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Boston Red Sox 4 – 2 Athletics

MLB · July 28, 2026 · Final
🎧 Post-Game Report (audio)

Post-Game Recap

The Boston Red Sox took down the Athletics four to two, and this one had a real swing to it before it was done.

Tyler Soderstrom got Oakland on the board first, launching one four hundred and seventy five feet to left center in the first inning to put the A's up one nothing. That lead held for a while, and it looked like Oakland might be building toward something. Then the sixth inning happened, and it happened fast. Ceddanne Rafaela stepped up with the bases loaded and absolutely unloaded, a three hundred and eighty two foot shot to left center that cleared the bases and brought home Wong, Contreras, and Abreu in one swing. Just like that, Boston was up four to one, and the game had completely turned on its head.

Oakland tried to answer immediately. Jonah Heim crushed one four hundred and nineteen feet to center in that same sixth inning to make it four to two, but that was as close as the A's would get. Boston held the line from there.

Rafaela's grand slam was the whole story tonight — that single swing erased the deficit and built the cushion Boston needed. Soderstrom and Heim each went deep for Oakland, but two solo shots were never going to be enough once Rafaela went to work. When one swing changes everything, that's the game you remember. That's your post-game report. Sports Desk, signing off.

AI-generated post-game report composed from the official play-by-play and box score.

Who Scored — Scoring Timeline

  1. Soderstrom homered to left center (375 feet). P1 · 0–1
  2. Rafaela homered to left center (382 feet), Wong scored, Contreras scored and Abreu scored. P6 · 4–1
  3. Heim homered to center (419 feet). P6 · 4–2

