White Sox Blank Athletics 1-0 for 8th Straight A's Loss
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Updated · Athletics Nation · Jul 11
White Sox Blank Athletics 1-0 for 8th Straight A's Loss
3 articles · Updated · Athletics Nation · Jul 11
Summary
Chicago sealed the series with a 1-0 win after Chase Meidroth’s two-out RBI double in the sixth scored Colson Montgomery for the game’s only run.
Oakland’s offense wasted repeated chances, going 0-for-10 with runners in scoring position, managing just 2 hits and stranding 8 runners.
Jacob Wilson tripled in the eighth and Joshua Kuroda-Grauer doubled in the seventh, but the A’s still failed to score as Shea Langeliers struck out three times.
Joey Jump kept Oakland in the game with 5 2/3 innings of one-run ball and 7 strikeouts, but five White Sox pitchers finished the shutout and Grant Taylor got a five-out save.
The defeat left the Athletics with 5 runs through 5 games on the road trip and on the brink of a third straight sweep entering the first-half finale.