Josh Winckowski escaped a massive jam in the bottom of the 10th inning to help the Red Sox win 5-4 in 11 innings over the Athletics here at Oakland Coliseum on Tuesday.

Zack Gelof sacrifice bunted the automatic runner to third base to begin the bottom of the 10th. Manager Alex Cora then had Winckowski intentionally walk JJ Bleday to put runners at the corners with one out. J.D. Davis grounded back to Winckowski who caught the automatic runner, Ryan Noda, in a rundown between home and third base.

“The call was honestly to turn two,” Winckowski said, pointing out he should have thrown the ball to second base to try for an inning-ending 1-6-3 double play. “But Noda kind of jumped towards home and I kind of turned towards him. At that point, took too long. I had to commit to the play at third. But truthfully, I was probably supposed to turn two there.”

That left Winckowski telling himself, “Better get this guy.”

He did. Winckowski struck out Seth Brown on a 96.2 mph sinker to escape the jam and keep the score tied 4-4.

Reese McGuire singled off Mitch Spence to put runners at the corners with no outs in the 11th. Wilyer Abreu, the extra-inning automatic runner, then scored the go-ahead run when Tyler O’Neill grounded into a double play.

Winckowski returned for the 11th. He pitched a perfect inning that included Ceddanne Rafaela running down Shea Langeliers’ 391-foot flyout to right-center field.

“That was unbelievable,” Winckowski said. “I knew the hitter got a good chunk of it. I was watching it turn and kind of keep going to right-center — even farther and farther away from Rafaela. And the fact that he caught it was unbelievable. Obviously 100% saved the game. Just (a) crazy play.”

Rafaela said he got a good jump on it.

“I think that’s the main part of why I made the catch,” he said.

“In my mind, everything is in the park. I have to catch it there,” he added. “Off the bat, I was going for it 100%.”

Bello gives up two homers

Brayan Bello gave up four earned runs in 5 innings after Boston’s five starters had allowed just four earned runs in 28 innings over their first five games.

Bello allowed five hits (two homers) and one walk while striking out six.

The scoring

Trevor Story gave Boston a 1-0 in the first inning when he smashed a two-out RBI double. Jarren Duran made it 2-0 in the second inning with an RBI single to center field. Duran was thrown out trying to extend his single into a double.

Oakland tied it on Langeliers’ 386-foot home run in the bottom of the second inning. Langeliers connected on an 87.8 mph slider from Bello.

Boston regained the lead in the third inning when Pablo Reyes delivered an RBI single to center field.

That lead was short-lived. JJ Bleday connected on an 86.1 mph changeup and sent it 409 feet to center field for a two-run homer that made it 4-3 Oakland.

Story tied it 4-4 in the seventh with a two-out, opposite field RBI single to right field.