The Red Sox (81-66) could not complete the comeback and closed out their 6-game road trip with a 5-4 loss to the Athletics Wednesday afternoon at Sutter Health Field in Sacramento, California. Rob Refsnyder tied the game at 4-4 with a pinch-hit, RBI Double in the Top of the 9th Inning. Aroldis Chapman gave up a leadoff Double to Shea Langeliers in the home 9th and Langeliers scored the winning on an RBI Single from Lawrence Butler, giving the Athletics the walk-off win. With the loss, the Red Sox failed to finish off the sweep and the club failed to move to a season-high 17 games over .500. The Sox have been walked off for the 12th time this season.   

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Sox On the Hill: Payton Tolle gave up solo Home Runs to Shea Langeliers and Nick Kurtz over the 1st 2 Innings. The Red Sox used 5 different relievers behind Tolle. Justin Slaten was charged with 2 runs after he left in the 5th Inning and was tagged with the loss. Kyle Harrison made his team debut and worked 3 scoreless Innings. Chapman had not allowed a hit to 50 consecutive hitters prior to allowing the Double to Langeliers. The Red Sox pitchers did not have a single 1-2-3 Inning in the game with the Athletics having at least 1 base runner in all 9 Innings.  

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#'s of the Day:

--It's the 7th time this season where the Red Sox had an opportunity to complete a series sweep but did not because of a loss in the series finale.      

--The Red Sox went 2-for-14 with Runners in Scoring Position over the first 4 Inning and 2-for-16 for the game against A's pitching. 

--The Red Sox are now 20-25 in 1-run Games.

--With Wednesday's loss, the Red Sox fall to a game under .500 with their 37-38 road record. 

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What's On Tap?: The Red Sox return home to Boston and open up a 6-game homestand with the 1st of 3 against the Yankees Friday night at Fenway. Luis Gil is set to face Lucas Giolito in the series opener. The Athletics and Sox open up a 3-game set at Fenway next Tuesday. The Sox have 15 games remaining on the regular season schedule with 9 at home and 6 on the road.             

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