Trailing 4-1 in the ninth, Connor Wong hit a two-run homer to cut the deficit to one, but Harris closed the door.

Jake Bennett took the loss for Boston, allowing three earned runs over 6⅓ innings. The Red Sox fell to 55-51, while the Athletics improved to 45-62. Attendance was 10,356, and the game lasted 2 hours, 32 minutes.