Complete Play-by-Play

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Top of the 1st inning P1
Jack Perkins pitches to Masataka Yoshida P1
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P1
Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 5 : Ball 4 P1
Yoshida walked. P1
P1
Jack Perkins pitches to Curtis Mead P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P1
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Looking P1
Mead struck out looking. P1
P1
Jack Perkins pitches to Willson Contreras P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P1
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P1
Contreras flied out to left. P1
P1
Jack Perkins pitches to Wilyer Abreu P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P1
Abreu grounded out to first. P1
P1
Middle of the 1st inning P1
Bottom of the 1st inning P1
Payton Tolle pitches to Jacob Wilson P1
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P1
Wilson grounded out to third. P1
P1
Payton Tolle pitches to Tyler Soderstrom P1
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P1
Soderstrom homered to left center (375 feet). P1
P1
Payton Tolle pitches to Jonah Heim P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Looking P1
Heim struck out looking. P1
P1
Payton Tolle pitches to Colby Thomas P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P1
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P1
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P1
Thomas singled to center. P1
P1
Payton Tolle pitches to Tommy White P1
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P1
Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P1
White grounded out to second. P1
P1
End of the 1st inning P1
Top of the 2nd inning P2
Jack Perkins pitches to Ceddanne Rafaela P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P2
Rafaela popped out to shortstop. P2
P2
Jack Perkins pitches to Caleb Durbin P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P2
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P2
Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Looking P2
Durbin struck out looking. P2
P2
Jack Perkins pitches to Jarren Duran P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P2
Duran grounded out to first. P2
P2
Middle of the 2nd inning P2
Bottom of the 2nd inning P2
Payton Tolle pitches to Jeff McNeil P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P2
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P2
McNeil singled to left. P2
P2
Payton Tolle pitches to Henry Bolte P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P2
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 5 : Ball 2 P2
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P2
Bolte grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, McNeil out at second. P2
P2
Payton Tolle pitches to Alika Williams P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P2
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P2
Williams singled to left, Bolte to second. P2
P2
Payton Tolle pitches to Lawrence Butler P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P2
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P2
Williams to second, Bolte caught stealing third, catcher to third. P2
Williams to second, Bolte caught stealing third, catcher to third. P2
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P2
Butler grounded out to shortstop. P2
P2
End of the 2nd inning P2
Top of the 3rd inning P3
Jack Perkins pitches to Andruw Monasterio P3
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P3
Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 5 : Ball 4 P3
Monasterio walked. P3
P3
Jack Perkins pitches to Connor Wong P3
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Looking P3
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P3
Wong grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Monasterio out at second. P3
P3
Jack Perkins pitches to Masataka Yoshida P3
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P3
Yoshida flied out to left. P3
P3
Middle of the 3rd inning P3
Bottom of the 3rd inning P3
Payton Tolle pitches to Jacob Wilson P3
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P3
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 7 : Ball In Play P3
Wilson grounded out to shortstop. P3
P3
Payton Tolle pitches to Tyler Soderstrom P3
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Swinging P3
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P3
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Swinging P3
Pitch 6 : Ball 4 P3
Soderstrom walked. P3
P3
Payton Tolle pitches to Jonah Heim P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P3
Heim struck out swinging. P3
P3
Payton Tolle pitches to Colby Thomas P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P3
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P3
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P3
Thomas struck out swinging. P3
P3
End of the 3rd inning P3
Top of the 4th inning P4
Jack Perkins pitches to Curtis Mead P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P4
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P4
Mead hit by pitch. P4
P4
Jack Perkins pitches to Willson Contreras P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P4
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P4
Contreras struck out swinging. P4
P4
Jack Perkins pitches to Wilyer Abreu P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P4
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P4
Abreu popped out to second. P4
P4
Jack Perkins pitches to Ceddanne Rafaela P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P4
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P4
Rafaela flied out to right. P4
P4
Middle of the 4th inning P4
Bottom of the 4th inning P4
Payton Tolle pitches to Tommy White P4
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P4
White grounded out to third. P4
P4
Payton Tolle pitches to Jeff McNeil P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P4
McNeil fouled out to catcher. P4
P4
Payton Tolle pitches to Henry Bolte P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P4
Bolte safe at first on fielding error by shortstop Monasterio. P4
P4
Payton Tolle pitches to Alika Williams P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P4
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P4
Williams struck out swinging. P4
P4
End of the 4th inning P4
Top of the 5th inning P5
Jack Perkins pitches to Caleb Durbin P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P5
Durbin flied out to right. P5
P5
Jack Perkins pitches to Jarren Duran P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P5
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P5
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P5
Duran struck out swinging. P5
P5
Jack Perkins pitches to Andruw Monasterio P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P5
Monasterio flied out to right. P5
P5
Middle of the 5th inning P5
Bottom of the 5th inning P5
Seigler at second base. P5
Payton Tolle pitches to Lawrence Butler P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 5 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 7 : Strike 3 Swinging P5
Butler struck out swinging. P5
P5
Payton Tolle pitches to Jacob Wilson P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P5
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P5
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P5
Wilson struck out swinging. P5
P5
Payton Tolle pitches to Tyler Soderstrom P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P5
