A caught-up-much later bullet-point recap:
*The second half opened with a sweep in Oakland, as Jose Rondón cross-body attempt to start a 6-4-3 double play in the ninth got past Yolmer Sánchez and into the vast right field foul territory. Chad Pinder scored without a throw for the walk-off victory.
*Eloy Jiménez had briefly put the Sox ahead by staying back on a Brett Anderson changeup for a solo shot out to left-center in the top of the seventh, but Ramon Laureano got enough of an Evan Marshall curveball that stayed up and poked it out to right center to lead off the bottom of that inning.
*Infield errors contributed to two of the A's three runs. In the third inning, Yoan Moncada let a Marcus Semien chopper shoot under his glove on a low-confidence backhand attempt. Instead of a potential double play ball -- although a 5-4 putout seemed more likely -- the A's had runners on second and third and one out, and a grounder got the game tied at 1.
*Jon Jay notched the White Sox' first extra-base hit of the series two innings into this one, and Rondón cashed him in with a single for the 1-0 lead the A's later erased.
*Reynaldo López's second half is off to a fine start. He allowed just the unearned run on the Moncada error over six innings, limiting the A's to three singles and two walks while striking out seven.
*Brett Anderson was nearly as tough, although he used grounders instead of strikeouts. He allowed just the two runs over 6⅔ innings, scattering seven hits and a walk.
*Jose Abreu had a rough game, bouncing into an inning-ending double play in the third, then striking out with runners on first and second and nobody out in the sixth. James McCann grounded into a 5-3 double play to end that threat.
*Anderson also picked off Yolmer Sánchez to end the fifth.
*The A's blew their own golden opportunity against Kelvin Herrera in the eighth. After two bloop singles put runners on the corners, Khris Davis hit a high fly down the right field line that drifted into foul territory by the White Sox bullpen. Ryan Cordell rounded it off and caught it with his body taking him toward home plate, then fired a one-hopper to McCann for the 9-2 double play. The A's challenged and might've had the case, but the call stood.
*Jace Fry ended up taking the loss due to the unearned run when that foul territory came back to bite them.
*Note: Due to storms affecting Josh's travel, the Sox Machine Podcast will be released later on Monday.
Record: 42-47 | Box score | Highlights
