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White Sox 5, Athletics 4 (12)
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[September 09, 2014]
White Sox 5, Athletics 4 (12): Tyler
Flowers homered with two outs in the ninth inning before going deep
again in the 12th as host Chicago won the opener of the our-game series.
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 With Oakland nursing a 4-3 lead, Flowers deposited a 2-2 slider
from Eric O'Flaherty over the wall in left field to extend the
contest. Flowers jumped on a first-pitch fastball from Jesse Chavez
(8-8) with one out in the 12th for his 14th blast of the season.
Conor Gillaspie homered to lead off the sixth for the White Sox, who
posted just their fifth victory in 19 contests. Avisail Garcia
lifted a sacrifice fly and Javy Guerra (2-3) pitched two scoreless
innings to pick up the win.
Josh Reddick belted a two-run homer and Jed Lowrie followed with a
solo shot in the fifth inning for the Athletics, who have dropped 19
of their last 27 to see their lead over Seattle and Detroit for the
top wild-card spot in the American League dip to 1 1/2 games. Sam
Fuld's drag bunt in the eighth inning scored pinch-runner Billy
Burns to snap a tie.
 After Chicago scratched for a pair of runs in the first, Oakland
claimed a 3-2 lead after Reddick's two-run shot and Lowrie's sixth
homer of the season. Gillaspie jumped on a 1-2 fastball from Sonny
Gray to knot the contest before Fuld's bunt skidded under first
baseman Andy Wilkins' glove to score Burns and give Oakland a 4-3
edge.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: Oakland has belted back-to-back homers on four occasions
this season - with the last coming on July 26 (C John Jaso and
now-Boston OF Yoenis Cespedes). ... Acquired from Chicago on Aug. 31,
Athletics slugger Adam Dunn singled to lead off the second inning and
went 1-for-5 in his return to U.S. Cellular Field. ... Jaso is expected
to visit concussion specialist Dr. Mickey Collins in Pittsburgh on
Wednesday as he vies for clearance to come off the disabled list.
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