OAKLAND -- Kendall Graveman, at least momentarily, regained his footing on Friday night.
The A's right-hander, struck for a game-tying three-run homer off the bat of Jackie Bradley Jr. in the second inning, settled down to retire his next 11 batters. Then the Red Sox turned their lineup over, and with it went the script Graveman so desperately wanted to write.
He was lifted following a string of three straight singles to open the sixth, and reliever Emilio Pagan's first pitch to Mitch Moreland was launched for a go-ahead grand slam, leaving Graveman and the A's on the wrong end of a 7-3 affair at the Coliseum.