Red Sox fall again to Oakland A’s
OAKLAND, Calif. — Khris Davis hit a tie-breaking, threerun homer off David Price with two outs in the eighth inning and the Oakland Athletics beat Boston 4-1 on Sunday, dealing the Red Sox consecutive losses for the first time under new manager Alex Cora.
Boston had won its first six series before losing two of three at the Coliseum, where they were no-hit Saturday by Sean Manaea. They still have the best record in the majors at 17-4.
Davis drove in all four runs for the A’s, and Blake Treinen (1-1) retired five batters to win.
YANKEES 5, BLUE JAYS 1: In New York, Gleyber Torres went 0 for 4 with a strikeout, double-play grounder, popup and flyout in his big league debut, for the youthful Yankees. New York used a starting lineup that didn’t include a player 30 or older for the first time since Sept. 29, 1989.
Luis Severino (4-1) allowed three hits and struck out six in seven innings, and David Robertson and Aroldis Chapman finished the four-hitter.
Didi Gregorius homered, No. 9 batter Austin Romine laced a two-run double and rookie Miguel Andujar raised his average to .308 with a career-high four hits, including an RBI double.
In Anaheim, Calif., Brandon Belt hung in for a 21-pitch, 12-minute, 45-second at-bat before flying out and later homered.
Belt fouled off 11 straight pitches and 16 in all from rookie righthander Jaime Barria (1-1) in the first inning in the majors’ longest at-bat since records began in 1988. Belt singled and scored in the third and launched a leadoff homer against Blake Parker in the fifth. Belt saw 38 pitches in his first three at-bats, then hit the first pitch his last two times up.
Johnny Cueto (2-0) allowed two hits in six shutout innings.
Shohei Ohtani batted cleanup for the first time and went 1 for 4.
CUBS 9, ROCKIES 7: In Denver, Nolan Arenado was initially called safe by umpire Cory Blaser when he tried to score on a bases-loaded pitch that bounced to the backstop, then was ruled out when a video review concluded reliever Brandon Morrow applied the tag on a throw from catcher Willson Contreras.
Cubs star Kris Bryant was hit on the head with a 96 mph pitch from German Marquez in the first inning and left the game. Cubs spokesman Peter Chase said Bryant passed tests and had no sign of a concussion.