The first hit Boston Red Sox nearer Aroldis Chapman allowed since July 23 walked off the Athletics on Wednesday.
The streak got here to an abrupt finish within the backside of the ninth inning, when he surrendered a leadoff double to catcher Shea Langeliers. Although Chapman then induced a line out to proper, it superior Langeliers to 3rd. During the following at-bat, a 100-mph four-seamer arrived close to the guts of the zone and Athletics outfielder Lawrence Butler slapped an opposite-field single to left-center that handed the Red Sox one other walk-off loss, their MLB-leading 12th such defeat this season, according to ESPN.
The 5-4 Athletics win snapped a three-game Red Sox surge and prevented Boston from finishing a sequence sweep in Sacramento. It additionally marked the top of Chapman’s historic stretch.
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The 37-year-old lefty got here into the day with the third-longest hitless streak of any MLB pitcher since 1901. It spanned a franchise-record 17 straight appearances.
From July 26 to Sept. 7, Chapman — an All-Star this season for the first time since 2021 — recorded 14 2/3 innings pitched, logging 21 strikeouts and issuing solely 4 walks. Along the way in which, he did not give up an earned run.
While he conceded a hit throughout his July 23 look against the Philadelphia Phillies, he completed that outing with a strikeout, that means that he truly had confronted 50 consecutive batters with out permitting a hit going into Wednesday’s sequence finale versus the Athletics.
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The loss dropped the Red Sox to 81-66 on the 12 months. They’re at the moment jockeying with the New York Yankees and the Toronto Blue Jays for the AL East crown in addition to the highest AL wild-card spot.