G141: Athletics 5, Red Sox 0

Red Sox   - 000 000 000 - 0  3  0
Athletics - 320 000 00x - 5  8  0

Buchholz (1-5-5-4-1, 39) was unable to get into any sort of groove and the A's whacked everything that was in the strike zone. Of Buchholz's 39 pitches, only 17 were strikes -- and he retired only two of the 11 batters he faced.

The first five A's reached base in the first inning: single/stolen base, walk, two-run double, walk, single. And the first four A's reached base in the second inning: walk, single, walk, two-run single.

The game began with Coco Crisp leaping high over the center field fence and robbing Ryan Kalish of a home run. The Red Sox managed only three hits, each of them coming with two outs in an inning: Josh Reddick's double in the second, Adrian Beltre's single in the fourth, and Victor Martinez's single in the sixth.

The Rays frittered away leads of 6-0 and 8-1, but held on to beat the Jays 9-8. The Rangers used 11 pitchers and beat the Yankees 6-5 in 13 innings.

Clay Buchholz / Trevor Cahill

Kalish, CF
Drew, RF
Martinez, C
Ortiz, DH
Beltre, 3B
Lowrie, SS
Reddick, LF
Hall, 2B
Anderson, 1B

AL East:

Rays/Blue Jays, 7 PM
Yankees/Rangers, 8 PM