It was ugly, stressful and at times hard to watch.

But at this point in the season, the Red Sox will take a win any way they can get one.

The Red Sox survived a tractor pull of a game Wednesday night, beating the Athletics 5-4 in 10 innings on a walk-off fielder’s choice by Nick Sogard.

The game dragged on more than three hours and featured 14 pitchers between the two clubs. Boston finally broke through after Narvaez laid down a sacrifice bunt to move the extra-innings ghost runner to third, and Nate Eaton came across to score after Sogard grounded one to the right side just softly enough to beat the throw.

Getting to that point was a challenge, and it was a grind for Lucas Giolito from the start.

Unable to command his arsenal and displaying a fastball a couple of ticks slower than no

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