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Looking P5
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P5
Soderstrom grounded out to shortstop. P5
P5
End of the 5th inning P5
Top of the 6th inning P6
Jack Perkins pitches to Connor Wong P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P6
Wong doubled to left. P6
P6
Jack Perkins pitches to Masataka Yoshida P6
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P6
Yoshida grounded out to pitcher. P6
P6
Jack Perkins pitches to Anthony Seigler P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P6
Seigler grounded out to second, Wong to third. P6
P6
Jack Perkins pitches to Willson Contreras P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P6
Pitch 4 : Ball 4 P6
Contreras walked. P6
P6
Suarez relieved Perkins P6
Jose Suarez pitches to Wilyer Abreu P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P6
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 6 : Ball 4 P6
Abreu walked, Contreras to second. P6
P6
Jose Suarez pitches to Ceddanne Rafaela P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P6
Rafaela homered to left center (382 feet), Wong scored, Contreras scored and Abreu scored. P6
P6
Jose Suarez pitches to Caleb Durbin P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P6
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 5 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 8 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 9 : Ball In Play P6
Durbin hit a ground rule double. P6
P6
Jose Suarez pitches to Jarren Duran P6
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P6
Duran flied out to center. P6
P6
Middle of the 6th inning P6
Bottom of the 6th inning P6
Payton Tolle pitches to Jonah Heim P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P6
Heim homered to center (419 feet). P6
P6
Payton Tolle pitches to Colby Thomas P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P6
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P6
Thomas struck out swinging. P6
P6
Slaten relieved Tolle P6
Justin Slaten pitches to Tommy White P6
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P6
White grounded out to first. P6
P6
Justin Slaten pitches to Jeff McNeil P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P6
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P6
McNeil grounded out to second. P6
P6
End of the 6th inning P6
Top of the 7th inning P7
Alvarado relieved Suarez P7
Elvis Alvarado pitches to Andruw Monasterio P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P7
Monasterio doubled to right. P7
P7
Elvis Alvarado pitches to Connor Wong P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Bunted Foul P7
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P7
Wong bunt popped out to first. P7
P7
Elvis Alvarado pitches to Masataka Yoshida P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Monasterio caught stealing third, catcher to third. P7
Monasterio caught stealing third, catcher to third. Boston Red Sox challenged: call on the field was upheld. P7
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P7
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging P7
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P7
Yoshida singled to center. P7
P7
Elvis Alvarado pitches to Anthony Seigler P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P7
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P7
Seigler struck out swinging. P7
P7
Middle of the 7th inning P7
Bottom of the 7th inning P7
Morán relieved Slaten P7
Jovani Moran pitches to Henry Bolte P7
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P7
Bolte struck out swinging. P7
P7
Jovani Moran pitches to Alika Williams P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P7
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P7
Williams lined out to right. P7
P7
Jovani Moran pitches to Lawrence Butler P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P7
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Looking P7
Butler struck out looking. P7
P7
End of the 7th inning P7
Top of the 8th inning P8
Juenger relieved Alvarado P8
Hayden Juenger pitches to Willson Contreras P8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P8
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P8
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P8
Contreras hit by pitch. P8
P8
Hayden Juenger pitches to Wilyer Abreu P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P8
Abreu fouled out to third. P8
P8
Hayden Juenger pitches to Ceddanne Rafaela P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P8
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P8
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 7 : Ball In Play P8
Rafaela lined out to right. P8
P8
Hayden Juenger pitches to Caleb Durbin P8
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P8
Durbin flied out to left. P8
P8
Middle of the 8th inning P8
Bottom of the 8th inning P8
Whitlock relieved Morán P8
Garrett Whitlock pitches to Jacob Wilson P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P8
Wilson grounded out to first. P8
P8
Garrett Whitlock pitches to Tyler Soderstrom P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P8
Soderstrom grounded out to second. P8
P8
Garrett Whitlock pitches to Jonah Heim P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P8
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 5 : Ball 2 P8
Pitch 6 : Ball 3 P8
Pitch 7 : Strike 3 Looking P8
Heim struck out looking. P8
P8
End of the 8th inning P8
Top of the 9th inning P9
Harris relieved Juenger P9
Hogan Harris pitches to Jarren Duran P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P9
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P9
Duran lined out to third. P9
P9
Hogan Harris pitches to Andruw Monasterio P9
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P9
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P9
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 6 : Ball 3 P9
Pitch 7 : Strike 3 Swinging P9
Monasterio struck out swinging. P9
P9
Hogan Harris pitches to Connor Wong P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P9
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P9
Wong flied out to left. P9
P9
Middle of the 9th inning P9
Bottom of the 9th inning P9
Chapman relieved Whitlock P9
Aroldis Chapman pitches to Colby Thomas P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P9
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P9
Thomas reached on infield single to shortstop. P9
P9
Aroldis Chapman pitches to Tommy White P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P9
White struck out swinging. P9
P9
Kurtz hit for McNeil P9
Aroldis Chapman pitches to Nick Kurtz P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P9
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P9
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P9
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P9
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 8 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 9 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 10 : Ball In Play P9
Kurtz grounded into fielder's choice to second, Thomas safe at second on fielding error by second baseman Seigler. P9
P9
Walton ran for Kurtz P9
Aroldis Chapman pitches to Henry Bolte P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P9
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P9
Bolte struck out swinging. P9
P9
Aroldis Chapman pitches to Alika Williams P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P9
Williams struck out swinging. P9
P9
End of the 9th inning P9