The White Sox (57-64) have struggled along with their ace pitcher.
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Shields walked three, including.211-hitting Max Muncy in the second to force in a run.
“I need to finish strong, no doubt about it”, said Shields, who is 3-8 since the White Sox acquired him from San Diego on June 4.
Sale (15-6) had gone 0-4 in his previous six starts, interrupted by a five-day suspension for slicing up throwback uniforms he didn’t want to wear.
Oakland Athletics starter Zach Neal throws against the Chicago White Sox during the first inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016.
He looked like his dominant early season self, retiring the last seven batters, five by strikeout, and working in sync with catcher Dioner Navarro.
MARINERS 7, BREWERS 6: At Seattle, Kyle Seager got Seattle started with a solo home run, and Robinson Cano added a two-run shot, and Seattle continued its surge at home with a victory over Milwaukee.
The A’s will send journeyman left-hander Ross Detwiler (1-1, 4.15 ERA) to the mound against the White Sox.
Frazier said the normally reserved Quintana was “just yelling and screaming like a little kid” when the White Sox re-entered their clubhouse.
Oakland’s Danny Valencia homered in a two-run ninth off Nate Jones. “My job there is to get a ground ball and try to force two (outs), and I did”. But, in classic Quintana fashion, he allowed two runs over seven innings. Both of those appearances came in relief, with Detwiler allowing two runs on three hits in 2 2/3 innings.
The White Sox collected four straight singles and scored twice after two out in the second.
Dexter Fowler, who led off the game with a home run, gave Chicago a 6-5 lead by blooping an RBI single in the top of the 11th. The A’s center fielder went 2-for-3 and walked on Sunday. He retired 15 of the last 16 batters and hit 96 miles per hour while striking out the side in the seventh. He entered with the runner on first, and started by hanging tough against Semien to strike him out on 12 pitches. “A lot of the balls were up”. “Even if you guess right, there’s so much movement on it”. Oakland initially planned to activate RHP Jesse Hahn from the 15-day disabled list for Sunday’s start, but that plan changed when Hahn felt soreness in his shoulder after a recent bullpen session. Designated hitter Billy Butler missed his second straight game, suffering from a stomach ailment.
White Sox: INF Tyler Saladino (back) didn’t start for a third game for what manager Robin Ventura called “precautionary” reasons, but is expected to return Tuesday.
“I was getting ahead of guys earlier in the game and I just wasn’t putting them away”, Detwiler said. OF Avisail Garcia (knee) began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Charlotte. Brett Lawrie, who is on the DL with a hamstring injury, has slashed.313/.353/.375 in five games for Double-A Birmingham, but hasn’t played in the entirety of his last two games, going 0-for-2 Saturday.
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Oakland’s Chad Pinder, who went 0 for 4 in major league debut Saturday, was back in the lineup at second base and got an infield single in the seventh for his first hit.
