CHICAGO (AP) — Rookie Brady Basso threw five hits in the sixth inning in his first major league win, and the Oakland Athletics handed the Chicago White Sox their 16th straight home loss with a 2-0 victory Friday night.
Chicago was shut out for the 18th time, finishing with six hits. With a 33-115 record, the White Sox are closing in on the record for most losses since 1900 – 120 by the New York Mets in 1962 in their inaugural season.
Basso (1-0) struck out two and walked one in 5 1/3 innings in his second major league start and fifth appearance overall. He pitched six scoreless innings in a no-decision against Detroit in his previous outing last week.
Zack Gelof doubled and Brent Rooker added a RBI single. The A’s won for the third time in four games.
Michel Otañez replaced Basso after Bryan Ramos reached base on a leadoff walk and Andrew Benintendi singled with one out in the sixth. Tyler Ferguson followed with a 1-2-3 in the eighth inning and Mason Miller singled in the ninth for his 25th save.
Garrett Crochet (6-12) pitched four innings of one-run ball for Chicago. The All-Star left-hander threw 56 pitches, including 38 strikes, as the White Sox continue to manage his workload.
Crochet, who is 0-7 in his last 16 starts, retired 11 of his first 12 batters before Oakland scored a two-out run in the fourth inning.
Daz Cameron reached base on an infield single, then slid home on Gelof’s double against the right-center field wall.
The Athletics made it 2-0 in the fifth inning on Rooker’s RBI single off Gus Varland.
TRAINERS’ ROOM
Athletics: 1B Tyler Soderstrom (left wrist injury) rejoined the A’s in Chicago on Friday, and manager Mark Kotsay said there was a possibility the 2020 first-round draft pick could be reactivated this weekend. In his second season, Soderstrom, 22, has been out since July 9.
White Sox: Placed right-handed pitcher Matt Foster on the 15-day disabled list with a herniated lumbar disc and recalled left-handed pitcher Jake Eder from Triple-A Charlotte.
FOLLOWING
White Sox starting pitcher JT Ginn (0-1, 4.58 ERA) will face White Sox starting pitcher Chris Flexen (2-14, 5.26 ERA) on Saturday night. Flexen has a 22-start winless streak, the longest in White Sox history.
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