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BOSTON -- The Red Sox obtained left-hander Scott Breslow from the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday for right-hander Matt Albers and outfielder Scott Podsednik. Breslow, 31, came to Arizona in a five-player trade with Oakland last December that sent All-Star Trevor Cahill to the desert and Jarrod Parker, the ninth overall pick in the 2007 amateur draft, to Oakland. Breslow was 2-0 with a 2.70 ERA in 40 appearances for the Diamondbacks this season after signing a one-year deal. "You never can have enough left-handers in the bullpen," Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine said. General manager Ben Cherington said the Red Sox bullpen was at its best this season when it had three lefties. Breslows acquisition plus the presence of Franklin Morales and Andrew Miller give the Red Sox three again now that lefty Rich Hill is on the disabled list. Breslow also provides depth in case Valentine wants to return Morales to a rotation that has been inconsistent. Morales has spent most of the season as a reliever but is 2-1 with a 3.42 ERA in five starts. In 27 relief appearances, he is 0-1 with a 3.26 ERA. Breslow is a native of Trumbull, Conn., played at Yale and pitched for the Red Sox in 2006, going 0-2 with a 3.75 ERA in 12 innings, all in relief. He wasnt available for Tuesday nights game against the Detroit Tigers, so the Red Sox recalled righty Clayton Mortensen from Triple-A Pawtucket. Albers, 29, played for Houston and Baltimore before joining the Red Sox in 2011. He was 2-0 with a 2.39 ERA in 40 appearances for the Red Sox this season and has the second-most relief appearances of an inning or more since 2008 with 94. He said he wasnt expecting to be traded and called the Red Sox "definitely the most talented team Ive ever been on." But hes excited about the move. "Its a new opportunity, obviously, facing some different hitters" in the National League, he said. "Thats going to be a little bit of an adjustment, but I think Im ready for it. "I think (the Diamondbacks) have a pretty solid back end of the bullpen so Ill probably be fitting into the same spot, filling the same role (as a middle reliever)." Podsednik hit .387 with one homer and seven RBIs for Boston this season after being acquired for cash from the Phillies on May 11. The 36-year-old went on the disabled list with a strained left groin on May 11 and played for Triple-A Pawtucket after returning. Josh Beckett started for the Red Sox on Tuesday night after his name had been prominently mentioned in trade speculation. He began the night with a 5-9 record and 4.57 ERA. "We had conversations with a number of teams about a number of players," said Cherington, who declined to specify those players. "There was no intent to trade one guy or another." 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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Another 15-inning marathon, another victory. The Oakland Athletics are getting used to walkoff wins this season. Jemile Weeks hit a leadoff triple and scored on Coco Crisps sacrifice fly to lift the As to their second 15-inning win this week, 5-4 over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night. A crowd of 30,169 stayed relatively intact for what turned out to be Oaklands major-league leading 13th walkoff victory and another pie in the face delivered by Josh Reddick, this time wearing a Spiderman costume, complete with mask. "Its fun to get everybody involved like that," Crisp said of getting his third pie of the year. "The fans were getting into and it seems more like a family atmosphere. Its like giving them something extra." Weeks was a star Monday night, too, when his sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 15th beat Tampa Bay. "I was just trying to get it up in the air and deep enough," Crisp said. "Im glad Weeksie has enough speed to beat that arm out there." The As became the first team to play a pair of 15-inning games in a five-day span since the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2006. This win took 4 hours, 47 minutes; the victory over the Rays lasted more than 5 hours. Toronto lost its sixth in a row. Jeff Mathis hit a tying, three-run homer in the ninth for the Blue Jays, and Omar Vizquel was thrown out at the plate in the 12th. Blue Jays manager John Farrell used a five-man infield and also shifted his lineup. After the designated hitter spot was lost, Aaron Loup (1-1) became the first Toronto pitcher to bat in an AL game. Travis Blackley (4-3) pitched three innings for the win. Oakland has won 10 straight one-run games, its longest such streak since 2000. As manager Bob Melvin credited a defensive play by shortstop Eric Sogard in the top of the 15th that ended the inning with the Blue Jays leaving two runners on.dddddddddddd. Sogard dove for a sharp grounder in the hole and was able to get a force at third. "Not only did it save the game it gave us momentum going into the dugout," Melvin said. "We were all juiced up when he made that play." As closer Ryan Cook retired the first two batters in the ninth. But David Cooper and Rajai Davis each singled and Mathis hit his sixth home run, tying it at 4-all. "Cant say enough the way our bullpen came in with nine scoreless innings and getting the game into the 15th," Farrell said. "We played our hearts out." Mathis homer spoiled Dan Strailys major league debut. Straily averaged 11.39 strikeouts per nine innings in the minors this year, the best rate in pro ball. Called up from Triple-A before the game, he allowed one run and five hits in six innings, striking out five. Jonny Gomes and Chris Carter each homered for the As. Brandon Inge and Josh Reddick also drove in runs as Oakland improved to 21-6 since the start of July. Crisp and Yoenis Cespedes, who left the game with a right wrist sprain, each had two hits. Toronto starter Brett Cecil allowed four runs on nine hits over five innings. Brad Lincoln went 3 1-3 scoreless innings for the Blue Jays, giving up one hit. NOTES: The 2006 Dodgers lost in 15 innings at Arizona on Aug. 25, then beat Cincinnati in 16 innings on Aug. 29, according to STATS LLC. ... Inge has a 13-game hitting streak. ... Toronto INF Brett Lawrie left the game after one inning with tightness in his rib cage. ... As OF RHP Ricky Romero (8-8, 5.69) goes for the Blue Jays on Saturday. He never finished the second inning in his last outing against the As and has lost seven straight. Hes 4-1 against the As in seven career starts. The As will start A.J. Griffin (3-0, 2.51). ' ' '
