WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Wilyer Abreu and Wilson Contreras homered on back-to-back pitches in the eighth inning, Sonny Gray went seven innings for his 13th win of the season, and the Boston Red Sox rallied to beat the Athletics 5-4 on Thursday night.<\/p>\n
Ceddanne Rafaela added two hits and two RBIs for the Red Sox, who have had to come from behind in eight of their last 12 victories.<\/p>\n
Trailing 4-3 in the eighth, the Red Sox tied it when Abreu hit his 16th home run on changeup from Luis Media (2-3) 422 fee. Contreras connected on the following pitch for his 23rd home run.<\/p>\n
Lawrence Butler had two hits and scored two runs for the A\u2019s. Jacob Wilson also had two hits and an RBI.<\/p>\n
Gray (13-2), the A\u2019s first-round pick in 2011, allowed four runs and seven hits. Coming off his worst outing of the season, the three-time All-Star had five strikeouts and two walks.<\/p>\n
Greg Weissert retired three batters and Aroldis Chapman worked around a one-out double in the ninth for his 26th save.<\/p>\n
The Red Sox have won 23 consecutive games when scoring four runs or more.<\/p>\n
The A\u2019s led 3-0 before Boston tied it in the fifth against A\u2019s starter Mason Barnett on Andruw Monasterio\u2019s single and Rafaela\u2019s two-out, two-run double.<\/p>\n
Butler came through for the A\u2019s again in the sixth when he hit a leadoff double, took third on a flyout to center, then scored on Carlos Cortes\u2019 short sacrifice fly to left.<\/p>\n
Barnett allowed three runs and four hits in five innings of his second start since being recalled from the minors on July 22.<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUp next<\/p>\n
Red Sox: LHP Ranger Su\u00e1rez (4-3, 3.02 ERA) faces the Dodgers in Los Angeles on Friday.<\/p>\n
A\u2019s: LHP Jeffrey Springs (3-10, 6.23) starts against the Tigers on Friday.<\/p>\n
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