Rob Refsnyder: Hit a pinch-hit RBI double in the top of the ninth to tie the game and make up for Hamilton getting caught stealing. Kyle Harrison: Had a great debut! He pitched 3 innings, and while he allowed 3 hits and only struck out 2 batters, he gave up no runs. Bonus Studs: Greg Weissert/Justin Wilson: Also gave up no runs on the mound today.

Nick Kurtz joined Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire as the only Athletics rookies to hit 30 home runs and Lawrence Butler hit a ninth-inning walk-off single in a 5-4 win Wednesday over the Boston Red Sox and Aroldis Chapman,

Arolidis Chapman finally cracked, as the Athletics got to him for the winning run in the ninth inning. “At one point, he was going to give it up,” manager Alex Cora said. “It just happened that it was today.

Even in a brand-new uniform, Kyle Harrison was on familiar ground Wednesday. There could hardly be a more apt ballpark for the former Giants left-hander to make his Red Sox debut than the home of San Francisco’s Triple-A affiliate.

The Boston Red Sox have called up Kyle Harrison, the left-handed pitcher acquired in June's blockbuster trade that sent Rafael Devers to San Francisco.

The A’s, who were averaging 7.2 runs per game while hitting .300 in September, were shut out by the Boston Red Sox and ace starting pitcher Garrett Crochet, 7-0. It was the seventh time the A’s went scoreless this season. They dropped to 66-79 while Boston came in with the best record in the American League over the second half of the season.

Parker Meadows hit a tying two-run homer in the fifth inning and a tiebreaking RBI single to spark a nine-run seventh inning for the Detroit Tigers, who beat the host New York Yankees 12-2 on Tuesday night.