The Oakland Athletics dropped the second game of the series against Boston, losing to the Red Sox 5-4 in 11 innings.
Lefty Alex Wood got the start at the Coliseum tonight, a warm evening for his second start of the season. He struggled during his Opening Day assignment while pitching only 3 1⁄3 innings while giving up six runs. Tonight he allowed runs in each of the first three innings, so it felt like it would be more of the same early.
Oakland was ready to keep up tonight. Facing the Red Sox’s Opening Day starter Bryan Bello, catcher Shea Langeliers came up in the second inning with a runner on and mashed his first home run of the season, a 2-run shot to get the Athletics on the board:
Shea Langeliers ties it up with one swing pic.