Oakland 4, Boston 3
When: 9:05 PM ET, Saturday, September 11, 2010
Where: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California
Temperature:
69°
Umpires:
Home -
Mike Winters, 1B -
Hunter Wendelstedt, 2B -
Brian Runge, 3B -
Jerry Layne
Attendance:
22932
By SportsDirect Inc.
Rajai Davis tripled in the go-ahead run as the host Oakland Athletics defeated longtime nemesis John Lackey and the Boston Red Sox 4-3 on Saturday night.
Davis tripled to deep center field to drive in Mark Ellis to cap a three-run seventh inning as the Athletics beat Lackey for only the fifth time in the pitcher’s 22 career decisions against the franchise.
Daric Barton led off the seventh with a double and scored on Jack Cust’s one-out, run-scoring single. Cust moved to second on left fielder Billy Hall’s error and scored on Mark Ellis’ single to center.
One out later, Davis delivered the go-ahead hit that helped Oakland win its second straight game in the series.
Oakland starter Brett Anderson (5-6) gave up two runs and eight hits in seven innings. Anderson struck out five.
Craig Breslow pitched a perfect eighth and Andrew Bailey closed it out for his 23rd save by striking out David Ortiz. Boston scored a run in the ninth on back-to-back two-out doubles by Victor Martinez and Adrian Beltre.
Cust singled in an important insurance run in the eighth for Oakland.
Boston’s runs scored on Mario Scutaro’s third-inning homer and Ryan Kalish’s run-scoring single in the sixth.
Lackey (12-10) gave up three runs and six hits in seven innings.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Boston
|
10 |
1 |
18 |
.263 |
22 |
9 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
| Oakland
|
7 |
0 |
11 |
.241 |
8 |
7 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
0 |