Brent Rooker’s 30th home run powers the A’s to a 5-3 win over the slumping Red Sox

— Brent Rooker homered in a three-run first inning and J.T. Ginn limited Boston to five hits over six innings on Thursday to lead the Athletics to a 5-3 victory over the Red Sox.
Sep 18, 2025, 04:26 pm - AP
ATH
BOS
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301000100580
110000010372
J.T. Ginn
win

J.T. Ginn4-6

6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 K, 1 BB
B. Bello
loss

B. Bello11-8

4.0 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 3 K, 2 BB
H. Harris
save

H. Harris4

2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 3 K, 0 BB

Scoring Summary

Inning

ATHBOS
1stRooker homered to left (397 feet), Butler scored.20
1stSoderstrom singled to left, Kurtz scored.30
1stYoshida hit sacrifice fly to right, Story scored, Bregman to second.31
2ndHamilton homered to right center (393 feet).32
3rdWilson reached on infield single to shortstop, Kurtz scored on throwing error by shortstop Story, Soderstrom safe at third on error.42
7thButler scored on error, Kurtz safe at first on throwing error by shortstop Story.52
8thStory homered to center (431 feet).53
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