Short But Sweet

Hey what’s up A’s fans it’s Charles here for the recap of the White Sox series. After a series victory against Cleveland, the A’s left the “Mistake by the Lake” and treaded over to the “Second City” to face the White Sox. With the Southside boys laying in wait, the A’s arrived for a brief 2 game series.

On Monday night the A’s defeated the Chicago White Sox 2-1 in a great pitching duel between Greg Smith and Mark Buehrle. Smith was fantastic as he pitched 7 innings while surrendering 6 hits, and only 1 earned run as he earned his first Major League win. Kurt Suzuki hit an RBI single in the 4th inning to score Mike Sweeney and gave the A’s the early 1-0. Emil Brown extended the lead with an RBI single in the 6th which also scored Mike Sweeney and gave the A’s a 2-0 lead. The White Sox would get on the board with an RBI ground out by Jim Thome but the A’s were able to hold on for the 2-1 win, despite some Huston Street theatrics again in the 9th inning. Huston earned his 4th save of the year, and Kurt Suzuki went 4-4 with an RBI, Emil Brown went 2-4 with an RBI, and Mike Sweeney went 2-4 with 2 runs scored.

On Tuesday the A’s concluded their brief two game with Chicago as Dana Eveland opposed John Danks and the A’s lost 4-1. Eveland was shaky in his start as he lasted 4 2/3 innings while allowing three earned runs and 5 hits. The big blow to Eveland was a 3 run home run by Carlos Quentin back in the bottom of the fourth. Joe Crede increased the Chicago lead to 4-0 in the 5th inning with an RBI single that scored Jermaine Dye. The A’s attempted a comeback as they scored a run in the 9th with an Emil Brown sac fly, but the A’s were defeated 4-1. John Danks picked up the win, Dana Eveland the loss, and Bobby Jenks the save. So the A’s finish the road trip with a split in Chicago and very successful 6-2 record on the trip. The A’s begin another brief two game series at home versus the Seattle Mariners. On Wednesday “King” Felix Hernandez will oppose Joe Blanton, and on Thursday Lenny Dinardo will face Carlos “Big Chief” Silva. On a side note Kirk Saarloos now joins the team as he takes the roster spot of Fernando Hernandez.

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