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An errant pickoff throw broke a third-inning tie, handing the
decisive run to the A's.
The win helped the Athletics (76-64) in both their postseason
pursuits. It allowed them to pull within 5 1/2 games of the idle
first-place Houston Astros in the AL West and three games of the
idle AL wild-card-leading Boston Red Sox.
Manaea (9-9) won for the first time since July 28, striking out
nine. He allowed five hits and one walk.
After the A's scored in the second inning and the White Sox drew
even in the top of the third, Oakland took the lead for good in
the bottom of the third.
Starling Marte singled and stole second, his 44th theft of the
season. Following a Matt Olson walk, White Sox starter Reynaldo
Lopez (3-2) tried to pick Marte off second but threw wildly into
center field, allowing Marte to come all the way around to score
while Olson took third.
Matt Chapman's sacrifice fly, a ball caught in foul territory by
Chicago left fielder Billy Hamilton, scored Olson with the
inning's second run, giving Oakland a 3-1 lead.
There was no further scoring in the game, with Sergio Romo
taking over for Manaea and throwing a one-hit eighth before
Andrew Chafin worked around a two-out double by Romy Gonzalez in
the ninth for his third save.
Lopez was pulled after five innings, charged with three runs,
only one of which was earned, on six hits. He walked three and
struck out two.
Tony Kemp tripled one out after Jed Lowrie had doubled for
Oakland's first run.
The lone White Sox run was the product of a Cesar Hernandez
double and a Jose Abreu RBI single.
Marte finished with two hits for the A's, who went 3-4 in the
season series with the White Sox.
Abreu and Luis Robert had two hits each for Chicago (80-60),
which went the entire series without hitting a home run.
--Field Level Media
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