Making his first start in nearly a month, Clay Buchholz gave up five runs in four-plus innings, and despite a three-RBI day from Adrian Beltre, the Red Sox couldn't come back to take the rubber game in Oakland.
| Boston | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McDonald, D, LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .263 |
| a-Patterson, E, PH-LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .204 |
| Lowrie, SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Ortiz, DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .250 |
| Youkilis, 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .299 |
| Beltre, A, 3B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .339 |
| Drew, J, RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .270 |
| Cameron, CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .275 |
| Hall, 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .231 |
| b-Nava, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| Brown, D, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .143 |
| c-Scutaro, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .278 |
| Totals | 33 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | .272 |
| Oakland | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennington, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .264 |
| Barton, 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .278 |
| Suzuki, K, C | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .257 |
| Cust, DH | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .289 |
| Kouzmanoff, 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .270 |
| Ellis, 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .282 |
| Watson, M, LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .143 |
| 1-Gross, PR-RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .240 |
| Davis, R, RF-LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .266 |
| Crisp, CF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .239 |
| Totals | 34 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | .262 |
| Boston | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buchholz, C(L, 10-5) | 4.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2.81 |
| Atchison | 2.2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.93 |
| Bowden | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4.30 |
| Oakland | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gonzalez, G(W, 9-6) | 6.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3.75 |
| Rodriguez, H(H, 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.26 |
| Ziegler(H, 13) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.76 |
| Wuertz(S, 2) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.71 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3.78 |