Bradley said he has gained strength as he has gotten older by eating healthy and working out hard.
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The Athletics have now allowed 11 or more runs in each of their last four games, the longest such streak in franchise history.
Oakland Athletics center fielder Coco Crisp dives but can’t make the play on a double by Boston Red Sox’s Travis Shaw during the fourth inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston, Monday, May 9, 2016. Stephen Vogt reached with a one-out single.
Scherzer had a chance to break the mark when James McCann stepped to the plate with two outs in the ninth inning. “How many people get to say they’ve started a game for the Boston Red Sox in Fenway?”
Added Bradley Jr.: “I’ve been able to do it at every level”. Bradley would extend it in his first at-bat, and would do so in a big way.
Betts started the third-inning rally with a single. This proved to be costly for Porcello, as Khris Davis would come through with a two-out single, bringing home both Coghlan and the speedy Burns. The A’s did not have much of a celebration though, getting shellacked by the Red Sox. Young, who was signed by Boston primarily to perform well against left-handed pitchers, is now 8-21 against southpaws.
Even against a lineup missing a resting David Ortiz, the A’s pitching couldn’t contain the Red Sox.
Athletics: LHP Eric Surkamp (0-2, 5.59 ERA) will return from a stint at Triple-A Nashville for his first start for Oakland since April 24.
The Athletics brought in Ryan Dull, who would finish the third without any further damage, but could not get through the fourth without surrendering yet another run to the offense. Vazquez scored when Betts grounded to shortstop.
On the season, Bradley has swatted six home runs, driven in 28, and his four triples are tops in the league. But despite what looked like a clear foul, the refs never blew the whistle, and Westbrook correctly kept driving to the net, where he scored while getting fouled, getting the bucket and adding the free throw that made it a two-possession game instead of one, and that was it. If a similar situation pops up in game six, I’d be wary if I’m Westbrook of Leonard tackling him like a football dummy to make sure that foul gets called.
Mariners 6, Rays 5 (11): Chris Iannetta led off the bottom of the 11th inning with a homer.
Boston scored again in the bottom of the seventh on a throwing error by Josh Reddick and a RBI single by Jackie Bradley Jr. for a 13-5 lead. In his past nine games against Oakland, he has allowed more than three earned runs only once, going 3-3 with a 3.12 ERA.
“He’s going through a tough time”, Athletics manager Bob Melvin said of Gray. “Get some quality starts, swing the bats a little bit better”. David Ortiz hit two doubles and drove in a run in the inning.
Although the score was already 11-3 in the eighth, Jackie Bradley Jr. would show no quits.
It convinced the Red Sox front office to give Bradley Jr. another opportunity as the regular center fielder. Two of those hits here home runs. The A’s extended their lead to 3-0 lead in the top of the second, as Yonder Alonso hit an RBI double, and Josh Phegley drove in a run with a groundout. For the season, Bradley is hitting.
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In the National Basketball Association playoffs, more referee controversy in San Antonio, where the Oklahoma City Thunder have taken a three games to two lead over the Spurs in a 95-91 win last night. Last night in Pittsburgh, the Penguins sent the Caps packing in a wild 4-3 overtime win that Pittsburgh very almost gave away to force a game seven. Bradley ended the three-game series with a ridiculous. Rich Hill will face Jake Odorizzi.
