OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Matt Chapman homered early, Frankie Montas gained his third straight begin and the Oakland Athletics beat the Chicago White Sox 5-1 on Wednesday night time to snap a four-game dropping streak.
Montas (12-9) allowed one run and 6 hits with seven strikeouts and two walks in seven innings. He had misplaced his solely regular-season look in opposition to the White Sox final month.
Montas benefited from some snazzy protection behind him, too: Oakland turned inning-ending double performs in three of the primary 4 frames. First baseman Matt Olson made a wild throw residence that led to a White Sox run within the fifth, however the A’s slugger contributed an RBI single within the backside half solely to be caught in a rundown attempting to take one other base.
Chad Pinder drove in a run with a sixth-inning triple. Yan Gomes and Elvis Andrus every had an RBI single for the A’s, who drew a crowd of 8,147 as they attempt to keep within the playoff race.
Oakland acquired to Dallas Keuchel (8-9) early and the Chicago lefty noticed his dropping streak attain three sport throughout a four-start winless stretch since he beat Montas on Aug. 16. Keuchel allowed 5 runs on eight hits over 5 2/3 innings with three strikeouts and a stroll.
The A’s have misplaced the season series with Chicago for the primary time since 2016 — trailing 4-2 with Thursday the ultimate scheduled assembly between the groups. Oakland beat the White Sox within the first spherical of the playoffs final yr.
White Sox rookie Romy Gonzalez singled within the ninth for his first main league hit.
TRAINER’S ROOM
White Sox: LF Eloy Jiménez severely bruised his proper knee when he was hit by a foul ball whereas sitting within the dugout throughout the second inning Tuesday night time and is daily. Jiménez stayed within the sport initially earlier than a slide into residence plate within the fifth elevated his knee ache and he exited. “I was paying attention to the game. I never expected a foul ball coming into my knee. It was crazy,” Jiménez mentioned a day later, capable of snort about it. X-rays had been damaging however Jiménez was held of Chicago’s lineup Wednesday night time. He didn’t check it out, saying, “today’s just rest.” “He’s got a significant bone bruise there, but the X-ray was negative so it’s just real sore. We’ll see how he feels tomorrow,” supervisor Tony La Russa mentioned. “It takes a while for it to bark. He slid, he felt it, but it was sore already. But it’s just like if something’s sore, you hit it again, it hurts again. If it was going to stiffen up more, that’s why sometimes you get a guy out right away and put ice on it.“
Athletics: RHP Chris Bassitt is scheduled to throw on flat ground Thursday and might pitch off the mound Saturday if all goes well. He’s just more than two weeks post-op from facial surgery to repair three cheekbone fractures from an Aug. 17 line drive against the White Sox in Chicago. ... RHP Mike Fiers, sidelined since May 7 with a sprained pitching elbow, will face hitters Friday. ... OF Seth Brown, working back from COVID-19, will play a rehab game Thursday with Class A Stockton. ... 2B Josh Harrison was able to play after exiting Tuesday with lower back tightness, while fellow 2B Tony Kemp sat out after injuring his left wrist in a collision but insisted he would play Thursday.
ROSTER MOVE
A’s RHP Miguel Romero was recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas and the Cuban pitcher will make his major league debut at age 27.
“I’m just blessed to be here,” Romero mentioned.
Oakland optioned LHP A.J. Puk to Las Vegas after Tuesday’s sport.
UP NEXT
RHP Reynaldo López (3-1, 2.08 ERA) pitches for the White Sox looking for his first win within the final three begins. Oakland LHP Sean Manaea (8-9, 3.91) is 0-3 with an 8.00 ERA and 9 residence runs allowed over his previous six begins.
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