Buck's infield single lifts A's past Red Sox in the 12th
By Joe Stiglich
Travis Buck's third hit Tuesday night didn't even reach the outfield grass, but it finally ended a marathon game at the Oakland Coliseum.
Buck hit a bases-loaded chopper and barely beat Dustin Pedroia's throw to first, scoring pinch runner Rajai Davis from third and giving the A's a 6-5 victory over the Boston Red Sox in the bottom of the 12th inning.
Boston reliever Javier Lopez walked three batters to load the bases with one out. Kurt Suzuki struck out swinging for the second out, setting up Buck's heroics. After sitting Sunday and Monday, Buck went 3 for 5 and drove in two runs.
His hit finally ended a 4-hour, 24-minute affair in which practically none of the action took place after the first inning.
Dana Eveland and Daisuke Matsuzaka combined to throw 83 pitches in a first inning that lasted 41 minutes.
With a fierce wind whipping his jersey sleeves on the mound, Eveland labored through a 40-pitch top of the first. He gave up four hits and walked two as the Red Sox took a 3-0 lead.
But Matsuzaka followed up with an even rougher half-inning, throwing 43 pitches and surrendering five runs and five hits. He wouldn't come out for the second, leaving the game because of arm fatigue.
Matt Holliday ripped a two-run double high off the left-field wall to get the A's on the board in the first. Jack Cust, Buck and Mark Ellis added RBI singles as the A's took a 5-3 lead.
Buck hit a bases-loaded chopper and barely beat Dustin Pedroia's throw to first, scoring pinch runner Rajai Davis from third and giving the A's a 6-5 victory over the Boston Red Sox in the bottom of the 12th inning.
Boston reliever Javier Lopez walked three batters to load the bases with one out. Kurt Suzuki struck out swinging for the second out, setting up Buck's heroics. After sitting Sunday and Monday, Buck went 3 for 5 and drove in two runs.
His hit finally ended a 4-hour, 24-minute affair in which practically none of the action took place after the first inning.
Dana Eveland and Daisuke Matsuzaka combined to throw 83 pitches in a first inning that lasted 41 minutes.
With a fierce wind whipping his jersey sleeves on the mound, Eveland labored through a 40-pitch top of the first. He gave up four hits and walked two as the Red Sox took a 3-0 lead.
But Matsuzaka followed up with an even rougher half-inning, throwing 43 pitches and surrendering five runs and five hits. He wouldn't come out for the second, leaving the game because of arm fatigue.
Matt Holliday ripped a two-run double high off the left-field wall to get the A's on the board in the first. Jack Cust, Buck and Mark Ellis added RBI singles as the A's took a 5-3 lead.
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