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Tim Anderson also had two hits for the White Sox, who snapped a
two-game losing streak. Robert's eighth-inning blast capped the
scoring and was the team's only extra-base hit among its 10 hits
in the game.
Keuchel regrouped after surrendering a solo home run off the bat
of Matt Chapman with one out in the second and a run-scoring
single from Mark Canha four batters later.
The left-hander induced Starling Marte on a groundout back to
the mound and struck out Matt Olson as the A's stranded the
bases loaded in the second. Keuchel (8-6) limited Oakland to a
pair of singles the rest of the way while scattering two runs
and five hits in five innings with two walks and two strikeouts.
Chicago rallied from the early deficit with single runs in the
third through sixth innings. Zavala tied the game with an RBI
single in the fourth and provided a valuable insurance run with
a successful safety squeeze bunt in the sixth.
Eloy Jimenez delivered the go-ahead run in the fifth, lining an
RBI single that glanced off Chapman's glove at third base.
Jed Lowrie and Canha had two hits for the A's.
Oakland righty Frankie Montas was unsuccessful in his bid to set
a career high in victories. Montas (9-9) spaced three runs and
eight hits in five innings with three walks and six strikeouts.
The Chicago bullpen contributed four innings of one-hit,
nine-strikeout relief with one walk. After Michael Kopech
pitched two scoreless frames, Craig Kimbrel escaped a
second-and-third, one-out jam by striking out the last two
hitters of the eighth.
Liam Hendriks struck out all three batters he faced in the ninth
to earn the save against his former team. Hendriks notched his
27th save in 33 opportunities this season and first since July
30.
--Field Level Media
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