Oakland Athletics' Josh Reddick, left, and Travis Blackley, second from left, field balls during batting practice with members of the Petaluma National Little League team prior to the baseball game with the Boston Red Sox Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, in Oakland, Calif. The team finished third in the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa., and will be honored in a special pre-game on-field ceremony with each little leaguer receiving an A’s team autographed baseball. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Oakland Athletics' Travis Blackley fields balls during batting practice with members of the Petaluma National Little League team prior to the baseball game with the Boston Red Sox Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, in Oakland, Calif. The team finished third in the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa., and will be honored in a special pre-game on-field ceremony with each little leaguer receiving an A’s team autographed baseball. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Members of the Petaluma National Little League team field balls hit by the Oakland Athletics prior to the baseball game with the Boston Red Sox Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, in Oakland, Calif. The team finished third in the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa., and will be honored in a special pre-game on-field ceremony with each little leaguer receiving an A’s team autographed baseball. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Boston Red Sox's Aaron Cook works against the Oakland Athletics in the first inning of a baseball game Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Boston Red Sox's Aaron Cook works against the Oakland Athletics in the first inning of a baseball game Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Oakland Athletics' Josh Donaldson connects for a two-run home run off Boston Red Sox's Aaron Cook in the second inning of a baseball game Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Oakland Athletics' Josh Donaldson, right, and Jonny Gomes (31) celebrate Donaldson's two-run home run hit off Boston Red Sox's Aaron Cook in the second inning of a baseball game Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Oakland Athletics' Josh Donaldson celebrates after hitting a two-run home run off Boston Red Sox's Aaron Cook in the second inning of a baseball game Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine looks for a piece of bubble gum in the second inning of a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Boston Red Sox's Aaron Cook smiles as he is taken out of the baseball game against the Oakland Athletics in the third inning Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Boston Red Sox pitcher Aaron Cook, second from right, hands the ball to manager Bobby Valentine as he is removed from the baseball game against the Oakland Athletics in the third inning Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Boston Red Sox's Aaron Cook, right, consults with pitching coach Randy Niemann in the second inning of a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Oakland Athletics' Brandon Moss, left, runs to score as Boston Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia waits for the ball in the second inning of a baseball game Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, in Oakland, Calif. Moss scored on a single by A's Jonny Gomes. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Oakland Athletics manager Bob Melvin waits for the baseball game to begin against the Boston Red Sox Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Oakland Athletics' Brandon Moss (37) is congratulated after hitting a two-run home run off Boston Red Sox's Alfredo Aceves in the inning of a baseball game Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Oakland Athletics' Josh Reddick swings for a grand slam off Boston Red Sox's Mark Melancon in the seventh inning of a baseball game Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Boston Red Sox's Mark Melancon, right, turns his back as Oakland Athletics' Josh Reddick runs the bases, left, after Reddick hit a grand slam in the seventh inning of a baseball game Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

The Oakland scoreboard displays the 18-2 score in the seventh inning of a baseball game after Oakland Athletics' Josh Reddick hit a grand slam off Boston Red Sox's Mark Melancon Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Oakland Athletics' Brandon McCarthy works against the Boston Red Sox in the first inning of a baseball game Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Boston Red Sox's Jarrod Saltalamacchia is congratulated after hitting a home run off Oakland Athletics' Brandon McCarthy in the fourth inning of a baseball game Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Oakland Athletics' Josh Reddick, center, is congratulated after hitting a grand slam off Boston Red Sox's Mark Melancon in the seventh inning of a baseball game Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)