"Nick Kurtz joined Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire as the only Athletics rookies to hit 30 home runs and Lawrence Butler hit a ninth-inning walk-off single in a 5-4 win Wednesday over the Boston Red Sox and Aroldis Chapman, whose seven-week hitless streak ended. 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. Canseco hit 33 in 1986 and McGwire hit 49 the following season."
"Shea Langeliers led off the ninth with a double off Chapman (4-3), who hadn't surrendered a hit since July 23, a span of 50 batters and a franchise-record 17 appearances, the third-longest streak in MLB history since 1901. Langeliers advanced on a flyout and scored on Butler's single to left."
"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."
Nick Kurtz reached 30 home runs as a rookie, joining Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire among Athletics rookies. Lawrence Butler delivered a ninth-inning walk-off single for a 5-4 A's win over the Red Sox. Aroldis Chapman's seven-week hitless streak ended when Shea Langeliers doubled in the ninth. Langeliers hit a career-high 30th homer in the first, snapping a 19-inning scoreless stretch for the A's. Jacob Wilson is hitting .319 after going 1 for 4. Rob Refsnyder tied the game with an RBI double in the ninth before Butler's winner. Hogan Harris earned the win.
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