Manaea cools down Red Sox with no-hitter
OAKLAND, Calif. — A’s lefty Sean Manaea pitched the first no-hitter against Boston in almost 25 years to the day with an overturned call preserving the gem Saturday in Oakland’s 3-0 win over the sizzling Red Sox.
Manaea struck out 10, walked two and threw 108 pitches to finish off Oakland’s first no-no since Dallas Braden tossed a perfect game against Tampa Bay in 2010.
Manaea got Hanley Ramirez to ground out to complete the first no-hitter versus the Red Sox since Seattle’s Chris Bosio did it on April 22, 1993.
“I (was) just telling myself, ‘Keep everything the same,’ and not let anything get too big for me,” Manaea said.
Boston looked as if it had a hit with two outs in the sixth at the Oakland Coliseum. Andrew Benintendi hit a grounder to the right side, tried to dodge a tag by first baseman Matt Olson and was called safe.
After the umpires conferred, Benintendi was ruled out for going wide of the baseline. Benintendi ran onto the grass in foul territory to get around Olson.
“Do I agree with it? No,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. “It is what it is.”
Sandy Leon reached in the Red Sox fifth when A’s shortstop Marcus Semien ranged into shallow centre field and dropped a pop-up while trying to make an over-the-shoulder 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?’” he said.