Gray wins 13th as Red Sox edge Athletics 5‑4
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Interstat) — Sonny Gray allowed four runs over seven innings and Ceddanne Rafaela drove in two runs as the Boston Red Sox beat the Athletics 5-4 on Thursday at Sutter Health Park.
Gray struck out five and earned his 13th win for Boston, which improved to 57-51. Aroldis Chapman worked a scoreless ninth for his 26th save. Luis Medina took the loss as the Athletics fell to 45-64.
Boston trailed 3-0 before scoring three times in the fifth, with Rafaela’s two-run double tying the game. The Athletics regained the lead on Carlos Cortes’ sacrifice fly in the sixth, but Boston scored twice in the eighth to go ahead. Willson Contreras homered for Boston.
The Athletics collected nine hits and grounded into two double plays. Boston had eight hits. Mason Barnett allowed three earned runs in five innings for the Athletics. Jacob Wilson and Butler each had two hits and an RBI. Attendance was 10,246, and the game lasted 2:24.