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Hendriks struck out the final three Oakland batters en route to
his American League-leading 28th save for the White Sox, who
will try to secure a sweep of the four-game series on Thursday
afternoon.
The A's have lost four straight and five of six on the heels of
a seven-game winning streak.
Chicago opened the scoring on an RBI double by Eloy Jimenez in
the first inning. After Seth Brown swatted a game-tying home run
for Oakland in the fourth, Robert delivered RBI singles in the
fourth and sixth. Robert has four multi-hit games in his past
seven contests.
Oakland drew to within 3-2 on Starling Marte's RBI sacrifice fly
in the seventh.
The A's had runners on first and second with one out in the
eighth before Hendriks entered and worked out of the jam.
Oakland left 11 men on base while going 1-for-12 with runners in
scoring position.
White Sox starter Lance Lynn pitched four strong innings before
being ejected following a contentious foreign-substance check.
Standing in the dugout after retiring the side in the fourth,
Lynn appeared to throw his belt onto the field and was tossed by
third base umpire Nic Lentz. Lynn took a no-decision after
yielding one run and three hits. He walked three walks and
struck out four.
A's right-hander Paul Blackburn got the start in his season
debut following a lineup change before first pitch, as manager
Bob Melvin pushed scheduled starter Cole Irvin and the rest of
the rotation back one day. Blackburn (0-1) gave up three runs on
five hits in 5 1/3 innings with three walks and three
strikeouts.
Garrett Crochet (3-5) was the winner, allowing one hit and one
walk in 1 2/3 scoreless innings.
--Field Level Media
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