WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Brian Serven hit his first major league home run in almost four years and rookie Gage Jump pitched six scoreless innings as the Athletics cooled off the Boston Red Sox with a 4-3 victory Tuesday night.
Tommy White went 4 for 4 and scored twice for the A's, who had lost three straight and five of six. Henry Bolte had an early RBI single, and pinch-hitter Lawrence Butler provided a critical insurance run with an RBI double in the eighth.
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Boston Red Sox's Anthony Seigler reacts after flying out to end a baseball game against the Athletics Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
Boston Red Sox's Ceddanne Rafaela, right, reacts after striking out to end the top of the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Athletics Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
Athletics' Tyler Soderstrom (21), Lawrence Butler, center, and Henry Bolte celebrate the Athletics win over the Boston Red Sox in a baseball game Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
Athletics pitcher Gage Jump throws to a Boston Red Sox batter during the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
Athletics' Brian Serven hits a two-run home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
Connor Wong launched a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth for the Red Sox, who had won 18 of 20.
Batting ninth, Serven gave the Athletics a 3-0 lead with a two-run drive to center field in the seventh that chased starter Jake Bennett (6-4). It was the catcher's seventh career homer and first since Aug. 21, 2022, for the Colorado Rockies against San Francisco.
Jump (4-6) allowed three hits and four walks with seven strikeouts. Luis Medina was charged with a run in 1 2/3 innings and Hogan Harris got four outs for his ninth save.
Wilyer Abreu had an RBI single off Harris that trimmed Boston's deficit to 3-1 in the eighth. Harris then struck out Ceddanne Rafaela with runners at the corners to end the inning.
Wong's homer cut it to 4-3 in the ninth before Anthony Seigler flied out to the center-field wall for the final out.
Bennett yielded three runs and six hits in 6 1/3 innings. He struck out four and walked two.
Athletics LHP Jacob Lopez (5-4, 5.12 ERA) starts Wednesday night against Red Sox LHP Patrick Sandoval (0-0, 3.21).
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Boston Red Sox's Anthony Seigler reacts after flying out to end a baseball game against the Athletics Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
Boston Red Sox's Ceddanne Rafaela, right, reacts after striking out to end the top of the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Athletics Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
Athletics' Tyler Soderstrom (21), Lawrence Butler, center, and Henry Bolte celebrate the Athletics win over the Boston Red Sox in a baseball game Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
Athletics pitcher Gage Jump throws to a Boston Red Sox batter during the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
Athletics' Brian Serven hits a two-run home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
KUMAMOTO, Japan (AP) — Soldiers and emergency workers combed through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors Wednesday after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 13 people and left many missing in southwestern Japan.
Bullet train services and some airport operations remained suspended and damage was still being assessed a day after the magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the Kumamoto area on the southern main island of Kyushu.
“There are people who are still waiting to be rescued, and it’s a race against time,” Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said. “We will go all out to find and rescue as many people as we can.”
About 36,900 homes were still without electricity, 9,500 homes were without gas and communication networks were not working in some areas, chief government spokesman Minoru Kihara told reporters.
More than 9,000 people left their homes to stay in more than 500 shelters, and he said power sources were being added so the evacuation centers had air conditioning. Japan has had an ongoing heat wave, and temperatures in the area were forecast to exceed 32 Celsius (90 Fahrenheit).
Japan's Self Defense Forces joined rescue workers in the search and rescue operations at the badly damaged Aeon Mall in the town of Kashima. The building's second floor collapsed, trapping people, after an explosion suspected to have been caused by a gas leak. The number of people who still may be trapped was not available.
A chimney collapsed at the Nippon Paper Industries Co.’s Yatsushiro factory, trapping people under the debris, the Kumamoto emergency team said. As of Wednesday, seven people were feared still trapped. Two survivors and two bodies were removed, officials said.
Takaichi said the federal government was preparing to deliver food and other necessities to hard-hit areas. She also offered her condolences to the victims and sympathy to their relatives, while urging those affected by the quake to take care of themselves under the hot weather.
The Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train remained suspended Wednesday. Aso Kumamoto Airport was resuming operations after closing one runway Tuesday, but officials said some flights may be canceled.
Stone walls were damaged at Kumamoto Castle, a main tourist destination that was badly damaged in the 2016 quake and is still being repaired, Kyodo News reported.
“The shaking reminded me of the Kumamoto quake (10 years ago) and I was frightened,” said Hiroki Shimoda, an official at Mifune town hall, who saw roof tiles of nearby homes crash to the ground. Kumamoto was hit with a deadly quake in 2016 that killed at least 50 people.
Associated Press writer Yuri Kageyama in Tokyo contributed to this report.
This aerial image shows a damaged chimney of the Nippon Paper Industries Co.’s Yatsushiro factory, following an earthquake in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (Naoki Hiraoka/Kyodo News via AP)
A collapsed bridge is seen following an earthquake in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto prefecture, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (Juntaro Yokoyama/Kyodo News via AP)
The roof and wall of a building are seen fallen, a day after an earthquake in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto prefecture, Wednesday, July 29, 2026.(Yu Nakajima/Kyodo News via AP)
A visitor looks at the fallen roofs of the Yatsuhiro Shrine, a day after an earthquake in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto prefecture, Wednesday, July 29, 2026.(Juntaro Yokoyama/Kyodo News via AP)
AEON Mall, which was destroyed by an explosion following an earthquake, is seen in Kashima, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan, Tuesday, July 28, 2026.(Kotaro Ueda/Kyodo News via AP)
People walk a dog past a building collapsed by an earthquake in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto prefecture, Wednesday, July 29, 2026.(Juntaro Yokoyama/Kyodo News via AP)
This aerial image shows AEON Mall, which was destroyed by an explosion following an earthquake, in Kashima, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (Naoki Hiraoka/Kyodo News via AP)
A vehicle passes by collapsed houses after an earthquake in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto prefecture, Wednesday, July 29, 2026.(Juntaro Yokoyama/Kyodo News via AP)
