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 Sale allowed seven hits and walked one.
Adam Eaton went 2-for-3 with an RBI triple and scored a run for the
White Sox. Shortstop Jimmy Rollins went 1-for-4 with an RBI and
scored a run in his White Sox debut.
Jed Lowrie went 1-for-3 with a walk and two RBIs for the A's, while
Billy Butler had a pair of doubles in three at-bats.
A's right-hander Sonny Gray was slated to face Sale in a battle of
American League aces, but Gray was scratched because of food
poisoning. Left-hander Rich Hill, Oakland's No. 2 starter, pitched
in Gray's place.
Making his A's debut and first career Opening Day start, Hill gave
up four runs (two earned) on three hits over 2 2/3 innings. Hill hit
two batters, including Eaton with his first pitch of the game,
struck out three and walked one. The start was Hill's 75th of his
career and fifth since 2010.
 The White Sox scored four times in the top of the third, and Oakland
answered with three runs in the bottom of the frame.
After that, Sale blanked Oakland the next four innings on three
hits. Jake Petricka, Zach Duke and Nate Jones combined to pitch a
scoreless eighth for Chicago.
Closer David Robertson came on in the ninth and issued a leadoff
walk to Coco Crisp but struck out pinch hitter Chris Coghlan
looking, retired Stephen Vogt on a fly ball to right and got pinch
hitter Yonder Alonso to ground out.
Oakland's revamped bullpen held the White Sox scoreless for 6 1/3
innings. Fernando Rodriguez, Ryan Dull, John Axford, Ryan Madson and
Sean Doolittle combined to allow just three hits in that span.
The White Sox scored four times in the top of the third inning,
taking a 4-0 lead and knocking Hill out of the game.
Austin Jackson walked with one out, and Eaton brought him home with
a triple to center field. Rollins blooped an RBI single to right,
making it 2-0.
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Abreu lined a double to left, moving Rollins to third. After Hill
struck out Todd Frazier, shortstop Marcus Semien got to Melky
Cabrera's ground ball up the middle, but two more runs scored on an
error by first baseman Mark Canha, who couldn't catch the throw,
which was a little high.
That was it for Hill, who gave way to right-hander Fernando
Rodriguez.
Oakland cut the White Sox's lead to 4-3 in the bottom of the second.
Vogt had a one-out infield single off Sale, Semien walked, and both
runners advanced on Billy Burns' groundout. Lowrie lined a two-run
single to right, and he scored on Danny Valencia's single to center.
NOTES: A's RHP Sonny Gray was scratched from his scheduled start
because of food poisoning. Gray spent a few hours at a hospital
emergency room Monday morning, receiving an IV and anti-vomiting
medication, A's trainer Nick Paparesta said. "I think there's an
outside chance he's ready to pitch tomorrow," Paparesta said. ...
A's LHP Felix Doubront, Oakland's No. 5 starter, was placed on the
15-day disabled list with an injury to his left ulnar collateral
ligament, and surgery is a possibility due to fibrous tearing,
Paparesta said. ... Oakland recalled OF Andrew Lambo from Triple-A
Nashville. ... White Sox C Alex Avila, a left-handed hitter, was
expected to start, but when Gray was scratched, manager Robin
Ventura opted for C Dioner Navarro, a switch hitter, to start
against Hill. ... Jimmy Rollins, 37, became the oldest Opening Day
starting shortstop for the White Sox since Luke Appling (42) in
1949.
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