WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Aroldis Chapman allowed his first hit since July 23, and the Athletics rallied in the ninth inning to beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4, avoiding a series sweep.
Shea Langeliers led off the ninth with a double off Chapman (4-3), who had gone a span of 50 batters and a franchise-record 17 appearances, the third-longest streak in MLB history since 1901, without allowing a hit. Only the Marlins' Randy Choate (20) in 2011 and Mets' Tim Byrdak (18) in 2012 have had longer scoreless appearance streaks.
After Langeliers advanced to second on a flyout, Lawrence Butler won it with an RBI single on a 100.2 mph fastball with a 1-2 count for the A's, who handed the Red Sox their major-league-high 12th walk-off loss of the year.
Nick Kurtz led off the second inning with a 357-foot shot to left field off Payton Tolle to give the A's a 2-1 lead. He is the 32nd player to hit 30 homers as a rookie — and third A's slugger to do it, joining Jose Canseco (33 in 1986) and Mark McGwire (49 in 1987).
A's rookie Jacob Wilson went 1-for-4 and is hitting .319, just behind major league leader Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees, who started the night at .321.
Langeliers hit his career-high 30th homer, a solo shot in the first. That run snapped a 19-inning scoreless streak for the A's, who were blanked in the first two games of the series.
Rob Refsnyder's RBI double off Elvis Alvarado tied it at 4-4 in the ninth. Hogan Harris (2-1) came on and struck out Jarren Duran before retiring Alex Bregman for the win.
Nate Eaton and Trevor Story had RBI doubles and Duran drove in a run, putting put Boston up 3-2 in the fourth.
Tyler Soderstrom's two-run double in the fifth gave the A's a 4-3 lead.
Tolle gave up two runs in two innings in
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