Disputed call aids Manaea no-hitter

OAKLAND, Calif. — Athletics lefty Sean Manaea pitched the first no-hitter against the Red Sox in 25 years, with an overturned call preserving the gem Saturday night in the A’s 3-0 victory.

Manaea struck out 10, walked two and threw 108 pitches to finish off the Athletics’ first no-hitter since Dallas Braden tossed a perfect game against the Rays in 2010.

Manaea got Hanley Ramirez to ground out to complete the first no-hitter against the Red Sox since the Mariners’ Chris Bosio did it in 1993.

“I just kept telling myself, keep everything the same, and don’t let anything get too big for me,” Manaea said. “My heart was beating out of my chest and I was trying to do everything I could (to stay calm).”

The Red Sox looked as if they had a hit with two outs in the sixth at the Oakland Coliseum. Andrew Benintendi hit a grounder to the right side, slid around first baseman Matt Olson and was ruled safe.

But after the umpires conferred, Benintendi was ruled out for going wide of the baseline.

Sandy Leon reached in the fifth when A’s shortstop Marcus Semien ranged into shallow center field and dropped a popup trying to make an over-theshoulder catch. The play was scored as an error. Manaea said he figured it was a hit.

“I didn’t even think about it until I looked up in the seventh or eighth, and I was like, ‘Oh, my God, why is there still a zero on there?’ ” Manaea said. “So after that, my adrenaline started pumping again, and I really wanted to finish this thing out.”

Manaea (3-2) had been battered by the Red Sox in three previous starts. But he cooled off a hard-hitting team that had won eight in a row and 17 of 18.