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After Oakland scored in the bottom of the first
without benefit of a hit against Ky Bush (0-1) in his major
league debut, Chicago drew even in the fourth on a one-out
double by Andrew Vaughn and a two-out RBI single by Andrew
Benintendi.
However, that was the last of the visitors' scoring on a night
when they got just two other hits against Sears and relievers
Austin Adams and Tyler Ferguson.
En route to the fifth win in his past six starts, Sears (9-8)
limited the White Sox to one run and three hits. He walked one
and struck out five.
After Adams pitched around Miguel Vargas' two-out double in a
scoreless eighth, Ferguson struck out two of the three men he
faced in a non-save situation in the ninth.
Oakland's first-inning tally was the result of Bush walking Daz
Cameron, Brent Rooker and Shea Langeliers, then allowing a
sacrifice fly by Tyler Nevin.
The A's, who had lost three of their previous four games, took
the lead for good on a two-run single by Max Schuemann in the
fourth.
Bush was pulled after four innings, charged with three runs on
just two hits. He walked five and struck out three.
Oakland tacked on against the White Sox bullpen with single runs
in the sixth, on Lawrence Butler's pinch-hit homer, and in the
eighth, when Zack Gelof raced home from third while Schuemann
was striking out.
The homer was Butler's 13th.
Gelof scored twice after a pair of walks for the A's, who have
won the opener in their past seven series.
Each team had four hits.
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