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 Jon Lester (14-10) struck out eight and permitted two runs in
eight innings to snap a personal three-game skid and lift the
Athletics to only their third win in 12 games. Derek Norris had
three hits and an RBI and Sam Fuld added two hits and two RBIs to
move Oakland 1 1/2 games in front of Detroit or Kansas City for the
top wild card in the American League.
Dayan Vicidedo homered and Avisail Garcia collected two hits for
Chicago, which lost for the fifth time in six games. John Danks
(9-11) dropped to 0-5 over his last eight starts, giving up four
runs - two earned - over six innings.
After pushing across a pair of runs on an infield groundout and a
throwing error in the fourth, Oakland doubled the lead one inning
later when Donaldson hammered a two-run double over the head of
center fielder Adam Eaton. Lowrie followed singles by Donaldson and
Derek Norris with one of his own in the seventh to extend the lead
to 5-0.
Viciedo broke up Lester's shutout bid with a homer to lead off the
bottom of the inning and the White Sox pushed across another run on
a double by Carlos Sanchez, who was thrown out trying to stretch it
into a triple to end the threat. The Athletics assured there would
be no comeback with a run in the eighth and five in the ninth.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: Athletics CF Craig Gentry suffered a concussion when
he collided with Sanchez while trying to beat out a bunt in the
fifth inning. ... Viciedo has hit eight of his 20 homers since Aug.
3, including four in the past eight games. ... Athletics RF Josh
Reddick notched the 34th outfield assist for Oakland, tying Boston
for the major-league lead.
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