Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Oakland 15, Boston 5
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, August 26, 2011
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 81°
Umpires: Home - Brian Runge, 1B - Marvin Hudson, 2B - Ted Barrett, 3B - Tim McClelland
Attendance: 38239

Josh Willingham and Scott Sizemore hit two-run homers in a six-run fourth inning, and Tim Wakefield failed again to win his 200th game as the Oakland Athletics ripped the host Boston Red Sox 15-5 on Friday.

Wakefield (6-6) allowed eight runs (four earned) and eight hits in four innings in his sixth attempt to reach the milestone.

Gio Gonzalez (11-11) gave up four runs and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings, and Hideki Matsui had a two-run double in the fourth for Oakland.

Dustin Pedroia and David Ortiz hit back-to-back homers in the fourth to trim the deficit to 8-3 for Boston, which maintained its one-game lead over New York in the American League East.

Red Sox outfielder Darnell McDonald pitched the ninth and allowed a two-run double to Willingham.

The teams will play a doubleheader Saturday prior to Hurricane Irene's arrival. Sunday’s game was moved to Saturday at 5 p.m. ET. The first game starts at noon.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Oakland   Boston
Gio Gonzalez Player Tim Wakefield
Win W/L Loss
5.2 IP 4.0
5 Strikeouts 3
7 Hits 8
6.35 ERA 9.00
Hitting
Oakland   Boston
Cliff Pennington Player David Ortiz
3 Hits 3
2 RBI 1
0 HR 1
4 TB 7
.600 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Oakland 16 2 30 .356 20 4 15 5 0 1
Boston 11 2 22 .282 21 8 5 4 2 1